27-year-old Lance Bouma is getting an opportunity to make it back to the NHL. The centre, who spent last season with Genève-Servette HC of the National League in Switzerland, has signed a PTO with the LA Kings. He'll have the duration of training camp to convince the Kings to give him a contract for the regular season, or he will be cut loose.
Bouma has played 357 games in the NHL, mostly with Calgary, the team that selected him in the third round of the 2008 entry draft. After two disappointing seasons filled with injuries and low numbers, he was put on unconditional waivers for the purpose of buying out his contract in June of 2017. One day later, he signed a one-year deal with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played 53 games for Chicago, while also spending time with the club's AHL affiliate, the Rockford Icehogs. Following that, he signed in Switzerland, but only played three games before being sidelined for the remainder of the 2018-2019 season following a knee injury that required surgery.
Bouma has 30 goals and 46 assists for 76 points over his NHL career.
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