Around the League Thread | Pre-Season Approaches
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VanillaCoke
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Happy for Laine it's not as devastating as originally feared
LickTheEnvelope
Weird time to be a Canucks fan 2024
Oh wow that's better than I expected if he is gonna be back by 2025 start.
Good for the Habs.
I also didn't realize the Bruins haven't signed Swayman. That seems mental.
Good for the Habs.
I also didn't realize the Bruins haven't signed Swayman. That seems mental.
Have you heard about the public complaining Neely did yesterday and Swayan's response? Because this could get very ugly.
What a shame, poor Bruins.
Mr. Canucklehead
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What a colossally stupid thing to say. I expect that Swayman will still sign there, but not a great moment for Seabass.
The Round Mound of Rumour Town(d) (which I listented to twice today so no one else here needs to) said that he believes the Bruins offer was 8y/7.8m and Swayman is asking for 8y/8.5m. So if that's accurate he's getting pissy over 0.7m.
My understanding is that Boston took Swayman to team elected arbitration in 2023. Guess there might have been some hard feelings. Thus, he took his leverage (by not opting for arbitration) as Boston dealt Ullmark so Boston has no great options without him now.
From a google search, seems like Boston offered $2 mill and he was awarded $3.45 mill. So, guessing Swayman's agent asked for something in the mid $4's to upwards of $5 mill as it does seem like NHL arbitrators tend to split the difference.
Bourne Endeavor
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According to Chris Johnston on his podcast, the ask from Swayman's camp is 9.5M. I get Boston recoiling but they, rather stupidly, put themselves in this situation when they traded Ullmark. It's almost funny in a way, they've built a culture of everyone taking discounts it never occurred to them some players just... won't.
Hey that’s still 5.6M total money, worth getting pissy over.
Price going up as we speak?
Kind of like Benning and making OEL trade before getting Hughes/Petey signed. Had from end of regular season to the day he made that trade to get it done and didn't. Boston was out in round 2, so Sweeney needed to get to work fast to get it resolved.
But, honestly, Swayman's agent knew the situation. Boston, had to move Ullmark, as teams would make their goalie moves early so didn't want to end up with 2 big goalie contracts and a limited market. Plus, with the deal for Lindholm and Bertuzzi, they wanted to recoup some draft capital.
So, Swayman's camp played their leverage. See if it pays off.
There’s something to be said for the atmosphere and seeing things you miss on TV but I feel ya. With how good the quality of the games are on TV now, I just couldn’t justify the time to go to that many games unless I wasn’t working.
The bruins board are going nuts. Their latest Swayman thread reached 52 pages in 24 hours
EpochLink
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Cam Neely has gone full BUDDY BUDDY BUDDY on this whole situation.
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The hit was supposedly in response to this.
Just A Bit Outside
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Why is the commentating on this so funny lol. THAT’S IT FOR JACK EYE.
