Swayman and Bruins Still Deadlocked | Pucks with Haggs

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1. Sorry I think Jeremy a little bit greedy 😞

2. Swayman isn't greedy. Bruins management is cheap.

3. If he doesn't re-sign, Sweeney should be let go immediately. Getting nothing and a bad contract for Linus and not having this done is potentially crippling to our rebuild.

4. Joe and I rarely agree but on the topic of Jeremy Swayman's contract, we're in lockstep

   No position in professional sports falls off a cliff more than that of goalie in the NHL

   That's not even getting into the fact that Jeremey Swayman hasn't won anything and the only playoff series win under his belt came against the soft, wins a round in the playoffs once ever 50 years, Toronto Maple Leafs.

   Jeremey Swayman has yet to even play 50 regular NHL season games in a singular season let alone win a 2nd round playoff series.

   Homers, don't start in, as I agree that Jeremy Swayman looks like a true number one goalie.

   However, why have the Bruins primarily failed to win in the playoffs under Don Sweeney since 2015?

   They haven't been big enough, physical enough and they've had to continue to rely on one or two guys scoring in the post season and when those guys went cold, they got torched

   Defense and goaltending haven't been issues for Boston and they wouldn't be with or without Jeremey Swyaman on their roster

   Also, let's not forget Don Sweeney's biggest downfall has been overpaying free agents in either money, term or both.

   The salary cap will continue to go up and even more money will be coming off Boston's books next year. Thus, the last thing the Bruins need to be doing right now is handing out any bad contracts to any player in an effort to keep repeating mistakes Sweeney has made in the past

   Should Swayman and his agent decide to hold out, the Bruins should just put him on the trade block, to if anything, see what he's worth.

   If that pivot fails to produce the desired results maybe it'll just bring the agent back to the table at worst or generate a trade offer the Bruins may not be able to refuse from another team

   Again, I'd rather the Bruins sign Swayman but giving him an 8-10 year deal at $8-$10M right now may not turn out to be the best idea

   Also, whose to say that Joonas Korpisalo couldn't put up the kind of numbers he's posted in the past?

   So, in 2022-23 season Korpisalo posted a .913 save% in his 28 starts for Columbus and a .921 save% in his 11 starts for Los Angeles. In the 2019-20 season in his 37 games for Columbus he posted a 2.60 GAA alongside a .911 save%

   Those aren't elite numbers but with an elite Boston defense team in front of him that also plays good two-way hockey across the board, isn't it at least a possibility that Korpisalo coulc put those kind of save% numbers up for Boston?

   Fro the record an elite NHL starting goalie save% is considered .920 or above while the average NHL starting goal save% being .904

   If Jeremy Swayman could return a legit, young, elite, number 1 center (preferably) or wing and or multiple 1st round draft picks while ALSO HOMERS, refusing to play for Boston unless he gets "X" and nothing less than "X" and that "X" isn't something Boston is willing to do…..

   Trade Swayman and move on if that scenario comes were to come to fruition. Again, the best case scenario would be that they sign Swayman either to a reasonable bridge or long term contract but if they can't……

   It's not as if Jeremy Swayman has proven the Bruins can ride him to a Cup. Swayman has never played more than 44 regular season games and the only playoff series he's ever won was against F.N. Toronto

   So….

   The reality of the situation is before the puck drops in the regular season there's a 99% chance the Bruins would have signed Jeremey Swayman anyway, thus all of this is just white noise for the sake of white noise because the NHL is the dead zone in terms of their off season so lets not forget that

5. I’m locked on signing Swayman at 7.25mil per but I’m sure he’ll get a little more than that

6. I think he will be getting 8 x 5 years so he can get another big pay day

7. I hat does swaymen want not like he won a vezna or a cup he’s good I like him but when he’s off he’s off.

8. I don't want a goalie at 8 million per year….I don't care if it's tretiak….goalies get injured all the time … Get a serviceable one for 4 million and call it a day

9. I’m told he’s asking for 10 mil…..if so bye bye Sway. But we still have Ullmark……wait he’s gone too. 😢

10. Joe u always saying the “comparables ” don’t add up to his demands. How can Swaymen play over 50/55 games if the other goalie makes 5mil.per & plays just as well….?

11. If he wants as much as 10M – let him go. No goalie is worth it, Price even with his play wasnt worth it.
    Lankinen is still UFA. Sign him for a couple years
    and work out the situation

12. what if we let him hug more?

13. Word on the street is that Swayman is looking for $10M which is making that Ullmark deal look worse.

14. Hey Sway…Lynyrd Skynyrd said it best…"Forget your lust for rich man's gold…all you need is in your soul" . Your chance at fame has been paved by others before you who took what was fair and left some for the guys you are going to sit beside . Get away from Lewis Grosse …he has ruined a lot of good young men

15. Trade him, get more fire power an let bussi take the helm, sway is good but he's not worth 10 million

16. Like I've already said I remember the days when a player would take less just to give his team a better chance to get better players, not now, shit can sway, get more fire power

17. No swayman 10 mil no wayman .keep it rollin

18. Joe if you did more stories than three per week on BSJ and they had a decent beat writer for the Red Sox I would be very happy to subscribe.