By By Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald
Standing at the back of the room is Craig Conroy, wearing whiskers and a fresh gash under his eye.
At the podium, there’s Martin Gelinas, fit as a fiddle and still at his playing weight.
If you squint a little, the good ol’ days of the Calgary Flames don’t seem that far away.
But if the passage of time has changed only slightly the game-time appearances of the city’s former first-liners, it has overhauled their career paths.
Conroy, a dandy two-way centre once upon a time, works upstairs now, the suit-wearing assistant of general manager Jay Feaster.
And Gelinas, who memorably buried three (or four) series-clinching goals during the 2004 National Hockey League playoffs, has swapped heroic flair for a track suit.
You can read the rest of the story here: Why former Calgary hero Martin Gelinas is a fantastic fit with new-look Flames
