I am a certified Bruins hater but don't think you're crediting the organization enough here, they're good at identifying both players and coaches that will buy into their philosophy. Also this list is just full of flat out incredible goalies lolyep.... Julien, Cassidy, Montgomery. Almost all goalies under them have had great stats...
Thomas, Rask, Halak, Bishop, Khudobin, Price, Hill, Thompson, Brossoit, Ullmark, Swayman
All that drama over $250k?
Both sides looks terrible on this.
Real ballers total their luxury vehicleA Maserati SUV? Doesn’t he know those things have terrible resale value!?
The Bruins offered him $64MI mean…contract negotiations?
If Swayman remains the goalie he has been his entire career and by cause/effect the Bruins remain competitive, nobody is going to care or “look terrible” in the long-run.
That is why he wanted 8.25m instead of 8m.A Maserati SUV? Doesn’t he know those things have terrible resale value!?
He was asking for $72M - $76M.The Bruins offered him $64M
He signed for $66M
Instead of causing a massive distraction, one of the sides should have just agreed to the 64/66
$2m on a contract that huge is nothing
Swayman wanted $9.5m big dog
Uh… no?So what? I want $10 million.
You think Swayman is gonna be a sourpuss and throw games and be a distraction because he just willingly committed himself to the Bruins for 8 years?
Sway wanted 9.5, he came down and the Bruins went up but it was always going to be around 8. Neely got everyone to move on and get it down. So 64 for 8 years became 66 for 8 years, which is going to be peanuts after the next big 3 sign in a few years maybe north of 10.I don’t think anyone actually knows but them. However that wasn’t my point-it has nothing to do about blame. Once Neeely put $64m out there, Swayman signing that deal would be an admission that he was the bad guy. So he had to hold out for a bigger number. It’s only $4m on the total deal, but if he kept quiet he may have got that 8x8 deal signed.
Uh… no?
Where in anything I said did you get THAT conclusion from ?
It's not a bad deal. It's an unfortunate one. I feels like if this were played differently by management they could have had the same good player for less money.
Hindsight is 20/20 and all that, but arbitration last year, trading Ullmark before dealing with Swagman, Cam Neely to the media, etc. I think they are all factors in not getting a hometown discount here. Maybe if played differently they could have done 8 x $7.5m or something, who knows.
This is the next in line to sign with the B's and not give that Bruin discount that used to be so common. No deals were given by Sway, Pasta, Mac, Lindholm or Zadorov.
I guess the Bruins need to hope it's not system and coaching that makes goalies look good. We may get a glimpse of that in Ottawa and see.
Neely didn’t get bullied. He did make himself look like an idiot with his public whining. But no one bullied him into that.the people saying Neely got bullied here are crazy when Swayman was allegedly asking $9.5m
All that drama over $250k?
Both sides looks terrible on this.
That was his pre-contract beaterA Maserati SUV? Doesn’t he know those things have terrible resale value!?
If both sides keep their traps shut (especially the Neely rant) then this gets done behind closed doors, like it should.So why do “both sides look terrible”?
And if you agree it’s inconsequential…who cares? How is this just not typical contract negotiation with a star player?
If he did not say anything this would probably still be going on. He put light on the whole thing and got it into high gear.Neely didn’t get bullied. He did make himself look like an idiot with his public whining. But no one bullied him into that.
Neely didn’t get bullied. He did make himself look like an idiot with his public whining. But no one bullied him into that.
Both sides look like idiots making a massive deal over what ended up being $8.25So why do “both sides look terrible”?
And if you agree it’s inconsequential…who cares? How is this just not typical contract negotiation with a star player?
$64 vs $66m is very littleThat's $2 million over the life of the contract
If both sides keep their traps shut (especially the Neely rant) then this gets done behind closed doors, like it should.
Both sides look like idiots making a massive deal over what ended up being $8.25
$64 vs $66m is very little
It’s not whether his words were warranted; it’s the whiny delivery that made him appear idiotic.The irony. Whining is what the player and agent do.
Neely was well warranted to do so and it seems to have made all the difference in the end. Win for Neely.