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Hours before the Calgary Flames finally got around to extending Brad Treliving as their GM, his right-hand man was in Buffalo, auditioning for the top job there.

Postmedia has learned Flames assistant GM Craig Conroy interviewed for the vacant job as Sabres GM Monday, potentially adding to the long list of things Treliving has to deal with this summer.

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And should the Flames lose the ever-popular former captain to his home state it will add another significant name to the massive list of front-office types he needs to sign right away.

“It’s not everybody but it’s a large portion of people,” admitted Treliving of his first order of business, which is securing the services of dozens of people in his hockey operations department who are anxious to firm up future employment.

“We’ve got some work to do. The important piece is getting back to the work we have. I’m where I want to be.”

With the Sabres in search of new leadership, Flames fans were starting to worry and wonder why Treliving hadn’t been extended much earlier. After all, the organization has certainly progressed with him at the helm the last three years, compiling a 125-103-18 record.

Making the playoffs twice and building a solid young core that has the team positioned well for the future, keeping the 47-year-old Treliving as the architect was certainly an important part of the continuity needed here.