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Boston Bruins President reveals Jeremy Swayman denied latest contract; opening night starter revealed

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Tom Banks
September 30, 2024  (2:03 PM)
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Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins.
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The Boston Bruins have lofty Stanley Cup goals in 2024/25, but now they'll start with Joonas Korpisalo after Jeremy Swayman rejected their latest offer.

This off-season has been a very intriguing one in Boston, as the team added two star level players in Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, but beyond that have made some very questionable moves. The first was to trade away Linus Ullmark for a fairly underwhelming return, and the second is to not pay Jeremy Swayman, with the star goaltender, expected to be the starter for this team not yet signed to a new deal.

Now, President Cam Neely has revealed the latest contract offer to Swayman, signalling that the 25-year old has also rejected their latest proposal.

This comes after Spittin' Chiclets host Paul Bissonnette revealed that Don Sweeney and the front office had low-balled Swayman in their contract negotiations, and while a 8x8 deal for him isn't a bad offer, it's clear that their negotiations over the past 18 months have soured the relationship. This could be salvageable however, but it's not going to happen anytime soon, with Head Coach Jim Montgomery announcing that it would officially be Joonas Korpisalo in net for opening night of the 2024/25 season.

This whole situation is incredibly unfortunate all the way around, and with both sides now appearing to have hard feelings about negotiations, it's unclear when anything will get done. An $8 million AAV would make Swayman the sixth highest paid goaltender in the NHL, so at this point it's very unclear what his demands are, but with the new season on the horizon, the two teams better figure this out if they have any hope of reaching their lofty goals this year.

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