Player Discussion Jeremy Swayman: VII - agreed to 8 x 8.25 aav

[smithformeragent]

One could make the argument that we're beating a dead horse here.

So be it. Discuss, if you so choose. We'll keep all the Swayman talk contained to this thread.

If you have nothing meaningful to contribute to the conversation, move along.

We will not have this devolve into thread hijacking and flaming of other posters.

@Gee Wally

We have numerous deletions and more in here. We know tension and emotions are high.
But you folks must simply stop taking personal shots at each. Stay to topic.

If not we will be left with no choice other than adding thread bans.

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[SwayHeyKid]

Tommy Salo handled arbitration better and Milbury made him cry.

he took notes and got better at a couple of them, good on him, employers love those kind of go getters.

 

[Midship]

Trade this giant crybaby bitch today. I will never feel bad for someone being offered $64M to play a game.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

What a soft baby this kid is, Check for one playoff win? F off dude

If he was soft wouldn't he have sucked last year?

 

[Chevalier du Clavier]

only see two seasons there

Because those were the relevant seasons that he was referring to.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

I'd like to point out once again that Jeremy Swayman responded to an arbitration hearing that personally upset him by performing as a world-class professional. It didn't impact his play. It actually motivated him to play the best hockey of his career.

Isn't that what the best athletes always do? They use people questioning them as motivation to prove them wrong rather than wallow?

Even if someone thinks he's being a "baby" about arbitration on the ice he responded like a f***ing man.

Doesn't resonate with all these successful business owners here that love to stick it to the man.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

If he was soft wouldn't he have sucked last year?

If he was a playoff warrior wouldn't he have beaten Florida TWICE?

 

[mjhfb]

When I read that he will do "everything in my power to be a Bruin..." my immediate thought is OK, then why not simply say "yes"?

 

[Bodit9]

Swayman on Bruins tenure: 'Don't want it to end'

Restricted free agent goalie Jeremy Swayman, currently in a contentious contract standoff with Boston, said he would do "everything in my power to be a Bruin for a long time" on the NHL's new Amazon Prime Video docuseries.

www.espn.com

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841828214689157473

Could this guy be more of a Gen Z drama queen?

 

[JoeIsAStud]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841831916317675607

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They weren't necessarily wrong, but to be fair, it was a small sample size. To his credit, he changed the narrative the following postseason.

This will make for such a poignant scene when Disney does a movie about his life. Poor Jeremy with the criticism of him written in the mirror so he can read every day (sure maybe not exactly wahat happened but a films got to take some artistic license )

 

[SwayHeyKid]

"When you go into that room, you don't say a word," he said. "My arbitrator started first, said all of these great things. The arbitrator on their side ... their job is to help the management side and to rip players. Hearing that you're not worthy of what you think you're worthy of, that was hard to hear. You don't forget what was said."

The Bruins goalie said he wrote down every criticism he heard during the hearing into a checklist that he would refer to during the season.

"My biggest knock was that I wasn't trustworthy in the playoffs. Check," said Swayman, motioning a checkmark with his hand.

The goalie had a 12-6 record with a .215 goals-against average and an NHL-best .933 save percentage in the 2024 postseason. But the Bruins lost in the second round to the Panthers, the same team that eliminated them the previous postseason.

"It's disgusting to think about that I'm not going to raise a Stanley Cup over my head this year. The way I will get to do that is to turn the page and take positives and start working towards next year," Swayman said.

The whole quote and not just the click bait

 

[Bodit9]

When I read that he will do "everything in my power to be a Bruin..." my immediate thought is OK, then why not simply say "yes"?

He's basically done everything he can to poison the well.

 

[SwayHeyKid]

If he was a playoff warrior wouldn't he have beaten Florida TWICE?

Nobody said he was a warrior? Are you Cam Neely lying again?

 

[DaStinger]

So he is still hurt from arbitration, good to know. I can think of 64 million reasons why I could get over it.

 

[Oates2Neely]

Like I’ve pointed out plenty of times here, the cap issues come not from signing your best players to fair market deals, but from extending yourself on overpayments to bottom of the roster players. In this case, Korpisalo, Peeke, and Zadorov jump right to the top of the list.

I’m mean shit, would you rather overpay your starting goalie by a little bit or grossly overpay your bottom pairing dmen and your back up goalie? It’s foolhardy to be arguing over a small amount of money for an impact player when you’re paying your bottom pairing nearly $8 mill a year collectively.

I think Swayman at 8m is overpayment by 1.5m. But I’d go 8x8. Otherwise I completely agree here. Mike Reilly, Forbort, Korpisalo etc etc etc the bottom of Sweeney rosters always littered with 3m contracts. Some Providence call ups would be better options

 

[KrejciMVP]

If he was a playoff warrior wouldn't he have beaten Florida TWICE?

He beat the leafs rd 1 is all I've heard for weeks

 

[SwayHeyKid]

Could this guy be more of a Gen Z drama queen?

Gen Z is going to be changing your diapers one day so be careful.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

If he was a playoff warrior wouldn't he have beaten Florida TWICE?

He cant score the goals for them...games 2-6 they scored 8 total goals. No goalie is winning a series with less than 2 gpg of support

 

[JoeIsAStud]

I think Swayman at 8m is overpayment by 1.5m. But I’d go 8x8. Otherwise I completely agree here. Mike Reilly, Forbort, Korpisalo etc etc etc the bottom of Sweeney rosters always littered with 3m contracts. Some Providence call ups would be better options

I agree it is an overpay for the first few years of the deal, and probably then becomes and underpay for the remainder.

 

[KrejciMVP]

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They weren't necessarily wrong, but to be fair, it was a small sample size. To his credit, he changed the narrative the following postseason.

Does Umaine not offer business classes on arbitration hearings?

He cant score the goals for them...games 2-6 they scored 8 total goals. No goalie is winning a series with less than 2 gpg of support

But if you're that guy who wants top dollar shouldn't you move the needle? Spend that money on a goal scorer then

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

Nobody said he was a warrior? Are you Cam Neely lying again?

Did he say check on he was not reliable in the playoffs? Insinuating that they where wrong?

This kid is a clown and should be sent packing.

Please Bruins get rid of him, this is going to be a disaster if you sign him.

 

[DiggityDog]

Nothing for nothing, but it is his agent’s job to prepare him for arbitration and how terrible it is going to be. Everyone knows it awful, everyone.

If he got offended during the process I don’t blame him. It could’ve all been avoided though if had an agent who had come to the table in good faith as opposed to trying bend everyone over a barrel.

So here we are again, same agent, same shit. The back and forth between both parties has completely derailed all the momentum they had after a really fun free agency period. Instead of being excited like I was for this season, I’m now kind of over it. Sucks

 

[KrejciMVP]

Did he say check on he was not reliable in the playoffs? Insinuating that they where wrong?

This kid is a clown and should be sent packing.

Please Bruins get rid of him, this is going to be a disaster if you sign him.

If he falters the pressure will be exponentially worse than a small arbitration hearing. This is Boston afterall

 

[EverettMike]

For those of you eager to see him gone I think you'll get your wish because I predict tomorrow he's going to say he wants a trade citing Cam Neely's lie and lack of trust with the organization.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

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They weren't necessarily wrong, but to be fair, it was a small sample size. To his credit, he changed the narrative the following postseason.

That business education certainly paid off. Driving his business with emotion rather than facts in these negotiations it would seem.

What a shame. The mistakes and miscalculation by he and the agent is really going to hurt the Bruins as they backpedal from elite goaltending to merely average goaltending while also struggling to score goals.

 

[4ORRBRUIN]

I agree it is an overpay for the first few years of the deal, and probably then becomes and underpay for the remainder.

And what if the fragile little baby gets his feeling hurt when he has a bad game and goes into the tank?

How does 8x8 look then?