Confirmed Signing with Link: [BOS] G Jeremy Swayman signs extension with the Bruins (8 years, $8.25M AAV)
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SeanMoneyHands
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$8.25M for a goalie who hasn't been a full-time starter before lol. Adin Hill is more proven than Swayman and he got 5M.
SmoggyTwinkles
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Is there a dedicated forum for wannabe "Leafs" fans who make the rest of us look bad?
That's where HockeyVirus (it's in his name) should be punted off to.
There's no way this dude is a Leafs fan and I'm putting myself out there to question him, knowing full well that maybe I'm attacking another forumite. But when you say the stuff this guy is saying all the time, on behalf of Leafs fans, I feel like I should have the ability to call BS.
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It ain’t personal, but this is kind of why I side with Neely on the initial negotiations.
This contract makes sense now. It won’t if Swayman doesn’t take 55-60 starts with high-end results.
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SeanMoneyHands
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Lets hope Swayman can remain as a top 10 goalie for the next 8 years (even though he's paid like a top 3 goalie in the NHL, which he is not.).
Hope he's not the next Andrew Hammond.
Hope he's not the next Andrew Hammond.
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Because Neely said 64 not 68.
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Sucks he signed was fun reading the threads about him and Bruins great entertainment it was !! Congrats to those that wanted to sign him though.
BostonBob
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Geez - math is definitely not your strong suit. Nobody is talking about it ( well except for you ) because what you posted is completely inaccurate. Let's take a closer look at this problem - Neely mentioned $64 million but Swayman signed an 8-year deal for $8.25 million a season which comes out to $68 million. Anymore math questions ????
SmoggyTwinkles
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It's potentially very nice.
The B's do it again.
Who's the player on the team that can make the biggest difference? The goalie. We all know that.
He's not making Bob or Price money. Good deal for the Bruins.
SeanMoneyHands
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I would have kept Ullmark. I don't think Swayman is $3.25M per season better.
Ullmark at $5M per or Swayman at 8.25M per and for 8 years? Give me Ullmark.
Ullmark at $5M per or Swayman at 8.25M per and for 8 years? Give me Ullmark.
ZDH
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Already answered Bob (by someone who wasn't a total douche) - geez reading is definitely not your strong suit.
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Swayman career .922 in the playoffs.
UIlmark crumbled in the playoffs at every opportunity. Career .887.
That's the difference.
Based on…?
For one more season.
Then he’s likely looking at a long term contract for around the same amount of money while being on the wrong side of 30
That’s assuming he has a good year in Ottawa… which basically no goalie does
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SeanMoneyHands
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True but that's still a long time to commit to a goalie who hasn't been a full time starter yet. He's getting franchise goalie money and I'm not even 100% convinced that he's a franchise goalie.
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Wasn't trying to be a douche - guess I should have added theor the
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Apology accepted. Good day kind sir.
Honestly... this is a deal that will likely never really look all that bad.
He's tied as the 4th highest paid goalie in the league this year... and that's going to be a tie for #5 next year, maybe #6 depending on what Oettinger gets.
Yes, it "hurts" this year a bit, as they've gone from a $8.475m goaltending tandem to an $11.25m tandem.... when the right thing from a team standpoint would have probably been to do a 4 or 5 year deal at $6-7m, keeping their tandem under $10m... but that obviously wasn't in the cards.
There's also the challenge of having to beat 4 different teams to win a cup, and the likelyhood that at least 1 of them has a goalie making a fraction of Swayman's salary going toe-to-toe, and the team being outmatched as a result, but there's no real way "around" that unless the B's were going to reset entirely.
Even in that case, it's not like people are going to "blame" Swayman if Joe Woll, Pyotr Kotchekov, or Charlie Lindgren end up beating the Bruins... it'll come down to the fact that one of those 3 teams had $7m more to spend infront of the goalie.
Barring him completely collapsing under a #1 workload & pressure (which doesn't seem to be his makeup), this has all the makings of being as much of a steal as Hellebuyck was for the Jets for the last 6 years.
He's tied as the 4th highest paid goalie in the league this year... and that's going to be a tie for #5 next year, maybe #6 depending on what Oettinger gets.
Yes, it "hurts" this year a bit, as they've gone from a $8.475m goaltending tandem to an $11.25m tandem.... when the right thing from a team standpoint would have probably been to do a 4 or 5 year deal at $6-7m, keeping their tandem under $10m... but that obviously wasn't in the cards.
There's also the challenge of having to beat 4 different teams to win a cup, and the likelyhood that at least 1 of them has a goalie making a fraction of Swayman's salary going toe-to-toe, and the team being outmatched as a result, but there's no real way "around" that unless the B's were going to reset entirely.
Even in that case, it's not like people are going to "blame" Swayman if Joe Woll, Pyotr Kotchekov, or Charlie Lindgren end up beating the Bruins... it'll come down to the fact that one of those 3 teams had $7m more to spend infront of the goalie.
Barring him completely collapsing under a #1 workload & pressure (which doesn't seem to be his makeup), this has all the makings of being as much of a steal as Hellebuyck was for the Jets for the last 6 years.
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This is a little the Nylander/Draisaitl RFA contract for goalies. As a Bruins fan I don't like how the agent or Neely went through the media but also that's business, and we're all big business boys.
As a objective fan of hockey however I kind of admire Sway. Starting NHL goalie is a very very tough job. One of the tougher jobs in pro sports, not quite NFL QB or MLB starting pitcher but not all that far off either. If you're good at it you should get compensated fairly. Yeah the margins are thin on this position but fans know how much of a difference a great goalie can make.
Bruins fans who watched Tim Thomas surely know this and won't hold it against Jeremy.
As a objective fan of hockey however I kind of admire Sway. Starting NHL goalie is a very very tough job. One of the tougher jobs in pro sports, not quite NFL QB or MLB starting pitcher but not all that far off either. If you're good at it you should get compensated fairly. Yeah the margins are thin on this position but fans know how much of a difference a great goalie can make.
Bruins fans who watched Tim Thomas surely know this and won't hold it against Jeremy.
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