Lance Bouma has not had a good season. With expectations higher thanks to a career season and brand new $2.2 million cap hit, he would have to put together a really good campaign to meet them--
And then he got injured three games into the season and was kept out of the lineup until Christmastime. Eight games into his return to the lineup, he got hurt once again, and missed another two weeks before coming back.
But Bouma has been healthy since then. He's only played fourth line minutes, but at least he's been around to play them.