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Originally Posted by Bingo
I love Lance Bouma. The guy is a warrior and an important cog in the team that we saw on the ice last year.
But you have to hold the line on support players or they get priced off of good teams. I want Bouma to do well, but if the Flames just gave him 2.25 and called it a day, we'd be seeing the last of Bouma in a year or two as he'd have to ply his trade on a weaker team that can afford to pay more for a middle six forward that scored 8-11 goals a season.
Holding the line now keeps him here for 5 years where he belongs.
If he's 2.5 in 2 years the Flames will have to promote a younger option, ... contending teams have young players filling in the bottom 4-5 forward roles.
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pretty much this exactly. The one snag to this is @ 16 Goals playing top pk minutes, is that still a bottom 4-5 forward? Next years offensive production is going to be a huge career turning point for Bouma, Whether good or bad.
I keep thinking about stempniak @ the 2.5 mill he made with the flames and how much Bouma is superior to him. Stempniak had 14g ,9g, 8g for the flames.