Player Discussion Jeremy Swayman: VII - agreed to 8 x 8.25 aav
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People need to read the entire quote. Remember, the media is in the business of getting people angry-not painting an objective picture.
I don’t believe taking notes to find a way to motivate you, and having it work, is a bad thing. And so what if it fuels him to ask for what he thinks he deserves? The Bruins had a chance to put their money where their mouth is and keep Ullmark and trade Swayman, but they didn’t.
Which tells me they realize they need to get this done.
8 years/$66m.
I don’t believe taking notes to find a way to motivate you, and having it work, is a bad thing. And so what if it fuels him to ask for what he thinks he deserves? The Bruins had a chance to put their money where their mouth is and keep Ullmark and trade Swayman, but they didn’t.
Which tells me they realize they need to get this done.
8 years/$66m.
TobanWest
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Why don't they just reach out and say our final offer is 8.125 or 8.25 and that's a final offer. Don't accept... Don't play this year.
Whining if he's saying how his feeling were hurt and didn't deserve it.
As motivation if he is grateful for management helping push him to be a better goalie.
Depends on which is more important to him.
Greek_physique
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He absolutely responded the right way. He had a great season and elevated it with an even better playoff run.
But he continues to shoot himself in the foot in the eyes of public perception when he continues to stand up in his soap box and pontificate about that arbitration hearing. Judging by the amount of times he's cried about it to the media, he's can't get over it personally - even though professionally he blew them out of the water - and now it's becoming a huge distraction.
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Waiting for some of this anger to be placed on the GM who thought it was a good idea to trade Ullmark before any of this was figured out. Thankfully our prospect pool will now rise from 29 to 28 in Pronman's annual rankings at least. Like seriously when do people say "WTF was he thinking"? I'm assuming never.
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Mods have given up creating new threads - even they're over this whole saga. I think we're riding this baby 'til the wheels fall off.
That's what I expected as soon as Neely uttered the words "64 million"
Sign the deal, fire the agent, do a quick presser with Sweeney and say how relieved you are that it's over and are looking forward to representing the team for a long time. Off we go!
The silence is concerning at this point
Number8
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Agreed. However, if he's going to continue to insist on complaining about it publicly then he needs to deliver the Cup. Those are the terms. Anything less is simply not worth it.
Hopefully get a decent backup for Korpi in the deal. Joonas is as good as Hill or Kuemper or Skinner at the very least and close to your boy probably.
I was going to say- "You have it in your power, just accept the 8/8 the Bruins are offering"
EverettMike
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Neely's "64 million reasons" is one of the dumbest, most shortsighted things I have ever seen an executive do and these threads continue to prove why.
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Yep and then when the conversation ends, we'll lock this thread and launch it into space as a means to communicate with other intelligent forms of life.
every generation initially suffers the same criticisms the prior ones did at the same age.
Obviously that was my first thought too...but at the end of the day if he believes he's worth more you can't blame him for not taking it. I'd be willing to go a bit higher than 8 mil, you obviously believe he's the future if you're offering 8 mil for 8 years, just bite the bullet and make the guy happy at this point.
The return for the privelage of giving Jeremy a huge contract is not going to be big. It almost feels like half RFA half UFA situation. Take what you can get and bank the cap savings for a better opportunity later
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I've wanted Sway signed but this quote is so cringey
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Get over it, snowflake!
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
Number8
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Gerry Cheevers would tell him to stop being a p***y and start playing.
And I would bet a lot of money that would be what he'd say minus a ton of F bombs.
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Only for it to come crashing back to earth and destroy us all, like the blob.
I’d argue it’s dumb if you want the player to stay. If you have already made up your mind that he’s not, then it’s stealing from the Red Sox PR playbook.
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While stupid, do you think he does this without the unnecessary drama created from leaking contract details to the two stupidest loudmouths ever to run a podcast? Honest question. Because IMO whoever leaked that is an absolute wanker.
I'm surprised he said it, but I can see a situation where he's just fed up, depending on what sort of leaks have come from Gross, or how he's handled negotiations so far
The whole thing has been bungled by the Bruins for the last year or two, but I don't think Swayman/Gross are completely innocent either.
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