Bruins President Cam Neely Takes Negotiations With Swayman Public


 After wanting to keep their negotiations with Jeremy Swayman—contentious or not—private, the Boston Bruins front office has now brought the process into the public, as team president Cam Neely says they offered the RFA goaltender $64 million. 

“I know that I’d have 64 million reasons why I’d be playing right now," said Neely. We could guess that means an 8-year offer with an $8 million AAV. 

Many are calling it a PR move to force Swayman to reconsider his position.  

Neely says that Swayman insists he does want to stay with the Bruins, but also admits that it looks like they will be starting the season with newly-acquired Joonas Korpisalo between the pipes, at this point. 

He was then asked if he was surprised by Swayman's demands. 

Neely is still confident they'll get a deal done. 

But it'll have to happen by December 1st, as that is the deadline for a player to be eligible to play this season. 

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