Spittin’ Chiclets: Ryan Whitney thinks the Boston Bruins have fumbled the Jeremy Swayman contract situation.
“This whole negotiation was fumbled from the start, that’s my opinion on it. It was fumbled from the start, when you made the choice to trade Ullmark before you needed to take care of Swayman. You made the decision to not take swayman to arbitration. That would have locked him up for one or two years. You can have punted this down the road, but none of that happened, and all the leverage was put into Jeremy Swayman’s camp.
And this guy, I don’t think, personally, he’s going to present in. I don’t know where this goes from here. But his agent also represented William Nylander, and when did he hold out till Biz?”
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Paul Bissonnette: “December 1st.”
Whitney: “Right around December. So now I believe Don Sweeney’s taking out his frustration on really fumble fucking this complete negotiation, on me a bit of bit. And not directly on you, because he didn’t even wish to say my name”
Bissonnette: “No, no, were buddies.”
Whitney: “That’s positive. Yeah, you guys are buddies. You guys are buddies. I just don’t understand not talking that long to a camp. And I stand by what I used to be told, right? Like he’s gonna call me a liar. I believe he’s fudging a bit of bit the reality. Now, who knows? Right? I assume perhaps the reality somewhere in the center.
But I knew the offer, and it was a low ball slap within the face offer.
So I don’t see this kid giving in. I actually don’t. I believe eight times $8.2 (million), eight times eight (million) gets the deal done. Nevertheless it looks as if that is just not on the table on the Bruins end.”
Bissonnette: “A lot is riding on the beginning for (Joonas) Korpisalo. Like, if Korpisalo has a troublesome first 10 games …”
Whitney: “Oh, they got a troublesome schedule in October.”
Bissonnette: “… the noise of that fan base goes to get so ridiculous that they’re gonna must cave in and doubtless give Swayman what he wants.”
Whitney: “From the Bruins fans I’ve talked to and seen, they’re like, sign Swayman. You trade it Ullmark, you haven’t signed Swayman. We signed (Nikita) Zadorov. We signed (Elias) Lindholm. We’re all dialed in to have a extremely good team again, and also you don’t have your goalie signed.
Who has more leverage: Jeremy Swayman or the Boston Bruins?
And only shouldn’t have him signed, you gave him a suggestion that may be a slap within the face. And that’s why I do wonder, together with the arbitration where you said, perhaps they don’t really have the trust in him for the long run. Well, now how would you modify your opinion on that with the offer they gave. Like what signs have they showed that they really consider in him.”
