Sportsnet 590 The Fan: Elliotte Friedman on the continued contract state of affairs 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 shocked, 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, hear, I really feel just like the Bruins have sort of, , put themselves in a bit of 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 believe after , the following transfer is Swayman’s. I believe that he has to determine how he feels about every part. And when when this with the assertion final evening saying, mainly, we’re going to take a few days to ponder our subsequent transfer.
I believe primary, he has to recover from the shock of what occurred , and quantity two, determine how he needs to strategy it.
I believe, I believe the Bruins supply yesterday was, earlier than this occurred, was $62 million. I believe it was eight occasions $7.75 (million) and I simply imagine that now what the Bruins has stated is, all proper, we’re, $64 (million) is our quantity. We’re prepared to do eight occasions eight, and that’s so far as we’re prepared to go.
And I nonetheless assume that, like I’ve reported a number of occasions in the course of the summer time, that I imagine Swayman’s preliminary ask was McAvoy, which is eight occasions 9.5. And I nonetheless do imagine that was his preliminary ask. However I believe 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 believe there may be nonetheless a spot right here. So primary, to ensure that this to get settled within the quick time period, someone is admittedly 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 of the chance after this, perhaps asking for a commerce. I don’t imagine that’s occurred. However I believe, 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 seemed into it, and I used to be informed the Bruins had been telling groups they weren’t involved in that, they usually needed to maintain Swayman. And as Neely stated yesterday, Swayman had informed him face-to-face he needed to be a Bruin and Neely believes it.
So I believe 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 course wage clever, 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 possibly work out. However there’s no query that sure, it was an emotional day.”
