TSN: Darren Dreger on TSN 1050 Radio on what he’s listening to in regards to the Boston Bruins and RFA goaltender Jeremy Swayman.
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Aaron Korolnek: “It’s additionally, , it’s additionally RFA season, with folks that also don’t have contracts signed, together with a pair massive names in Detroit like Moritz Seider and I’m making an attempt to …”
Colaiacovo: “Raymond.”
Korolnek: “Lucas Raymond, however the massive title on the market for RFA is Jeremy Swayman proper now in Boston. And there’s numerous studies on the market about how they’re far aside and the way there’s a little bit rift happening.
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What’s your intel saying about how this entire Swayman scenario goes to get found out in Boston?”
Dreger: “Properly, you’re at all times, , you’re at all times a methods aside till you’re not. And that may shift in a short time , with a cellphone name.
I, I believe that Jeremy Swayman has performed this out completely. You realize, he hasn’t crawled right into a gap someplace and skilled by himself. Now he he stayed in Boston and skated along with his teammates and made positive that everybody there knew that he’s dedicated to being the Boston Bruins beginning goaltender. The best way he left the season, he needs to start out this 12 months, and for him, the main target is on being pretty much as good as he could be. And he was fairly good final 12 months, wasn’t he for Boston?
However, , he’s assured they’re going to get that deal carried out. I’ve learn among the numbers, and I, from Boston’s place, with all due respect to Jeremy Swayman, yeah, he’s going to be their starter. I imply, they’ve acquired Joonas Korpisalo backing him up, and , that isn’t going to offer anybody who wears the Bruins colours a complete lot of confidence whenever you have a look at what he wasn’t capable of do with the Ottawa Senators.
However when, whenever you have a look at the resume of Jeremy Swayman, he hasn’t performed a ton within the Nationwide Hockey League. So I believe Boston is a little bit reluctant to offer him the mega bucks.
You realize, I’ve seen that, , he’s on the lookout for one thing within the neighborhood of Charlie McAvoy at, at $9.5 (million), however I additionally learn feedback from Cam Neely, not that way back, who confidently acknowledged they’re going to get it carried out.
So was that assured assertion, realizing the place the negotiate, negotiation is, or is that placing little warmth on Don Sweeney, the overall supervisor to get one thing carried out?
What we all know is that, , particularly groups which might be contending groups and Boston, is which you could’t afford to have your primary goaltender sitting within the weeds to start out the season and blown off the primary 10 video games of the season.
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So I believe you’re going to get one thing carried out. I believe it’s nearer, I’m not saying it’s imminent, however I do suppose that the negotiations most likely nearer than what we’re studying about.”
