The Boston Bruins claimed a goaltender from the NHL waivers, leading to a lot of trade rumors about the future of Jeremy Swayman with the organization. With only a few days before the start of the regular season, the Boston Bruins are in a tough spot. The contract negotiations with Jeremy Swayman took a bad turn, after President <a href='https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/jeremy-swayman-contract-talks-neely-gross-bruins-nhl-1.7338804' class='lien_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>Cam Neely revealed a $64M offer to the goalie.</a> However, Swayman's camp later claimed that they never heard that number, and that they would need time to make a decision. We learned on Wednesday afternoon that Boston claimed the goalie Jiri Patera on waivers, from the Vancouver Canucks. Per Chris Johnston: <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/reporterchris/status/1841541958830821495'> </a></blockquote></div> Patera was cut from the Vancouver Canucks training camp yesterday, and instead of reporting to the AHL, he will join the Bruins in a less-than-ideal goalie situation. The Bruins have until December 1st to reach a deal with Swayman. Acquiring Patera shows that they're not confident it will happen before the start of the season.� If Swayman were to miss action, Joonas Korpisalo would play most games, with either Brandon Bussi or Michael DiPietro as number two. The other would play in Providence, and Patera will likely be number two there. This is a minor acquisition for the Bruins, but with the uncertainty surrounding Swayman's future in Boston, they took no chance and got one anyway to fill the spot left available by Swayman. On the trade market, it won't be an easy task to move him. Many teams don't have the cap space to get him, and the price to acquire him will likely drive away a few organizations.