4 years would be ideal. I just don’t see Swayman biting on it. His agent is notorious for dragging out contract negotiations.
Four or eight but he didn’t take arbitration
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Imo there are only two contract lengths that make sense. 2 years (Swayman) and 8 years (Bruins)
I am sure that breakfast joint looks forward to seeing you and your hand shakers, I can only imagine the anticipation's that must feel knowing that day is coming soon. Do you just shake hands or is signing autographs prohibited.
No, I like what Sweeney has done and trust him in other places but my number 1 concern coming into this offseason was the way he spends money, I think it's his biggest weakness, although I like most of the additions/prices paid this offseason
Yep and he had more than a season of being the number 1 goalie by then. He took over for injured Thomas in 2010 before giving it back to Timmy the next two years. Then obviously was starter the year before he signed
Yeah because he and his team compiled a list of comps that are favorable to him, which like I said is inherently biased and useless. What matters at this point in time is what he can get from the Bruins or via offer sheet. That’s it. All the comps in the world won’t change that.
So how do you know he's not worth $12M a year or $5M a year if you're not looking at comps?
They'd have to trade players to fit him in at an unreasonable $ for this season. Don't think that, or the team suffering in his absence, would be welcomed by his teammates or across the league. It would ultimately lower his value going forward.
Negotiating with the team or teams directly, and seeing what he gets? If Boston is lowballing him and he's asking for the moon, something has to give, no?
Again, you have to use some sort of comp to determine whether it's a lowball or asking for the moon though. What Saros just got, what Sorokin makes, what Hellebuyck makes are all important. They provide the guardrails. Why do you think there's always a thing where someone "sets the market"?Look at QBs/WRs in the NFL - comps matter. It's no different in the NHL. It's pretty safe to say he's worth between $6.5M and $9.5M a year - because of comps. Where on that scale he slots is the negotiation.
No you don't. Team makes an offer, player makes a counter offer. They then proceed to negotiate. Comps are used for arbitration to convince an impartial judge what they deserve in pay. As both sides are biased with their comps and will not be swayed by any one the other side uses, they are irrelevant. The team and the player know exactly what the market is with no comps needed, so now they're playing the game of how do I get the player for less than the going rate and the player is trying to get the team to pay more than market value.
