CALGARY – Craig Conroy’s finest hour as GM of the Calgary Flames came mere minutes after the sun rose on a glorious summer morning.

Two hours before the team teed off for its annual charity golf tourney, Dustin Wolf walked into the Saddledome for a 7 a.m. contract signing that helped mark a turning point for the franchise.

By putting his name to a seven-year, $52.5 million US deal to be the club’s franchise netminder, the 24-year-old Californian helped flip the script on an ugly narrative surrounding the club.

After three years of key departures, highlighted by U.S.-born Johnny Gaudreau, Matthew Tkachuk and Noah Hanifin, Wolf has helped usher in a new era of young franchise pillars who’ve bought into the city and the direction of the club.

His signing punctuates a summer in which three

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