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Originally Posted by Hackey
Ya but this 200k overpayment is questionable at best. It's basically assuming he regresses next year. A heart and soul player like Bouma will earn his pay check one way or another.
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That's the thing exactly. If Bouma is worth somewhere in the ballpark of $2 million, I don't think anybody can pin it down so precisely that he isn't worth 2.2. Obviously, the more he makes, the more he has to do to earn it. For that money, I'm hoping he continues to be a top penalty killer and play 3rd-line minutes. If he keeps scoring goals, that will be a nice bonus, but I'm not expecting so much of that.
If some kid on an ELC pushes him down to the 4th line, that's a good problem to have. If he ends up on the 4th line because he just isn't any better than that, then yeah, he's overpaid. But I am not expecting that to happen. I think he's proved himself as a capable 3rd-line checking forward, even if he never matches last season's offence again.