This definitely helps provide a positive distraction after last week. I would have been surprised if this wasn't done.
This brings him up to 5 years, but I would have preferred a 5-year extension here. GMs take a long time to really put their fingerprints on a team, and I would have liked to see a vote of confidence in Conroy to make the moves he feels are necessary for the long term benefit of the team, as well as some stability here in Calgary. You always get worried when a GM's time is running down, and they suddenly start making 'job-saving moves' (not that I think Conroy would, but that's the nice thing about signing long-term).
Still, this almost 3 years now (including this one) to really push this franchise in one direction and make a lot of headway. Hopefully in 2 years from now, we will all be clamouring that Conroy should be extended again because things are looking so positive by then.
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