Buried in Jeff Gordon’s mid-season grades for the Blues is Jay Bouwmeester. J-Bo earns a well deserved D+ overall, redeemed slightly by better play as of late but still not high on the list thanks to his early struggles and absolutely God awful luck.
Bouwmeester hasn’t been the same since his hip surgeries and it wouldn’t shock anyone if he didn’t need some work done after he retires. He also has a contract that has become more of an albatross than anything else. This year is it on a five year contract worth $5.4 million a season, which was a slight dip from the previous five year contract that he had with the Calgary Flames ($6.