Calgary Flames: A Word of Caution About All Those Options

If you’ve listened to Bill Peters and Brad Treliving talk to the media about this new Calgary Flames roster, you may have noticed one word getting used a lot: Options. That’s been the theme of the summer.

Since June, the general message from both the GM and the head coach has been this: We added the players we did because we wanted to have options. We have more options now than we’ve had in previous years and we’re really excited about that.

Here’s what Treliving had to say about the acquisition of James Neal in an interview with the Calgary Sun:

“He’s a perennial 20-plus goal scorer every year. He’s an ultra-competitive guy. He’s had playoff success. He’s a big body. He’s played the last game…