His agent will point to Bollig's contract, or Raymond's contract and say "Lance is contributing much more to the success of the Calgary Flames than these guys. Why should he be paid any less?'
$2.5m X 4 years makes sense on many levels. It also adds us to a very pleasing sum which Bouma's camp would probably be very pleased to accept. It also accounts for a bit of regression in his play, should it happen, and it also buys 2 years of his UFA status.
As has been mentioned, you can't really give Boums a 'bridge contract' unless it's a 1 year deal (or he secretly works for an engineering firm on the side).
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