Swayman’s Strong Stand: Should the Bruins say yay or nay to (reported) $10M ask?
With only a few days remaining in August, the Jeremy Swayman contract saga drags on. There was a report earlier this week that’s he asking for $10M annually on his deal, and while that’s yet to be corroborated, recent comments made by the goaltender suggest he is indeed taking a strong stand in negotiations.
Locked on Boston Bruins host Ian McLaren breaks down Swayman’s understanding that the cap is going up, his comparables, and how he can’t ruin the goalie market for other guys that are going to be in his shoes down the line.
Looking at his numbers, Swayman is an elite goalie. But, he doesn’t have the accolades of some of his peers. The balance is paying for what’s expected vs. what’s been achieved. At Swayman’s age, though, surely the hardware is coming.
Plus, some comments on Andrew Raycroft’s take on the challenge ahead for Swayman as the bona fide No. 1 in Boston.
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16 Comments
Stop over valuating Swayman. hasn't been the number one goalie for the team yet.
7.75 -6yrs
10 million no fn way!!
If he wants ten million it’s time for a trade. If he had a cup or vezina we could at least have that conversation. Paying guys before they actually do something is bad business.
10.5m x8y! Do it! I know from experience that nothing bad can happen.
Nay
I believe that you should show your values before the employer rewards you , so he had a good year, what does that prove?
Pred here. Saros got 7.74M/8. I still think that is at least .74M too much. Sway is still not dry behind his ears compared to Saros. If he asks for 10M- I’d say trade him. No goalie is worth it, not even Price was
He doesn't have any hardware to demand 10 million. No Way
He shot high last time , we low balled and met in the middle . 7.5 – 8 … MAYBY . If not 7
Sorry, that's too much. Nay.
Done with Swayman here, lets see how much Essensa can improve JK
So sick of all this swayman talk. I said 3 months ago that all he's done so far is get hot for 1.5 rounds of playoffs while winning only 1 round, and that the 8×8 talk was ridiculous. He's lucky the B's didnt opt for 2 yrs of last year's arbitration result as a showing of good faith. Yes, he watched Ullmark (still the consistently better goaltender) get traded, but B's did that to have the money & cap space to pay Swayman. Who cares about his studying business – you can have an MBA and still never get hired to be an agent but if you're a star veteran player, you can negotiate your own contract
It’s not Swayman’s fault that the team couldn’t generate any offense across long stretches of playoff games, dude was goddamn nails. In my book, he’s got two cups if the team could put pucks in the net. Let’s not also forget he was in net when the B’s posted the best regular season record all time. Give him what he wants, any other team out there will pay him 8.5-9 no questions asked and he’s a RFA. And they traded Linus away, swayman’s younger. We gonna start Joonas next year? FFS why is this even a discussion. It’s like the redsox ownership bought the bruins when we weren’t looking.
Trade him for Ullmark if he doesn't sign by camp. I thought 7 was high for this but seems to be the going price. 10 or even 8.5 is silly for an unproven.
Fish or cut bait kid…..this blue collar man is getting sick of this drama.