Confirmed Trade: [OTT/BOS] Linus Ullmark for Mark Kastelic, Joonas Korpisalo (25% retained), 2024 BOS 1st round pick

[dez]

Uhhh Boston?

 

[SML2]

3m per for that long is alot for a backup. Sway is gonna want some good money. You're looking at about 12m between the two of them.

 

[Mione134]

Fair, but that still doesn't explain how they're going to trade a bad goalie with a bad contract.

Your guess is as good as mine because as a Bruins fan I am perplexed.

 

[CupofOil]

The goalie market is always shit for the seller, why does this surprise people every time a goalie trade goes down?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Look at the goalies who have been signed recently

Jarry
Campbell
Kuemper
Grubauer
Merzlikins

They all got 5-6 in a flat cap. He’s better than all of them. He will get 6+ easy

Grubauer signed when he was coming off of 3 years with a .918 save%, including finishing 3rd in Vezina voting in 2020-2021. His 3 years before signing with Seattle were extremely comparable to Swayman's last 3 years with Boston.

Grubauer's contract seems like a good comparison for Swayman, even with Grubauer turning into ass after signing with Seattle.

 

[BKarchitect]

Because Korpisalo doesn't fit on that Bruins team.

Bussi and DiPietro have like 1 game of experience between them. At his retained rate, Korpisalo is being paid like a high end backup. Swayman has never started more than 45 games in a season.

How does he not fit?

I see a lot of wishcasting that Korpisalo gets moved on simply because people don’t like him but his experience level does seem to fit the gig that is open now that Ullmark is gone.

Seems like Sweeney wanted him at this retained rate to be a long term plug for the backup role behind Sway.

 

[NyQuil]

I thought he has no contract for this coming season meaning he can sign now, similar to Hronek?

He’s under contract for the upcoming season.

 

[CallSaul]

A small market Canadian team may be the Cup champion in 3 hours and a recent Vezina winner just said f-you to big American markets and would only waive his NTC for a small market Canadian team.

Happy Canada Day!

 

[PullHard]

Nice bit of business for Staios cleaning up Dorion’s mess. If they can extend Ullmark to a reasonable number it will make this look even more skewed in their favour.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

A small market Canadian team may be the Cup champion in 3 hours and a recent Vezina winner just said f-you to big American markets and would only waive his NTC for a small market Canadian team.

Happy Canada Day!

Well Ullmark is Swedish and many Swedes have said they prefer traditional markets more, notably Elias Lindholm and Mattias Ekholm.

 

[Deen]

The goalie market is always shit for the seller, why does this surprise people every time a goalie trade goes down?

Calgary says hello.

 

[Michoulicious]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1805386697053716723

Well done to both teams.

 

[Mick Riddleton]

Even with retention that's a pretty brutal deal for Boston. I almost would've rather let Ullmark walk instead

There are only 3 picks in this year's draft for the Bruins, and not until the 4th, 5th, and 6th rounds. Now they have the 25th pick. Maybe they rotate 3 goalies, Bussi shows well, and another team may want him. He has been very good in college and last year in the AHL.

 

[BKarchitect]

3m per for that long is alot for a backup. Sway is gonna want some good money. You're looking at about 12m between the two of them.

Wait. You think Swayman is getting $9 million AAV?

Swayman is awesome but again - he’s been a 40-45 starts a year guy, not a 55-60 starts a year guy.

It makes total sense that Sweeney wanted a backup at a reasonable price that has logged starting minutes.

 

[Schennanigans]

Big move for Ottawa. Could come back to bite the bruins.

 

[Relapsing]

Word is Leafs had a comparable offer for Ullmark

LOL. Get f***ed, leafs!

 

[Tuggy]

Strange deal from the Bruins.

I'll be curious to see how Ullmark looks outside the Boston system.

Ottawa is where goalies die.

 

[Yeti34]

Sweeney managed to have the best goalie and available and got the worst return. Good for Ottawa

 

[JKG33]

The goalie market is always shit for the seller, why does this surprise people every time a goalie trade goes down?

It is, but that 1st is what it should cost to dump Korpisalo. So they essentially traded Ullmark for Kastellic

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Don't get me wrong, Ottawa caught a break here. That being said, I fully expect Korpisalo to bounce back in Boston and have good numbers.

Since Anderson, Ottawa's been a goalie graveyard. Let's hope Ullmark stops that trend.

Ottawa has been a goalie graveyeard in the sense that every goalie we’ve brought in is a corpse. Ullmark is not

 

[zoA]

Maybe Boston values Kastelic like Tampa values Jeannot lol.

I have no idea how, but Boston will somehow make this look like a win-win. They always manage to surprise me.

 

[Kalus]

Sweeney managed to have the best goalie and available and got the worst return. Good for Ottawa

Yup, Bruins got fleeced here. I said for weeks they would probably get equivalent of a 3rd in this year’s draft. People here laughed at me. I think this return is worse.

 

[SML2]

3m per for that long is alot for a backup. Sway is gonna want some good money.

Wait. You think Swayman is getting $9 million AAV?

Swayman is awesome but again - he’s been a 40-45 starts a year guy, not a 55-60 starts a year guy.

It makes total sense that Sweeney wanted a backup at a reasonable price that has logged starting minutes.

You also had him platooning with a Vezina trophy winner. Even if I'm coming in above, you're at least at 10-10.5, no? He was one of the very best G in the playoffs. If the B's don't want to pay him, I think someone will give him 8 and change very quickly.

 

[Darren McCord]

Grubauer signed when he was coming off of 3 years with a .918 save%, including finishing 3rd in Vezina voting in 2020-2021. His 3 years before signing with Seattle were extremely comparable to Swayman's last 3 years with Boston.

Grubauer's contract seems like a good comparison for Swayman, even with Grubauer turning into ass after signing with Seattle.

Ya and he go 5.9 million in a flat cap. Swayman gets 6-6.5 minimum

 

[BKarchitect]

Maybe Boston values Kastelic like Tampa values Jeannot lol.

I have no idea how, but Boston will somehow make this look like a win-win. They always manage to surprise me.

Oh you know exactly how it will happen. Goalies are gonna goalie which means Korpisalo is gonna suddenly put up Ullmark like numbys in Boston.

Korpisalo was a deep fried turd sandwich last year but he’s athletically talented and has put up some streaks of great play at points in his past. Don’t laugh at the thought of him suddenly looking much better starting 30-35 games behind that B’s defense.