Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman signs eight-year, $66 million contract initially appeared on NBC Sports Boston
The Boston Bruins have lastly come to phrases on a brand new long-term contract with Jeremy Swayman. And they did it simply earlier than the common season begins Tuesday towards the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers.
The 25-year-old goalie has signed an eight-year, $66 million contract with a wage cap hit of $8.25 million, the team announced Sunday. The deal features a no-trade clause, per Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Swayman entered the offseason as a restricted free agent. Both sides elected not to file for arbitration earlier than the July deadline.
It wasn’t the best negotiation, and that was evident this previous week when Bruins president Cam Neely instructed the group had offered Swayman a $64 million deal, which drew a strong repsonse from the goalie’s agent, Lewis Gross. But each side have been in a position to quiet down and get one thing executed.
Swayman will likely be one among simply six goalies with a cap hit above $6.4 million for the 2024-25 season.
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Carey Price, Montreal Canadiens: $10.5 million
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Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers: $10 million
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Andrei Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning: $9.5 million
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Connor Hellebuyck, Winnipeg Jets: $8.5 million
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Ilya Sorokin, New York Islanders: $8.25 million
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Jeremy Swayman, Boston Bruins: $8.25 million
This deal is a large win for each side.
The basis of the good Bruins groups of the final 15 or so years has been robust goaltending. Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask and Linus Ullmark all gained the Vezina Trophy throughout that span. After trading Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators in July and now giving Swayman the biggest goalie contract in group historical past, the Bruins have formally given the web to the previous University of Maine star.
Swayman is coming off a really robust 2023-24 marketing campaign.
He went 25-10-8 with a .916 save proportion and a 2.53 GAA within the common season. Swayman carried out even higher within the playoffs. In reality, he was the top goalie in the entire postseason, ending with a league-best .933 save proportion.
Swayman allowed two objectives or fewer in 9 of his 12 begins by means of two rounds and completed No. 1 amongst playoff goalies in objectives saved above anticipated. He made 30 saves on 31 shots in a Game 7 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs within the first spherical.
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Swayman, in a bit greater than three full NHL seasons, has posted a .919 save proportion and a 2.34 GAA in 132 profession video games performed. He’s been improbable since making his debut in the course of the 2020-21 marketing campaign.
The Bruins have established a long-term core of Swayman (25 years outdated), David Pastrnak (28), Charlie McAvoy (26) and Elias Lindholm (29). All are across the identical age and every participant is signed for at the very least 5 extra seasons. B’s captain Brad Marchand (35) continues to be one of many league’s greatest left wings, too.
With this core intact, expectations stay excessive for the Bruins getting into the 2024-25 season. This group hasn’t gained a number of rounds within the playoffs since 2019.
