The Calgary Flames have many restricted free agents to deal with this offseason, and the one they have to be the most careful with is Lance Bouma. The rugged winger had a breakout year, but the Flames can’t be fooled by his scoring last season and pay him like he is going to be a solid second line player in the future.
It may surprise you, but Bouma actually ranked fourth in points by Calgary Flames forwards last season. Partially due to disappointing offensive seasons from highly paid wingers David Jones and Mason Raymond, but at the end of the day, Bouma only trailed the top line of Jiri Hudler, Sean Monahan and Johnny Gaudreau among forwards in team scoring.