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Originally Posted by Karl
It's because Bouma's just not a very good hockey player. That's why. That year he had in 2014-15 he played way above his head for most of the year, and he played with Backlund too, which helped him a ton.
Injury or not, don't expect Bouma to ever come close to remotely doing what he accomplished 3 years ago.
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He and Jooris kind of came out of nowhere and are cautionary tales of why some teams walk away from players after arbitration (Flames did just that with Colbourne which tells me Treliving has learned from the Bouma mistake). A player that's not of high pedigree having one very good season is typically just that and does not make for a high probability of being able to sustain this numbers over his career. One thing about Byron that was different from these guys was that he has world class speed and was a hard worker which are two assets that make for a useful player even if the puck isn't going in the net but with Byron he actually produced offensively in the AHL so the skills were there.