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Post by SeaBass on Oct 3, 2024 18:14:50 GMT -5
It's the pre-season that's why! Dries is a nobody taken a shot at Hedman.. good on Kuch for going after him. I don't know man, this whole thing in the NHL that there needs to be retribution for hard and clean body contact seems silly to me. If it's a cheap shot, I absolutely get it, but if someone just gets plain old laid out with a solid hit, nah. Preseason, or regular season, shouldn't make any difference. This is a contact sport regardless of the situation. If anything, make a statement by taking a number and drilling the offending player at the first opportunity. Exactly.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 3, 2024 10:17:15 GMT -5
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 3, 2024 10:08:04 GMT -5
Max Jones is skating in a regular practice sweater.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 3, 2024 9:23:49 GMT -5
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 3, 2024 9:19:45 GMT -5
Don't see Fabian Lysell on ice for Providence skate this morning. Draw your own conclusions. Boston heading to Quebec City to play L.A. tonight
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 2, 2024 22:19:46 GMT -5
Why does he have to fight over that perfectly clean hit.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 2, 2024 22:18:14 GMT -5
This Player is well travelled teams he played for in order Ducks Oilers Jersey Blues Tampa Wild Bruins Chicago who am I ? Maroon.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 2, 2024 16:11:54 GMT -5
The said 8x8 deal will be pulled off the table once the season starts This is gonna get uglier and uglier. Someone needs to make him a visit and slap sense into him.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 2, 2024 7:22:50 GMT -5
Bussi looked good. Gave up a couple of juicy rebounds and they buried one of them. Kastelic likes to get into every scrum. Koepke is fast. Turned on the jets to win a race and fed Coyle for a 1 on 0.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 2, 2024 7:20:18 GMT -5
Nobody seemed overly concerned about it. Even Montgomery said it was nothing. Weird to me that if he was ill then why play at all?
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 20:48:23 GMT -5
I would say that is late too. Puck is 20 feet away?
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 20:08:18 GMT -5
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 13:12:30 GMT -5
John Amos, 'Good Times' Dad
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 13:09:18 GMT -5
He won't play another game in a Bruins jersey is my new prediction. His first loss this season will be ugly. Hell, the first soft goal he gives up ought to bring the boos down. Actually, the Garden faithful may boo him the first time he gets on the ice.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 11:11:48 GMT -5
BOSTON — On Monday at TD Garden, after Boston Bruins president Cam Neely not-so-subtly disclosed the club’s eight-year, $64 million offer to Jeremy Swayman, a high-ranking team member raised his eyebrows.
“Gave you guys something to write about today, eh?” the staffer cracked.
It was by design.
On Sept. 18, general manager Don Sweeney opened training camp by unloading on the Spittin’ Chiclets podcast. Twelve days later, Sweeney’s colleagues made it known there’s still scar tissue from the comments made by host Ryan Whitney: that the Bruins submitted a four-year, $24.8 million offer, and that nobody from the organization returned a call from Swayman for three weeks.
Neither of Whitney’s disclosures reflected well on the organization. They made the Bruins look cheap and insensitive.
So with contract talks stuck at a standstill more than halfway through training camp, Neely, CEO Charlie Jacobs and coach Jim Montgomery poured gas on the fire. They had several reasons to do so.
1. They wanted to defend Sweeney.
2. They hoped to advance negotiations.
3. They were looking to make it known to players — both within the team and leaguewide — that the organization is willing to pay. Sweeney has initiated negotiations with Brad Marchand (unrestricted), Trent Frederic (UFA) and Morgan Geekie (restricted).
“I certainly don’t begrudge somebody for a big paycheck,” Jacobs said. “We’re writing a big one ourselves to make sure we have a winning club on the ice.”
In previous negotiations, Jacobs endorsed management’s decision to make David Pastrnak ($11.5 million annually) and Charlie McAvoy ($9.5 million) among the five highest-paid players at their positions when they signed. Pastrnak and McAvoy, however, followed the progression of cashing in following bridge deals. Swayman wants to bypass that step.
In one way, he could.
If Swayman accepted the Bruins’ offer, his $8 million average annual value would make him the NHL’s fifth-highest-paid goalie. It would put him in exclusive company. Like Andrei Vasilevskiy ($9.5 million AAV), Swayman would sign as a restricted free agent. The other three ahead of him signed as pending UFAs, free to negotiate with more clubs than just their own.
Based on who breaks camp with the varsity, it would leave the Bruins with some breathing room under the $88 million ceiling. Sweeney has informed Jacobs he prefers some free cash in case of injuries.
Swayman, however, is not wired to compromise.
If Swayman wants Vasilevskiy’s $9.5 million AAV, Sweeney would most likely have to trade a player to be cap-compliant. He does not want to do that. He already moved Linus Ullmark and his $5 million AAV, partly to accommodate Swayman’s pending raise.
“I don’t regret that decision one bit in terms of the decision we made to move forward and attack some of the areas we felt we could benefit from in the free-agent market,” Sweeney said of trading Ullmark before signing Swayman. “And also from players that were coming through the system. So that’s the direction we took. The two are not connected in that sense. Jeremy’s taken his position. I respect his position. To some degree, he probably respects ours. We just have a gap to fill.”
On Sept. 18, Sweeney mentioned Dec. 1 twice. He was reminding Swayman of the consequences of not signing by that date. If he doesn’t, Swayman is not eligible to play for the entire 2024-25 season. He would not collect any wages either.
On Monday, Sweeney issued a more short-term declaration: that even if Swayman signs today, he will not be under consideration to start the regular-season opener. The Bruins have only two practices before the regular-season opener: Friday at Warrior Ice Arena and Oct. 7 in South Florida. They have three preseason games left.
“We’re getting late enough into camp that it’s unlikely Jeremy would be in a position,” Sweeney said. “But today’s a new day to continue to have a discussion and hopefully bridge the gaps that still exist.”
Montgomery went further by naming Joonas Korpisalo his Game 1 starter, more than a week ahead of the Bruins’ visit to Sunrise. Montgomery noted how well the first-year Bruin has acclimated under the watch of goalie coach Bob Essensa.
Montgomery had an audience of one in mind when making his statements: Swayman.
“The longer you go without seeing NHL shots and the longer you go without seeing that kind of tempo and pace in front of you, whether it’s a five-on-five scrimmage like we’ve been doing every practice or getting the game reps, the further back you get pushed,” Montgomery said. “Say a deal gets done tomorrow. There’s only a possibility of two practices before. Korpisalo’s done really well. We’re confident in him. So that’s why I referenced him starting Game 1.”
The Bruins raised the temperature on negotiations on Monday. How Swayman responds to the heat remains to be seen.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 10:30:05 GMT -5
So #NHLBruins reportedly started at $6.5M and moved up to $7.8M. Swayman started at $8.5M and hasn't budged.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 10:29:14 GMT -5
Wonder if this is true. Who knows.
Boston’s actual offer to Jeremy Swayman was 8x$7.8M (total $62.4 million) per @frank_seravalli.
Swayman camp has been asking for $8.5M AAV ($68M), BOS was somewhere close to $6.5M AAV. They feel like they’ve moved up a lot.
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Post by SeaBass on Oct 1, 2024 10:28:25 GMT -5
AM lines:
Zacha-Poitras/Lindholm-Pastrnak Marchand-Coyle-Geekie Frederic-Johnson-Brazeau Beecher-Kastelic-Koepke
Lindholm-McAvoy Lohrei-Carlo Zadorov-Peeke
Bussi DiPietro
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 19:08:43 GMT -5
That's bizarre. This is some cat and mouse shit. Neely trying to get a fire burning? I don’t think Neely can help himself it’s exactly how I feel too . Someone had to get the ball rolling. If it helps get the deal done that would be great. Hopefully Swayman, should he sign, won’t be a pouty bitch. I wonder what his teammates really think about this situation.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 19:03:22 GMT -5
Swayman to Anaheim for Gibson and Gauthier.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 18:40:00 GMT -5
So who the hell is telling the truth? Trade him to Ottawa for Ullmark.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 18:36:29 GMT -5
Pete Rose. How was he 83? wow Damn. Rough week.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 12:45:41 GMT -5
Sweeney confirms that the Bruins have discussions with Brad Marchand, Morgan Geekie, and Trent Frederic’s respective camps on new contracts.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 12:45:05 GMT -5
Don Sweeney wasn’t surprised about how much Swayman asked for: “I would never begrudge a player for asking what he’s valued.”
Cam Neely interjects with a (half?) joking “I was surprised”
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 11:19:45 GMT -5
Unless the deal is 6.4 for 10....which I doubt. My guess is 8x8. Absolutely wild to turn down 8x8. Apparently the rumor now is he wants MacAvoy money. 9.5
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 11:04:44 GMT -5
Unless the deal is 6.4 for 10....which I doubt. My guess is 8x8.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 11:02:50 GMT -5
Damn
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 11:00:37 GMT -5
Sweeney says Lysell and other players cut yesterday could potentially be back for Thursday or Saturday preseason games.
“Camp is not over.”
Sounds like they wanted to get down to one group for practices and focus on one potential lineup.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 10:58:46 GMT -5
Joonas Korpisalo will be Bruins opening night starter, according to Montgomery.
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Post by SeaBass on Sept 30, 2024 9:59:45 GMT -5
No, No, No...not in my house - Dikembe Mutombo
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