David Conte said he didn’t talk to Lou Lamoriello about his future with the Maple Leafs when the two met for lunch in Toronto recently.



The pair mostly discussed their peers inside the game and their travels. Conte was Lamoriello’s longtime protege when they were both with the New Jersey Devils. He has his own thoughts about what might lie ahead for Lamoriello, the 74-year-old general manager of the Leafs, whose contract expires at the end of the season.



“I know he really likes it there,” Conte said of Lamoriello, with whom he worked for nearly three decades. “I think he really enjoys the city. I know that. And he enjoys where he lives and I think he enjoys the team, sees great promise in it. I guess the decision on what he does are probably more likely [the team’s] decision.



“Frankly, I don’t ever see him retiring.”



Conte can even envision Lamoriello, who turns 75 on Oct. 21, working past...