Flames options moving forward

In light of the Flames facing off against Toronto tonight, the team they partnered off with to make last year's blockbuster deal, I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the Flames options moving forward.

The Flames have issues. That’s clearly apparent. But fixing those issues -- therein lies the true work of art.

How do you get yourself out from under this mess? A mess that includes but is not restricted to: Locked in contracts to over rated players (cough...Stajan); no-trade/movement clauses to anyone and everyone (Iginla, Langkow, Stajan, Bourque, Kotalik, Jokinen, Tanguay, Bouwmeester, Regehr, Sarich, Kiprusoff).

These problems, among others, are reasons why the the Flames are going nowhere fast, just so everyone is aware.

So let’s look into some possible options to fixing this crap storm of poor managing.

Flames get single point in California

California dreamin’ or California nightmare?


I’d say the latter was a more apt description of the result of the two game road trip. Two games, one point – simply put, it’s just not good enough.

Despite late charges in both games, the Flames fell short in each game – stretching it to the shootout in Anaheim while falling in regulation in LA.

They fall behind early only to fight back and fall short in the end. The story is all too familiar, and so are the cast of characters, both on the ice and off of it.