I'm not sure why there are so many advocating to "see more of Lance Bouma" before negotiating a contract.... If you think there is upside there, great! Sign him cheap for what he has shown thus far and lock him up for the next 4 years at a good price. Good teams succeed by getting valuable assets on cheaper contracts. Especially bottom 6 forwards.
It almost seems like a bunch of you are advocating for him to put up a couple of 60 pt years and then negotiate his contract, which could be significantly higher. I'd much rather lock him up on the cheap now based on what he has done thus far and be amazed when/if he over achieves.
Based on what he's shown, I don't think the risk is high that we will overpay him. So say we agree 4 years @ 2 mill per is fair? What does it take to under-perform on that contract? Say he puts up 10 G's and 30 points next year, is he under-performing by what? 500k-ish? What if he puts up 60 pts? He's over performing by potentially millions....
Sign him cheap, get it done imo.
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