It’s been a difficult negotiation for the Boston Bruins and Jeremy Swayman
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Shock Summer time Emergency Pod episode on why the Boston Bruins and RFA goaltender Jeremy Swayman didn’t go to wage arbitration.
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“I had some Bruins followers asking me about Jeremy Swayman. Why didn’t the Bruins take him to arbitration?
Effectively, to begin with, Swayman wouldn’t do it, since you’ll keep in mind final yr he mentioned he didn’t prefer it, so he didn’t wish to undergo that once more.
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If the Bruins had taken Swayman to arbitration, one factor they knew, what would occur is that if the workforce takes the participant to arbitration, the participant will get to pick out the time period. And Swayman might have chosen a two-year time period, which might have walked him proper to unrestricted free company. And the Bruins aren’t dumb sufficient to fall into that lure. They had been they weren’t going to let that occur.
So look, to be sincere, I’m not bugging too many individuals proper now. The final I heard, they weren’t shut. I believe this has been a little bit of a difficult negotiation, however they’ve nonetheless obtained time, and we’ll see how this types out.”
Defenseman Tyson Barrie nonetheless with no workforce for subsequent season
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on 32 Ideas: The Podcast – Shock Summer time Emergency Pod episode on pending UFA defenseman Tyson Barrie.
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“That is the time we get to the purpose in the summertime too, the place you begin to see some gamers contemplate some PTOs or some low-salary offers.
One man have form of been protecting an eye fixed out for to see the place he landed was Tyson Barrie. Actual robust yr in Nashville. Final yr for Barrie wasn’t a match for him or for the workforce. Nonetheless unsigned.
I used to be just a little shocked at that, I assumed that Barrie would have the ability to land someplace by now, no drawback, particularly along with his capability to run an influence play. Suppose one of many actually robust issues for him now’s that, you realize, loads of these groups, they’ve their energy play quarterbacks, their second unit doesn’t play an excessive amount of. Possibly that’s getting him squeezed a bit.
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However I do know Barrie’s on the market trying, anxious to show that final yr was not a real indicator the place he’s. And he’s not searching for a ton of cash, I don’t consider, however simply a chance to show himself and play, and I’m trying ahead to seeing the place he finally ends up.”
