Sportsnet 590 The Fan: Elliotte Friedman on the continuing contract scenario between the Boston Bruins and Jeremy Swayman.
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Matt Marchese: “That is Cam Neely speaking about, in lesser phrases, Jeremy Swayman negotiations. Right here’s, right here’s Cam Neely:
Reporter: “Because you say you had been stunned, Cam, are you able to share some other specifics right here? Be it, what’s ask is when it comes to {dollars} or time period?
Neely: “Properly, I don’t wish to get into the weeds with what his ask is, however I do know that I, I’ve 64 million the reason why I’d be enjoying proper now.”
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Wow. In order that’s the large story of, of the final day or so. Um, pay attention, I really feel just like the Bruins have type of, you recognize, put themselves in slightly little bit of a nook right here, after buying and selling Linus Ullmark. The place do issues stand with Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins and the place is that this factor heading?
Friedman: “Okay, so what I might say is that this, I feel after , the subsequent transfer is Swayman’s. I feel that he has to determine how he feels about all the things. And when you recognize when this with the assertion final evening saying, mainly, we’re going to take a few days to ponder our subsequent transfer.
I feel primary, he has to recover from the shock of what occurred , and quantity two, determine how he desires to strategy it.
I feel, I feel the Bruins provide yesterday was, earlier than this occurred, was $62 million. I feel it was eight instances $7.75 (million) and I simply imagine that now what the Bruins has mentioned is, all proper, we’re, $64 (million) is our quantity. We’re keen to do eight instances eight, and that’s so far as we’re keen to go.
And I nonetheless assume that, like I’ve reported a number of instances through the summer time, that I imagine Swayman’s preliminary ask was McAvoy, which is eight instances 9.5. And I nonetheless do imagine that was his preliminary ask. However I feel he’s moved from that. And I don’t assume it’s there anymore, however I nonetheless assume it wasn’t near 7.75.
So I feel there’s nonetheless a spot right here. So primary, to ensure that this to get settled within the quick time period, anyone is actually going to have to alter their thoughts, both the crew or the participant, and I didn’t have any info as of evening, morning, that we had been in that place.
The opposite factor right here is, I do imagine that Swayman thought-about the likelihood after this, perhaps asking for a commerce. I don’t imagine that’s occurred. However I feel, to me, that assertion makes it clear he’s contemplating it.
Now, I had heard a pair weeks in the past about rumors of a commerce. I appeared into it, and I used to be informed the Bruins had been telling groups they weren’t fascinated with that, they usually needed to maintain Swayman. And as Neely mentioned yesterday, Swayman had informed him face-to-face he needed to be a Bruin and Neely believes it.
So I feel the place we’re (Matt and Mike) is, we’re, we’re ready to see simply how Swayman decompresses from that. Does anybody transfer in both route wage smart, and does Swayman ask for a commerce?
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Like, they had been Bruins followers yesterday who had been simply utterly demoralized. I don’t assume it’s over. I nonetheless assume it may well work out. However there’s no query that sure, it was an emotional day.”
