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Bruins CEO provides update on where things stand with goalie’s contract.
The Bruins had a strong free agency when they signed Elias Lindholm and Nikita Zadorov, but they still have one big question mark looming over them and that’s the status of goalie Jeremy Swayman.
Neither Boston nor Swayman elected to go to arbitration this summer, and both sides have said several times that they are confident a long-term deal will get done. Now nearly halfway into August, nothing has been announced with training camp fast approaching.
Bruins CEO Charlie Jacobs provided a minor update about where things stand with the team and the goaltender.
“I try not to comment on player personnel contract negotiations. We are still negotiating with Sway,” Jacobs said during his appearance on WEEI’s “Gresh & Fauria” during the WEEI/NESN Jimmy Fund Radio-Telethon. “I hope that he’s ready to play come training camp. We have some things to work out. I’m sure we’ll get there.”
Jacobs added that the Bruins’ “unfinished business” this offseason was indeed getting Swayman signed to a long-term deal.
The Bruins traded Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators in June and acquired Joonas Korpisalo. The goalie did not have a good season in Ottawa and statistically was one of the NHL’s worst goalies. Boston also has Brandon Bussi in Providence, who’s knocking on the door of an NHL debut.
Swayman is coming off a strong 2023-24 season that saw him play in all but one playoff game for Boston through two rounds. He finished the regular season with a 25-10-8 record with a 2.53 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage.
It’s a quiet time in the offseason, but it has always been a priority for the Bruins to keep Swayman around long term. Now it’s essentially just a waiting game as to when that will happen.
