Confirmed Signing with Link: Boston Bruins and Jeremy Swayman agree 8 year contract

[Bridges31]

Odd. Or Swayman had no choice but to lower his demand.

Bruins were always willing to end around 8x8.

Franchise goalie of the future. He needs to keep his feelings a little more private going forward, this negotiation took a dramatic turn in the end.

8x8 or near it was always the fair value range.

This.

I don’t see how the Bruins were backed into a corner here. Swayman’s camp had to come way down from what they were rumored to be asking. The Bruins could have made him wait all year if they wanted to. Of course, they’re better off with Swayman though.

 

[wintersej]

His agent did a good job. This is a resetting of the RFA goalie market (although not all the way back to 10 years ago).

He got the Sorokin contract with lower Vezina finishes, less proven as a starter and with two years of RFA.

Glad it's over and Bruins fans can go back to arguing about hockey instead of contract comparables.

Also, hope the Bruins don't have to deal with Gross again.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Haha Neely acted tougher than balls in that interview and then gets bullied by Swayman and Gross. Fantastic

Most odd. The number of neutrals chiming in could not be further from the truth.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Once Neely said $64m, he forced himself to have to go higher. Good on Swayman for holding his ground and getting what he thought he was worth. Good to see him signed, obv don’t like the B’s but it’s good for competitiveness in the division .

It is pretty obvious the agent lied about never hearing that number than Neely lying or erroneously putting it out that $64M was the latest offer

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Theyd better keep Montgomery a long time.... hes the reason his goalies have looked so good

Rask and Thomas as well?

 

[Thallis]

It is pretty obvious the agent lied about never hearing that number than Neely lying or putting it out that $64M was the latest offer.

So obvious that it was corroborated by journalists immediately after

 

[amnesiac]

Rask and Thomas as well?

more proven obviously, but both did excel under a defensive minded Claude Julien

I mean, this is just what hockey is today. Your goalies are as good as your defense allow you to be.


Countless examples throughout the years dating back to Lemaire and Hitchcock

 

[BKarchitect]

Risky and trendsetting for a young goalie but IMO unlike most it seems, I feel like Sway will be worth it. It’s not just the stats behind a good defense, I think he’s got the “it” factor in net and has had it at every level and every move up into a new pressure situation.

He’s just rock solid consistency wise and that’s the thing that separates the cream of the crop in a league where any goalie can have a top 5-10 season but very few are able to do it year after year after year.

 

[LemonSauceD]

So obvious that it was corroborated by journalists immediately after

Why the f*** would Neely lie about the latest contract offer being $64M? What do you truly think he gains from lying? We’re talking about the agent Gross here who’s one of the most penny-ante agents there is.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the B’s offering 8x8 and Sway wanted over 9….this sounds more like a win for the B’s more than Sway.

The term is what would worry me… if he doesn’t live up to this, moving him will be impossible

That was my understanding too. B's came up by ~$400k and Swayman came down by ~$1.2M.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

So obvious that it was corroborated by journalists immediately after

Who have a desperate motivation to defend their "sources".

 

[Kranix]

Haha Neely acted tougher than balls in that interview and then gets bullied by Swayman and

Neely said this offer was on the table in the press conference.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Time for Bruin fans to stop acting like this dude sucks and deserves pennies. Now that hes signed hes a top 5 goalie for them probs.

Fortunately your first statement is flat out agenda and not reality. Second statement remains true.

 

[ON3M4N]

Theyd better keep Montgomery a long time.... hes the reason his goalies have looked so good

Lol what? You ever hear of a guy named goalie Bob? He's the reason for Boston's strong goaltending for the last 20 years.

 

[amnesiac]

Lol what? You ever hear of a guy named goalie Bob? He's the reason for Boston's strong goaltending for the last 20 years.

I dont doubt that hes a big part of it, but playing a defensive system as a whole is the difference here.

Julien, Cassidy, and Montgomery are all great for goalies...

Go look at Bishop and Khudobin's stats when Monty was the coach in Dallas.

Price's numbers when Julien was in MTL

Hill, THompson, AND Brossoit 2 years ago under Cassidy

 

[Clint Eastwood]

Overpaid but hopefully he lives up to it.

 

[goldenblack]

Sway probably wins years 1-2-3

Bruins probably win the rest

All is well that ends well

 

[GeeoffBrown]

Maybe the two sides were not speaking and the $64million was an offer made in real time through the media?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

I would say Swayman, his agent and goalies around league are big winners here

 

[bigdog16]

How did he get bullied?

How? He was bullied into an extra .25?

I don’t think he’s earned it yet. He was great in the playoffs, but he hasn’t had a starter’s load, not to mention a starter’s load and the playoffs.

Bullied into 2 million dollars after throwing a public hissy fit? The only people who don’t think Neely and the Bruins look like morons here are, coincidentally, Bruins fans.

Neely said this offer was on the table in the press conference.

Uhhhh no he didn’t. Unless you don’t think 2 million dollars is a lot of money

 

[Metroid]

He got his coin, now to see him fail! ;-)

 

[Thallis]

Why the f*** would Neely lie about the latest contract offer being $64M? What do you truly think he gains from lying? We’re talking about the agent Gross here who’s one of the most penny-ante agents there is.

He gains fans like you to tote water for him instead of a player who fought to ultimately sign an obvious contract that should have been on the table since July.

 

[Reality Czech]

Good for him, some time ago he talked how he didn't want to accept peanuts because of his fellow goalies.

Well, thank God he didn't get stuck with the peanuts of $6-7 million per year instead of $8.25. I mean can you even raise a family on $6 mil per year anymore?

 

[ON3M4N]

I dont doubt that hes a big part of it, but playing a defensive system as a whole is the difference here.

Julien, Cassidy, and Montgomery are all great for goalies.

Go look at Bishop and Khudobin's stats when Monty was the coach in Dallas.

Price's numbers when Julien was in MTL

Almost like the teams philosophy is defensive minded. So is it really the coach?

 

[WhataKnight]

Glad to see this resolved. It's a massive commitment to make to a goalie with a career high of 44 appearances, however I'm not doubting his talent.

Tidy and accurate way to put it. I feel pretty much the same.

This is probably going to be about the time at which the Bruins watch their pipeline especially close, viewing player representation by Lewis Gross as a reason to consider not taking on a player, avoiding the exceptionally squeaky gear.