Confirmed Signing with Link: [BOS] Tuukka Rask signs (1 year, $1M)

[jonlin]

So he gets paid that 545k?

Yes. He stated earlier that he will play only in Boston and that $$ doesnt matter. He is dooing them a huge favour if he is in shape after the surgery.

 

[pearljamvs5]

Swayman has also been playing like a number 1 though. They have nearly identical stats on their last 10 games and swayman has been slightly better on the year.

Swayman is 100% the goalie of the future in Boston, but against playoff teams this year he is 1-5-1 with a .903 SV%. Getting a ton of minutes in Providence and working on his rebound control won't be a bad thing for him. The schedule for the Bruins will be brutal making up the lost games so far this season, so I fully expect to see him back in Boston soon anyway.

 

[Bounces R Way]

we ride together we die together

 

[bobholly39]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

 

[BB88]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

Why say so?

Rask has said for years now he’d play for free if possible after his longterm deal ends

 

[bobholly39]

Why say so?

Rask has said for years now he’d play for free if possible after his longterm deal ends

I'm always pro-players in contract situations. I don't think they should take team friendly deals - try to make the most $$ when you can. I'm not saying Rask should go and seek a 10M$ AAV contract like Price or Bob - but he should at least have asked for ~3-4M$ for 1 year. On the open market he easily would have gotten ~5-6M$+ for one year.

 

[BB88]

I'm always pro-players in contract situations. I don't think they should take team friendly deals - try to make the most $$ when you can. I'm not saying Rask should go and seek a 10M$ AAV contract like Price or Bob - but he should at least have asked for ~3-4M$ for 1 year. On the open market he easily would have gotten ~5-6M$+ for one year.

He would have.

But the point is he didn’t care at all, he doesn’t care about making more money. He just wants to play and play for Boston.

His career earnings are 61M, he’s set for life already

 

[TD Charlie]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

 

[UncleRico]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

He said it was Boston or he would retire and they money didn’t even matter to him. He just wanted to play

 

[UncleRico]

Swayman is 100% the goalie of the future in Boston, but against playoff teams this year he is 1-5-1 with a .903 SV%. Getting a ton of minutes in Providence and working on his rebound control won't be a bad thing for him. The schedule for the Bruins will be brutal making up the lost games so far this season, so I fully expect to see him back in Boston soon anyway.

Ullmarks stats can’t be much better because I think until the bruins scored 5 goals against Tampa and 7 goals against the capitals they only had a couple wins against teams in playoff spots. Both goalies were struggling against good teams

 

[Jerkbait]

Good for this kid.

Promising prospect.

Thats not what Toronto said back in the day !!

 

[pearljamvs5]

Ullmarks stats can’t be much better because I think until the bruins scored 5 goals against Tampa and 7 goals against the capitals they only had a couple wins against teams in playoff spots. Both goalies were struggling against good teams

Ullmark’s stats against playoff teams this season are 4-2-0 with a .919 SV%. Definitely better than Swayman. Swayman will most definitely be the Bruins #1 eventually, but he still has a lot of work to do.

 

[Sheppy]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

This guy is so angry.

 

[Stubu]

Good.

Hate the Bruins - and I wish nothing but misery and despair and choke jobs and losses onto them and their fans - but this move always made sense. Sucks for Rask that it's only 1M$ though - he should ask for more. He's bending over backwards a bit too much in my opinion with his desire to remain in Boston.

I think it's safe to say he didn't give two shits about the money any more, he just wanted to have the figure in the millions range, so to speak, to not have it look weird for everyone involved.

There's really no question whether he's worth $1m or not, but there's a related and quite real question, will this low-cost signing be actually beneficial for Bruins? Considering how they hardly can press-box him even if the focus and performance don't turn out to be up there for the rest of the season.

(And this simply remains to be seen; solid good performance is perhaps probable rather than merely possible, but it's not granted either. And then things would get a bit iffy.)

 

[Cogburn]

Thats not what Toronto said back in the day !!

In all fairness, Andrew Raycroft was also...a goalie.