Craig Conroy, at home in Calgary with the Flames.
The Full 60 with Craig Custance
The Athletic
4.8 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Craig Conroy, the Assistant General Manager of the Calgary Flames joins Craig Custance on this week’s Full 60.
Craig talks about the Flames getting back into the playoff race, what he thinks is missing from Matt Tkachuk’s game, and how meticulous Chris Tanev is with his sticks.
Craig discusses his time with Calgary as a player and an assistant manager, and how his special relationship with Jerome Iginla was formed, on and off the ice. Conroy tells Custance what the difference is between Brian Burke and Brad Treliving when making trades, and how the Flames are going to scout the Under 18 tournament. Craig also shares his favorite stories on former teammate Brett Hull and about that time he fought Patrick Roy in practice as a member of the Montreal Canadiens.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Full 60 featuring Craig Custins and presented by The Athletic. |
| 0:11.0 | Each week we'll dive into the biggest stories in hockey while bringing in unique voices to entertain and explain all aspects of the game. |
| 0:19.4 | Hey, this is Craig and welcome to this week's episode of the Full 60. |
| 0:23.8 | I am thrilled to be joined from Calgary by Calgary Flames Assistant GM Craig Conroy. |
| 0:30.1 | Craig, how are you? Thanks for doing this. |
| 0:31.8 | Good, Craig. How are you doing? |
| 0:33.5 | I'm doing all right. I'm doing great. |
| 0:35.8 | And I'm excited of the timing of this because I was just reading a story by our beatwriter in Calgary Haley about the flames in back of the playoff hunt and what it's going to take. And I imagine as we tape this right now, it's a Monday. This will go on Thursday. But like it's got to be pretty exciting now. At this point in season, you're not where you want to be, but at least we're having this conversation. Well, you know, we lost six or seven earlier this month and all of a sudden you think you're out of it. But you do know, you know, what, in the crazy season like this, you have Montreal |
| 1:10.9 | three times. |
| 1:11.9 | They're at you, you're chasing them. |
| 1:13.3 | And then, you know, you think, hey, you got to, you got to beat them. |
| 1:16.8 | I mean, the bottom line is. |
| 1:17.9 | And then to win the first two and then going in, obviously, to this Monday game, to be |
| 1:23.1 | able to come within two points, it definitely put some pressure on. |
| 1:25.9 | It gives our guys some hope. |
| 1:27.6 | It's been a long season here in Calgary. |
| 1:31.4 | I'm always fascinated to talk to people around the league because I don't know if people |
| 1:35.6 | realize just how taxing this has been on everybody, right? |
| 1:38.5 | The players and we saw last week Robin Leonard kind of came out, the frustration bubbled |
| 1:43.4 | up. |
| 1:45.0 | How has it been from your guys' perspective? It's, I mean, it's been taxing. Like, how is everyone holding up? It's tough. I mean, it's, you know, the road trips are even harder than you think. I mean, I think that's the one thing people think, oh, the road, you're together. If you go on the road, you go, you really look forward to the meal rooms and they're pretty |
| 2:01.0 | spread out and, you know, you get a couple guys at a table. But other than that, you really don't, |
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