The ongoing dispute between the goaltender and the Bruins organization has become front and center for the fan base. It became evident that it's likely he will miss more time as he was not present at the Bruins Annual Charity Golf Tournament.
"I wouldn't be surprised if this goes into camp and he's not signed," said Shinzawa on Bruins Rinkside. "I think we've come to know Jeremy as someone who is very sure of himself, very confident, very secure in what he's done and what he can be."
This confidence was on full display when he sat down with the podcaster recently and explained that he has become a student of the game with business as the focus. Swayman explained that he understands where he sits in terms of his value, what are his comparable goaltenders and how he is partially responsible to helping other goaltenders secure contracts in the future.
Shinzawa explained that he can understand where the Bruins are coming from as Swayman has never submitted a full season of work and even with a strong first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs and a decent second round against the Florida Panthers to a losing cause, he has only played 132 games in the league.
"That said he has literally never been a number one regular season goalie," added Shinzawa. "There's no comparable there aside from Vasilevsky and he had already had two years of number one regular season performance."
The numbers have been widely predicted between 6 to 6.2 million per season all the way up to 10 million per season with a variety of term that's been offered. But the growing consensus is that he is seeking a number around $9.5 million per year which would mirror the Charlie McAvoy contract.
"It's just bad timing for Jeremy... I don't see it happening in terms of a real big number," said Shinzawa.
Shinzawa feels that the timing wasn't right for Swayman and that the netminder may bow to the pressure as he is forced to miss games. Perhaps they should have held on Linus Ullmark for one more year.
Source: Hockeyfeed.com
Swayman likely to miss training camp in contract holdout.
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SEPTEMBRE 15 | 114 ANSWERS Jeremy Swayman may miss training camp according to a recent report Do you see the Jeremy Swayman contract dispute coming to end before Game 1 of the new season? |
Yes | 33 | 28.9 % |
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