Confirmed Signing with Link: [BOS] G Jeremy Swayman signs extension with the Bruins (8 years, $8.25M AAV)

[bb_fan]

Bruins F'd around and found out.

The amount of dumbass takes in this thread is amazing.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Dude swayman's side was also complaining to the media.



No he didn't... Stop acting like swayman came out the winner he wasn't. He didn't get what he really wanted and caved.

I expect more professionalism from management than I do from a player. Management should never be publicly complaining about a player over contract talks.

Swaymans "crying" has been about using his arbitration hearing as motivation to prove everyone wrong. Boston management crying was lying about a contract holdout, putting the player down, and making snarky comments about the name of a podcast. Extremely unprofessional.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

 

[Bouboumaster]

This will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the Bruins strike of solid seasons, up until their inevitable rebuild

 

[PlayMakers]

He was answering questions. He's a player. Management should know better.


and public part is the problem!

Nobody asked Swayman/Gross to leak information every other week. Management was asked a question directly and they answered directly and deliberately.

What makes it wrong? Swayman lowered his ask dramatically afterwards. He still desperately wanted to be a Bruin and wanted to sign long-term. He is on the podium right now telling everyone he has goosebumps at the thought of being a Bruin for another 8 years.

 

[cheesymc]

All that drama for that little bit more pay?

 

[PlayMakers]

If this was Kyle Dubas it would have been 12.5x8.

I don't know if that's fair or not to Dubas but it does feel like most management teams roll over and give in to star player demands. They don't do arbitration for big name players, they don't do bridge deals. They give out huge second contracts. The Bruins don't do huge second contracts, and they do arbitration and bridge deals for everybody.

You could say that approach led to Swayman being salty but at the end of the day, Swayman still insisted on signing long-term with Boston and is all giddy about his deal.

 

[MaxDummy]

They better hope he keeps getting better. Damn

 

[I Hate Philadelphia]

This will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the Bruins strike of solid seasons, up until their inevitable rebuild

We've been hearing this for over a decade now. Yawn.

 

[HogTown06]

Bruins just posted this:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842911589298487704

I thought he was going to pop up the trunk and someone would bring some of those cartoonish bags of money with the $, that would be funny.

 

[RogerRogerr]

They better hope he keeps getting better. Damn

Swayman's already amazing, he just needs to play more games.

I thought he was going to pop up the trunk and someone would bring some of those cartoonish bags of money with the $, that would be funny.

Or a golf cart pulling a trailer with 66 money bags, not 64.

 

[Frederixx]

Fair signing. He seems like the real deal. He was pretty good in the playoffs

 

[Bridges31]

This will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the Bruins strike of solid seasons, up until their inevitable rebuild

Eventually this will be repeated enough that it will come true. Still waiting for them to fall off a cliff. It was supposed to happen like 4 years ago according to people around here.

 

[yzerman]

Bruins just posted this:

https://x.com/i/web/status/1842911589298487704

That car going to be stolen not closing the trunk

 

[goldenblack]

6.5 vs 9,5

they split right down the middle. people mad?

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Lol all this drama for an extra .25M

 

[CheerstoBeers]

Bummer. Was hoping this drama could unravel the Bruins season. Shame they got it sorted

People who root against players or root against teams and hope bad things happen instead of just cheering for their own team are a special kind for sure. I once saw a guy in a minor hockey game stand up and cheer when the opposing teams best player got injured, it was probably you was it?

 

[bb_fan]

I expect more professionalism from management than I do from a player. Management should never be publicly complaining about a player over contract talks.

Swaymans "crying" has been about using his arbitration hearing as motivation to prove everyone wrong. Boston management crying was lying about a contract holdout, putting the player down, and making snarky comments about the name of a podcast. Extremely unprofessional.

And sometimes management needs to respond publicly when they are getting dragged through the mud publicly.

 

[Oilslick941611]

And sometimes management needs to respond publicly when they are getting dragged through the mud publicly.

not really, no. It makes them look bad.

The only people who like it are the idiots that think being louder than someone else means winning an argument.

 

[VanIsle]

This will be remembered as the beginning of the end for the Bruins strike of solid seasons, up until their inevitable rebuild

How so?

They are arguably better then last year.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Still seems like a lot with his resume. But I'm happy it's done. He's a very talented goalie working with the best goalie coach in the league. You're never out of it if you're getting good goaltending.

 

[dredeye]

I figured 8.5 so this is good.

 

[5Jack0]

If he performs over 60-65 games the same way he did for 40ish, its a good deal. Bruins still are good defensively for now so his numbers will be solid. But 8 million per is getting into " carry your team to the 3rd/4th round" territory.

 

[Sol]

Lollllll 8 years for a goalie. congrats bruins, you finally landed your first bad contract. You guys got away with not having one of those for too long.

 

[KevinRedkey]

And yet the goalie didn't get 9m+

He as never going to. He got what everyone said he would - which the Bs weren't offering originally. He took a fair deal once one was offered.