With free agency opening soon, the NHL’s buyout period is nearing its end. And the Calgary Flames have decided to take advantage of it, electing to terminate Lance Bouma’s contract in the final year of his three-year, $6.6 million deal.
The Bouma contract was a horrible one from the second it was inked, its only saving grace being that it wasn’t at a higher cap hit.
To the player’s credit, he was coming off of a one-year, $775k “show me” deal for the 2014-15 season. And in a way, he did show the team what he was capable of, spending the second half of the season playing in the top six and scoring 16 goals and 34 points along the way.