Rumor: 2024-2025 Trade Rumors and Free Agency Talk | The Slow Crawl to the Season

[Tommy Shelby]

Hahaha I thought he was your friend or you knew him or something? Pretty harsh but not untrue haha

You're thinking of Winnik

 

[the_fan]

Have we traded for Swayman yet?

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Have we traded for Swayman yet?

We are travelling to his hometown in Alaska to discuss the contract. Meeting scheduled for mid-November.

 

[missionAvs]

We are travelling to his hometown in Alaska to discuss the contract. Meeting scheduled for mid-November.

Lot of fresh powder up in Alaska that time of year so it should work out.

 

[Avs9296]

Sure, have met him but not a friend or somebody I keep in contact with.

You didn't have to skewer him like that tho haha

 

[BobRossColton]

Any wish for a minor last minute trade?

 

[henchman21]

Any wish for a minor last minute trade?

Avs could really trade a depth defenseman for a depth forward.

 

[Tommy Shelby]

Avs could really trade a depth defenseman for a depth forward.

This is what I was thinking, both teams just swap a guy they don't wanna lose on waivers

 

[Freudian]

The Swayman situation remind me of the O'Reilly situation with Avs. They took him to arbitration and he took it personally and now they are paying the price.

Pride and respect works in different ways with different people but you have to know who are dealing with or things aren't going to end well. I know this from my own experiences.

 

[Pokecheque]

The Swayman situation remind me of the O'Reilly situation with Avs. They took him to arbitration and he took it personally and now they are paying the price.

Pride and respect works in different ways with different people but you have to know who are dealing with or things aren't going to end well. I know this from my own experiences.

But they didn't take him to arbitration. They were literally in the waiting room before the hearing and Sakic talked him into signing a deal.

If there was bad blood it was well in place long, long before that. The whole contract talks falling apart because (allegedly) Eric Lacroix went barging in and completely screwed things up, followed by the offer sheet that pretty much got people on both sides of it fired.

 

[LOFIN]

 

[henchman21]

So… I guess Boston did have to go above 64m…

 

[RECKLESS]

So… I guess Boston did have to go above 64m…

250k would mean so much to me over 8mil. Decisive shit.

 

[henchman21]

250k would mean so much to me over 8mil. Decisive shit.

With these guys it is ego… not lifestyle. The idea here though that he wouldn’t get more thank 64m was misguided and Boston had to go above to sign him.

 

[Chileiceman]

Well...the Eagles look like a pretty loaded AHL team this year.

 

[BobRossColton]

How about a claim on Jakob Pelletier? Or Raphael Lavoie?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Swayman caved hard. All this bs drama over 250k. When the cap goes up, that 250k is gonna be nothing. Its not even normal inflation adjustment lol.

 

[henchman21]

Swayman caved hard. All this bs drama over 250k. When the cap goes up, that 250k is gonna be nothing. Its not even normal inflation adjustment lol.

Didn’t you say he was screwing himself? Yet he got more…

 

[BobRossColton]

Or ylonen? Skarek?rondbjerg?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Didn’t you say he was screwing himself? Yet he got more…

He got essentially what boston offered. Didnt he want to reset the goalie market lol.

He got the contract that I already stated earlier as being fair.

 

[henchman21]

He got essentially what boston offered. Didnt he want to reset the goalie market lol.

He got the contract that I already stated earlier as being fair.

You said 64m was Boston’s final offer and he was screwing himself. He certainly came down from his ask, but he did well and would have lost money accepting any deal earlier.

I think the deal will be good for both, but Swayman played this well and got a better deal than he otherwise would have.

 

[Balthazar]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1843000399214842199

 

[GirardSpinorama]

You said 64m was Boston’s final offer and he was screwing himself. He certainly came down from his ask, but he did well and would have lost money accepting any deal earlier.

I think the deal will be good for both, but Swayman played this well and got a better deal than he otherwise would have.

All this talk about boston screwing this relationship ended up being way more wrong than being off by 250k. He ended up with boston for 8 years and didnt get an overpayment contract because he was "mad" at the disrepect. Too many drama queens overthought this.

Neely actually made a smart move going to the media about the 64M. Sped up the process just like I said.

 

[henchman21]

All this talk about boston screwing this relationship ended up being way more wrong than being off by 250k. He ended up with boston for 8 years and didnt get an overpayment contract because he was "mad" at the disrepect. Too many drama queens overthought this.

Neely actually made a smart move going to the media about the 64M. Sped up the process just like I said.

Agree on the drama queens. Cooler heads usually prevail. They just simply had to pay Swayman. Which had to be above the 64m.

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Agree on the drama queens. Cooler heads usually prevail. They just simply had to pay Swayman. Which had to be above the 64m.

Yup. If Swayman was as much of drama queen as the media, it would have been lose-lose for both sides. The media, and fans of boston's rivials were probably the only ones hoping for a protracted dispute.

Glad to see him taking the smart fair deal rather than listening to the drama queens.