[Yamer]

I project Bouma to be an excellent fourth line player and solid 3rd line player. If he scores 8-10 goals consistently with 15-20 points annually, puts his body in front of pucks and players, then I think he is totally worth around 2 - 2.2 million now and an average of that in the future.

I was hoping they could have bought a year of FA with a 3 year deal around the above figure, but 2.2 (or less) million on a one year deal might work the best for the Flames.

I'm of the mind that Bouma is as an important member of the team in his role as any other player, and should be kept given the information we have on salary negotiations/arbitration. He's worth more to the Calgary Flames than anything they would get for him.