Boston's actual offer to Jeremy Swayman is finally revealed per insider
The Boston Bruins' actual contract offer to their goaltender Jeremy Swayman was finally revealed by the insider Frank Seravalli.
It seems the contract negotiations between the Boston Bruins and goalie Jeremy Swayman aren't going too well. Yesterday, during a press conference, the Bruins' President Cam Neely made a pretty obvious statement, which basically confirmed that they offered him a $64 million contract.
This wasn't received well by Swayman's camp, leaving no choice but to his agent Lewis Gross but to make a public statement
saying this was the first time they heard that number in the negotiations:
"Normally, I do not release statements or discuss negotiations through the media. However, in this case, I feel I need to defend my client. At today's press conference, $64 million was referenced. This was the first time that number was discussed in our negotiations. Prior to the press conference, no offer was made reaching that level.
We are extremely disappointed. This was not fair to Jeremy. We will take a few days to discuss where we go from here."
Later, Elliotte Friedman even stated that Swayman could be considering making a trade request to his organization.
Frank Seravalli also shared his take on the situation and added interesting details.
He said that the Bruins offered him an 8x$7.8M ($62.4 million) contract and that Swayman and his camp have been asking for $8.5M AAV ($68 million).
Check out his full intervention on "Morning Cuppa Hockey" earlier today:
At this point, what matters for the team is to get their number one goaltender to sign in time for the season opener. As for Swayman, he looks like a guy who's thinking about his wallet instead of the team's success.
Management made a mistake by making that statement in yesterday's press conference, and now Swayman is in a better position to get what he wants.
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