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?
Nicely, to start with, Swayman wouldn’t do it, since you’ll keep in mind final 12 months he stated he didn’t prefer it, so he didn’t need 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 group 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 have 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 feel this has been a little bit of a difficult negotiation, however they’ve nonetheless received time, and we’ll see how this kinds out.”
Defenseman Tyson Barrie nonetheless with out a group 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 type of been conserving a watch out for to see the place he landed was Tyson Barrie. Actual robust 12 months in Nashville. Final 12 months for Barrie wasn’t a match for him or for the group. Nonetheless unsigned.
I used to be a bit shocked at that, I believed that Barrie would be capable of land someplace by now, no drawback, particularly along with his potential to run an influence play. Suppose one of many actually robust issues for him now’s that, you recognize, 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 12 months was not a real indicator the place he’s. And he’s not on the lookout 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.”
