Speculation: The Bruins and Jeremy Swayman are far apart in contract term (length) and dollar amount.

[Caps8112]

He's been president of the team for like 15-20 years.

haha. figured hed been there in some capacity for a very long time given who he is and what he meant to the bruins but didnt look it up. Also def never heard him talk before but also dont follow the bruins. Stand by what I said tho. Guy should be smarter then that when it comes to business.

 

[Score08]

This relationship already had cracks from arbitration.

Probably had a lot to do with swayman being utterly unprepared for how the arbitration process works and was butthurt the bruins said mean things. That’s on his agent for not preparing his sensitive client to the realities of the adult world.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

6yrs @ 8.75

Jacob’s saves over 10M and feels like a winner (Cams 64M comment)

Swayman is locked in with nearly 53M in the bank before he’s a 31yr old UFA in a bloated cap world.

Sign it.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Turns down $64M, Swayman is an idiot. Thinks he should be paid like he's the best starter in the NHL. He's played less than 200 games in his career and hasn't even played one full season as a full time starter. Coming off a fluke playoff performance last year. Lets see him repeat those numbers before demanding more than $64M.

 

[Score08]

If someone in this process is butthurt it is not Swaymans camp... It's Bruins management looking unprofessional and like they are being bent over and have no idea how to PR their way out of everyone seeing that

Swayman went on a media sympath tour last year after the abritration process and was whining about how critical the bruins were and that it bothered him.

 

[Wilhelm Scream]

It was from hockeyforever. I don’t know where he got it.

Word. It was a joke tweet that wasn't super obviously a joke. Sorry for asking in a needlessly sassy way.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Source: Bruins’ actual offer to Jeremy Swayman was eight years at $7.8 million AAV

Bruins president Cam Neely hinted that the team offered Swayman an $8 million AAV contract.

www.dailyfaceoff.com

 

[jellybeans]

So the bruins goes from the best goalie duo in the league to nothing fantastic move Neely.

 

[JD1]

Korpisalo is built to play in Boston’s zone system. They’re not too concerned. There’s a much greater chance that Ullmark lays an egg in Ottawa. It’s much easier hugging your post in Boston than having to make w high quality saves in Ottawa. He’s gonna have to earn not only his contract this year, but if he lays an egg in Ottawa, good luck getting a big contract next year.

Swayman was the goalie they wanted to keep because when the Bruins D did break down, he stepped up to make more quality saves than Ullmark. More timely saves. Neither has really ever stood on their head though.

They can send Swayman to Utah for a nice piece along with Vejmelka, and likely have the same quality of goaltending this season. The thing is? They know it too.

The Bruins aren’t gonna panic here. They can even send Detroit a 3rd round pick for Husso and make sure their ok in net. They hold all the cards in this negotiation because they know their system inflates goalie stats.

that sounds great and all but advanced stat data doesn't really agree with you

 

[Breakers]

Word. It was a joke tweet that wasn't super obviously a joke. Sorry for asking in a needlessly sassy way.

Yeah I wasn’t sure. I got it hockeyforevers Instagram account as it was in his timeline, but doesn’t appear that gross actually posted it.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

lol good luck getting that contract with some other team of that amount he wants. Its going to backfire when he starts playing terrible cause the teams that can afford such an amount are not that great thus make the contract look extremely terrible.

Or he'll sign a similar contract with a team that doesn't try to throw him under the bus for public sympathy.

Both sides are probably being greedy. And he chose this line of work where he can be injured next game and not play again. He has his business education from Stanford to fall back on.

Agents/players, this is standard practice. They were likely going to hold out as long as possible to try to squeeze out the deal that they really wanted, and eventually sign. But then Neely inexplicably blinks first and now it's all hilariously f***ed.

 

[Bankerguy]

considering his resume up to this point, he should accept anything over 7.5M per at 5 years or more

 

[FMichael]

Turns down $64M, Swayman is an idiot. Thinks he should be paid like he's the best starter in the NHL. He's played less than 200 games in his career and hasn't even played one full season as a full time starter. Coming off a fluke playoff performance last year. Lets see him repeat those numbers before demanding more than $64M.

While we as fans do not know the exact figures, but after Neely’s comment I think the numbers are probably what many of us suspect and if that is the case - yes Swayman is a goof considering his lack of overall experience and his demands.

I would be surprised if he remains a Bruin.

 

[FriendlyGhost92]

I've said in in this thread before, but it's again hilarious to me that Boston decided to trade Ullmark before having Swayman signed.

Nothing like giving the guy all the ammo in the world. You're a contending team with an RFA goalie. Option B played like shit in Ottawa and his backups are AHL fodder.

 

[Golden_Jet]

All those other players were established elite goalies. Swayman is not. Not yet. Period. 7m x 2 year would make sense and carry him to UFA. If he doesn’t want to sign an 8x8, Id let him sit at home too.

I would say zero chance Bruins offer 2 years to walk him to UFA, that makes zero sense.

 

[FMichael]

considering his resume up to this point, he should accept anything over 7.5M per at 5 years or more

Indeed

 

[Skullz]

Friedman just reported that the sides are really far apart in terms of money. So either him or Servalli are wrong, and I doubt it's Friedman.

 

[TheBeard]

While we as fans do not know the exact figures, but after Neely’s comment I think the numbers are probably what many of us suspect and if that is the case - yes Swayman is a goof considering his lack of overall experience and his demands.

I would be surprised if he remains a Bruin.

Apparently the exact figure was 8x7.8

 

[FMichael]

Apparently the exact figure was 8x7.8

If that’s the case and I had to pick sides…Sorry Swayman - that’s more than a generous offer and you’re putting yourself ahead of your teammates.

 

[centipede2233]

7.8 mil per for swayman is more then fair.

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

So the Bruins offered 62.5M and Swayman wants 68M? Thats way closer than I thought. They could easily meet in the middle there.

This makes Neely and Bruins look even dumber for what they did yesterday

There's zero chance Swayman was at $68M/8 yrs prior to yesterday. They were refusing to move from $76 million ($9.5M/yr) even after the Bruins went up to $62 or $64M - that's what prompted Neely to throw out that number - to get the Bruins back in the media/public opinion favor and make Swayman look like the unreasonable one. It's almost a certainty that Swayman's agent acted quick to that move and reduced their ask yesterday after the Bruins press conference, and then leaked their new latest ask to Seravalli. This new ask makes them look a lot less unreasonable.

 

[Bridges31]

Shut up Marc podcast:" Swayman: I went to business school, I know my comparables"

NO Swayman you clearly don't, thinking he's worth more than Saros, Hellebuck, Sorokin. Sit him or ship him out.

Agreed 100%.

The Bruins cannot and should not give him even 8x8 but if Swayman can’t see that that’s a crazy good deal, then it’s time to move on from him.

 

[TheDoldrums]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1841130430172385311

https://x.com/i/web/status/1840937952039354835

This is nuts! I’ve never seen a negotiation play out with such specific numbers publicly. Last years arb hearing must’ve been brutal to set the tone for this all.

 

[Bruins4Lifer]

Friedman just reported that the sides are really far apart in terms of money. So either him or Servalli are wrong, and I doubt it's Friedman.

things change very quick. Friedman's words were from last night, Seravalli's report was this morning.

 

[Roo]

This is nuts! I’ve never seen a negotiation play out with such specific numbers publicly. Last years arb hearing must’ve been brutal to set the tone for this all.

Likely just posturing