 Thirty @-@ nine @-@ year @-@ old Craig Conroy became the second @-@ oldest player in NHL history to play 1 @,@ 000 games on October 28 . The talkative forward began his NHL career in 1995 with the Montreal Canadiens and after playing with the St. Louis Blues for several seasons , was acquired by Calgary in 2001 in a trade that was initially unpopular in Calgary . Conroy has since become one of the Flames ' most popular players . He played only nine more games before announcing his retirement as a player to join the Flames ' front office as an assistant to General Manager Jay Feaster . 
