From Scott Cruickshank of the Calgary Herald:

He’d driven down to Calgary from his home in Lac La Biche, Alta., on Thursday. He got to meet bossman Darryl Sutter and the coaching staff.

“Just to get a heads-up on what they want.”

Then — bingo — a pact was hatched the very next morning.

“I didn’t think I was going to sign a contract that soon . . . but I’m pretty happy to get it taken care of,” Bourque said Friday afternoon, already on the highway on his way back home.

Read the entire article here.

Nice pickup for the Flames. He fits into what the Flames want their identity to be and adds some nice size and some scoring touch to their non-Iginla lines.

Richard Pollock

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