My prediction from months ago was $9M AAV. Reasoning that Tuuka’s big deal he signed around the same age and with around the same value would be $9.5M AAV at next season’s cap and that one worked out pretty well for both sides in my opinion.
Swayman is a stud. He has the athleticism, work ethic, all around good guy, god given talent etc. He is young enough that even a max length 8 year deal will mostly be his peak performance years (for a goalie).
Anything under $9M is team friendly in my view. The painful part is seeing Korpisalo eat up $3M in cap space for the next four seasons, but we already have a thread for that.
Swayman is a stud. He has the athleticism, work ethic, all around good guy, god given talent etc. He is young enough that even a max length 8 year deal will mostly be his peak performance years (for a goalie).
Anything under $9M is team friendly in my view. The painful part is seeing Korpisalo eat up $3M in cap space for the next four seasons, but we already have a thread for that.