The Bruins never should have traded Ulmark without having signed Swayman . It didn’t make sense. You need at least one of them or both. That was what got that team through the season. Now they have to sign Swayman and he is going to get whatever he wants from another team if he wants to
I mean post Carter Harts legal situation Philly certainly could use a goalie. They don't have the cap space to do it though. Montreal similarly depending on how close they feel the rebuild is to actually coming into effect they could. If a team did like the minimal 9.15 for 2 years it'd be very hard for Boston to match. They could handle the cap hit. They have 8.6 in space right now and have contracts they could burry. They could have Wotherspoon in Providence to free another million. But would they? If that happened it'd mean when the deal ended he'd be a UFA. And the Bruins would have never successfully negotiated a contract with him. If they did match it after 1 year you'd have to consider moving Swayman and do you think you could get more than 2 firsts1 second and 1 third? Considering what the return for Ullmark was I don't think you could. The smarter move would probably be to walk away and use those assets to get someone else. This entire situation is frankly stupid. Why they traded Ullmark before the Swayman situation was resolved I'll never get. It was a clearly not optimal decision.
Given Saros' recent contract Sway should be looking for something similar but, a little less. If I'm Sweeney I'm doing my best to stay at or under $7M, if I'm Sway's agent i'd be looking to match Saros or maybe $7.5M
I was hoping (weren't we all?) that this Swayman situation would be resolved much sooner, but good news the team brass aren't filing arbitration and I hope he stays. He was great for us last year and has shown a lot of really impressive skill already for a young goalie. As far as Van Riemsdyk goes I see all the comments below trashing him, but as a long time fan (and remember he's 35 now not 25) I think he was really good as a veteran presence on the bottom 6 and would like to keep both. As far as other opinions I would like to see Max Jones get a good amount of ice time- very underrated and he can be a tough guy to play against. So that's my takes.
They should have just offered 6-7 - 2 year if he hadn’t accept it they should have given Linus an extension and let him go. Used the extra 3 on better depth or a winger
Please, no JVR reunion. He's slower than molasses. Give Merkulov a legitimate shot instead of clogging up the roster with a 35-year old in steep decline.
bruins dont need JVR
don't pat swayman more than 7 mil.just my opinion and forget van remsdyck-12 goals?time to move on!give lysell,merkulov and/or brazeau on the wing.
A big NO to signing JVR.
JVR is beyond washed at this point
JVR? Let's get slower for the new season? Any one legged skaters we can sign?
The Bruins never should have traded Ulmark without having signed Swayman . It didn’t make sense. You need at least one of them or both. That was what got that team through the season. Now they have to sign Swayman and he is going to get whatever he wants from another team if he wants to
I mean post Carter Harts legal situation Philly certainly could use a goalie. They don't have the cap space to do it though. Montreal similarly depending on how close they feel the rebuild is to actually coming into effect they could. If a team did like the minimal 9.15 for 2 years it'd be very hard for Boston to match. They could handle the cap hit. They have 8.6 in space right now and have contracts they could burry. They could have Wotherspoon in Providence to free another million. But would they? If that happened it'd mean when the deal ended he'd be a UFA. And the Bruins would have never successfully negotiated a contract with him. If they did match it after 1 year you'd have to consider moving Swayman and do you think you could get more than 2 firsts1 second and 1 third? Considering what the return for Ullmark was I don't think you could. The smarter move would probably be to walk away and use those assets to get someone else. This entire situation is frankly stupid. Why they traded Ullmark before the Swayman situation was resolved I'll never get. It was a clearly not optimal decision.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to JVR, they said they wanted to get faster , well this is the opposite of that. Rather go after Sprong or Zadina.
Given Saros' recent contract Sway should be looking for something similar but, a little less. If I'm Sweeney I'm doing my best to stay at or under $7M, if I'm Sway's agent i'd be looking to match Saros or maybe $7.5M
I was hoping (weren't we all?) that this Swayman situation would be resolved much sooner, but good news the team brass aren't filing arbitration and I hope he stays. He was great for us last year and has shown a lot of really impressive skill already for a young goalie. As far as Van Riemsdyk goes I see all the comments below trashing him, but as a long time fan (and remember he's 35 now not 25) I think he was really good as a veteran presence on the bottom 6 and would like to keep both. As far as other opinions I would like to see Max Jones get a good amount of ice time- very underrated and he can be a tough guy to play against. So that's my takes.
JVR is slower than a three toed sloth. Why sign him???
They should have just offered 6-7 - 2 year if he hadn’t accept it they should have given Linus an extension and let him go. Used the extra 3 on better depth or a winger
Please, no JVR reunion. He's slower than molasses. Give Merkulov a legitimate shot instead of clogging up the roster with a 35-year old in steep decline.
I could see the Habs making the maximin offer just to make the bruins match and over pay. Similar to the Canes/Habs event.
we can just take all the high draft picks they would have to pay
That would be an unnecessary risk for the habs when they’re rebuilding lmao
4 firsts likely top 10 for 2 of them that be a big overpay for Montreal
7 mil and lock him in for 5 years....😅
Don't want JVR
No thanks
Jvr hell no
Please no JVR he’s slow and washed up
One insider on x said it was going to be 8x $8.25 mil
Did he end his tweet with "Trust me, bro".
👍JVR yes