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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
The cap hit for Bouma was somewhat out of their control. Flames side offered 1.5M and Bouma's side asked for 2.5M. It was going into Arbitration that very day and it looked like Bouma's side was going to win that.
Salary Arbitration in Bouma's favor could have meant:
2.5M / 1Y
Qualifying offer @ 2.75M / 1Y, probably more to buy UFA years
UFA in 2017
2.2M / 3Y was a calculated risk that bought a UFA year and kept themselves away from the worst case scenario of arbitration. Overpayment? Maybe, but that was a consequence of Bouma's initial bridge deal / contract year stats.
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If he gets $2.5M and you're really worried about it - just walk away from it and move on.
The arbitrator in the NHL isn't bound to pick one or the other offer. Highly unlikely it ends up at $2.5M.
Alex Chaisson who had fairly similar stats to Bouma (although he's done it for 2 years) was awarded 1.2M - he asked for $3M and the Sens offered $1M.
Mike Hoffman got $2M after asking for $3.4 and the Sens offering $1.75M.
If I was guessing he'd have gotten $1.75M.