Grief can be isolating, but it rarely happens in isolation. In this two-episode arc, Kelsie talks to friends who have been there before, during and after Chris' ALS diagnosis.

In Part 1, she talks first to Flames Assistant General Manager Craig Conroy, who was hired to the Flames front office the same year as Chris, and next General Manager Brad Treliving, who has been Chris' boss since he was hired as Flames GM in 2014.

Kelsie talks with Craig and Brad about what it's been like to experience this alongside them -- from the early days when they were hoping it was anything but ALS, to the diagnosis and going public, as well as all the hope of the clinical trial seemingly coming to fruition and the heartbreak when everyone realized the trial drug wasn't stopping Chris' ALS entirely. They talk about how Chris' illness has changed their relationships with him, whether they think it has changed Chris and, finally, how it has changed them.

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