And then these other old guys say,
Did I believe -- do I still believe -- Jeremy Swayman can be a franchise goaltender?
Do I believe he's basically a decent person?
Yes, I do.
Yet I also believe that in his protracted and damaging hold out (on ice, over air, in the room) "Sway" selfishly, immaturely placed himself over everything and anyone else.
This set the tone for a disastrous 2024-25 campaign.
To my knowledge (if I'm wrong, please inform), Jeremy has never uttered a single word of contrition for the hold out and its detrimental fallout.
Swayman blithely acts and speaks as if, somehow, he is a leader on this club.
As excellent as he proved himself to be in comfortable, half & half tandem with Linus Ullmark and two rounds of last season's playoffs, Jeremy has not earned the right to consider himself a leader of the Boston Bruins.
Far from it.
With limited help on the back end (injury #73, #27) and lack of hockey sense (#91), Swayman has been sometimes great, often putrid this season.
So, you know, shut your face and play goal, Jeremy.
If I could trade you, I would.