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 model new long-term contract with Jeremy Swayman. And they did it merely sooner than the frequent season begins Tuesday in the direction of 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 incorporates 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 sooner than the July deadline.
It wasn’t the perfect negotiation, and that was evident this earlier 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 all sides have been ready to calm down and get one factor executed.
Swayman will possible be one amongst merely 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 big win for all sides.
The foundation of the nice Bruins teams of the ultimate 15 or so years has been strong goaltending. Tim Thomas, Tuukka Rask and Linus Ullmark all gained the Vezina Trophy all through that span. After trading Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators in July and now giving Swayman the most important goalie contract in group historic previous, the Bruins have formally given the net to the earlier University of Maine star.
Swayman is coming off a very strong 2023-24 advertising marketing campaign.
He went 25-10-8 with a .916 save proportion and a 2.53 GAA inside the frequent season. Swayman carried out even larger inside the playoffs. In actuality, he was the top goalie in the entire postseason, ending with a league-best .933 save proportion.
Swayman allowed two targets or fewer in 9 of his 12 begins via two rounds and accomplished No. 1 amongst playoff goalies in targets saved above anticipated. He made 30 saves on 31 shots in a Game 7 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs inside the first spherical.
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Swayman, in a bit larger than three full NHL seasons, has posted a .919 save proportion and a 2.34 GAA in 132 career video video games carried out. He’s been inconceivable since making his debut in the midst of the 2020-21 advertising 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 throughout the an identical age and each participant is signed for on the very least 5 further seasons. B’s captain Brad Marchand (35) continues to be considered one of many league’s biggest left wings, too.
With this core intact, expectations keep extreme for the Bruins stepping into the 2024-25 season. This group hasn’t gained plenty of rounds inside the playoffs since 2019.
