Jeremy Swayman reveals the reason the Bruins don’t want to pay him
Jeremy Swayman and the Boston Bruins are in a heated negotiation that has been going nowhere fast.
In fact, there are now rumors that Swaman could demand a trade. Although this has yet to happen, we are not far off from getting there. The two sides are still very far apart. Moreover, there appears to be some resentment from the arbitration process that took place back in 2023.
In the new Faceoff series for Amazon Prime, Swayman actually spoke about what went down with the Bruins. As you are about to hear, it got pretty ugly at times. In fact, the Bruins told him to his face that he was not worthy of a massive contract and that they had a whole lot of concerns about his abilities.
‘Hearing you’re not worthy of what you think you’re worthy of, that was hard to hear,’ Swayman said. ‘You don’t forget what was said. I wrote them down and looked at them the other day, and I had a couple of checkmarks. My biggest knock was how I wasn’t trustworthy in playoffs. Check.’
Overall, a lot has changed over the past year. However, it seems like the Bruins are using the same tactics in the negotiation. Analysts have theorized that the Bruins don’t actually believe in Swayman all that much. Based on these comments, it seems like there may be truth to that.
Boston Bruins claiming Patera demonstrates their desperation
The Vancouver Canucks put four players on waivers on Tuesday but only really seemed concerned about one of them getting claimed: Phil Di Giuseppe.
The veteran winger had become a favourite of head coach Rick Tocchet with his hard-forechecking two-way game. Tocchet played him up and down the lineup and gave him a
prominent role on the penalty kill when he was in the lineup. But at a camp with younger players pushing for jobs, Di Giuseppe ultimately got sent down.
“It’s a hard one,” said Tocchet. “He’s a solid guy and he’s had a really good camp. There’s numbers involved, there’s a lot more to it — the cap and LTIR, it’s over my head — but I hope he doesn’t get picked up, to be honest with you. He’s a guy that I still think, if he doesn’t get picked up, he’s still in the mix. He’s just an unreal guy.”
A Canuck did get claimed off waivers but it wasn’t Di Giuseppe; it was goaltender Jiri Patera, claimed by the Boston Bruins.
