Procrastination was apparently the theme of the day for the Calgary Flames . Article content

A few hours before Friday’s opening faceoff in Florida, the Flames announced that oh-by-the-way they’d signed four of their top executives — including Craig Conroy and Don Maloney — to contract extensions prior to the start of this season. Article content Article content

To celebrate, the players did a little dilly-dallying of their own.

They spotted the defending Stanley Cup champions an early two-goal cushion, only to rally for a 5-3 victory in a Black Friday matinee in Sunrise, Fla.

“I’m proud of our group that we didn’t fold,” star centre Nazem Kadri told reporters after the flipped script against the Panthers, which marked the Flames’ first multi-goal comeback since opening night.

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