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

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Well, even if it takes him a couple weeks to get up to speed, now that he's signed I don't think we can expect much change in the top 4 of the Atlantic this year.

It will be interesting to see if Boston still goes with Korpi on Tuesday, I assume they will.

 

[JS19]

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.

The initial ask is never the actual ask.

 

[ffh]

8.25 aav for a goalie that hasn't played a full year on a declining team. What could go wrong.

 

[Habby4Life]

Good on swayman for holding strong.

Neely and Sweeney look like amateurs.

 

[thefutures]

Are the bruins fans feelings still hurt or are they gunna support their guy. Lmao, the 'cry baby' stays put

 

[CheerstoBeers]

I knew it was gonna be 8.25, I called it the day after the presser. After Neely publicly called out the 8x8 you know Swayman wasn't signing for that. They had to give him a tiny bit more to make it look like he won and didn't cave to Neelys public pressure. That extra. 25 a year is basically an olive branch for what Neely did at that presser. At the end of the day it worked out for both sides and they can put this behind them and move on as a team.

 

[Fatass]

8.25 aav for a goalie that hasn't played a full year on a declining team. What could go wrong.

Yup. Sweeny covered a lot of watts in that Bruins’ lineup. As more warts develop his great play won’t be able to cover them all. Imo the Bruins will drop another 10 points this year from last and be one of those bubble playoff teams. If they do sneak in it will be because of Swayman.

 

[CheerstoBeers]

Are the bruins fans feelings still hurt or are they gunna support their guy. Lmao, the 'cry baby' stays put

He's our guy now, full support going forward from fans and the organization im sure. Everyone knows negotiations can be tough and can get contentous and test relationships but at the end of the day they're both working towards the same goal and obviously this shows the Bruins want Swayman and Swayman wants to he a Bruin long term. Time to move on

 

[nbwingsfan]

8.25 aav for a goalie that hasn't played a full year on a declining team. What could go wrong.

They were 4th in the league last year and just improved both their C depth and their defense….

 

[Captain97]

Fair deal

 

[violaswallet]

Given the lack of bargaining power by Bruins, fair deal: Swayman has high potential and you’re buying his prime

 

[Pengu]

WAY overpaid for what he's shown so far. Never been a starter and
his numbers have never been great.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Where will Igor land when comparing the two?

Don’t know much about their individual stats, just heard that Igor was a playoff performer and swayman wasn’t, quote “the bruins management”

Probably $2M to $2.5M more (per year).

 

[BB88]

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.


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

Or Swayman was bullied into taking millions less?

He was just said to be at high 8/9M x8 mark (started from 9.5) and signed a 8.25M deal

& players or their agents can cry to the media and when the team answers back it’s the teams fault?

At the end of the day they got a deal done closer to Bruins number than Swaymans number

 

[Mr Positive]

Probably $2M to $2.5M more.

I'd say so, or more really. He's got games played edge with established elite play over a long period and a Vezina. He's a safer bet. For sure more than Vasilevsky, just to account for cap inflation

 

[Mongo]

It’s weird. I hate and love this deal.

It’s more than he “deserves” right now but if he continues to play like he has been he’ll be a bargain before half way through his contract. So it’s a sliding scale of a fair deal.

What this contract does is crank up the goalie market because the next hot commodity will have a comparable that got paid as an RFA with mostly just potential to go by and skipping a bridge deal.

Considering how ugly this process ended up it really could be a huge win-win contract. The Bruins have locked up their goalie of the future and his prime years for what could be a bargain contract in just 3 years. While Swayman gets an early payday and possibly set up other goalie RFA’s futures big paydays.

Seems like a great contract for both sides as long as Swayman lives up to his current standard. He doesn’t even have to perform better. He just has to be who he has been.

Of course that all changes if he proves to a flash in the pan. Bruins are taking a risk that can be super beneficial and you have to think they have a good idea what they have on their hands.

 

[ZDH]

Played the bruins organization for the bitches they are.

 

[wolves019]

8.25 aav for a goalie that hasn't played a full year on a declining team. What could go wrong.

True, this contract will be like Gibson's very quickly

 

[Jared Dunn]

I dunno, lets how Ullmark looks in Ottawa... prediction: bad

wasnt exactly stellar in Buffalo either.

He was in fact quite good in Buffalo on a bad team, 5x5 didn't drop out of the sky

 

[Stringer Bell]

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

****12.5x6

 

[amnesiac]

2 back to back seasons of .915 with the defence that Buffalo had is actually pretty decent.

Fair enough

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

8.25 aav for a goalie that hasn't played a full year on a declining team. What could go wrong.

Are we declining again? Lets get it over with it was supposed to happen 3-5 years ago.

I want high draft picks so we can say we have a great farm system LOLOLOLOLOLO

 

[TheFamousFart]

Way too much for his merits, this might fire back badly at the Bruins. Cant believe how much he got with so little games played

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

WAY overpaid for what he's shown so far. Never been a starter and
his numbers have never been great.

Can I laugh emoji seventeen times? Educate yourself son.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Haven't been this disappointed in an ending since Evgeny Prigozhin turned his troops around. I wanted blood gosh darn it