«Linus has steadily improved throughout the season,» Bruins GM Don Sweeney told Lebrun via text message on Monday. «There was an adjustment period but he deepened a very important position, especially with the complete unknown of Rask being able to return to play (which there was obviously no way of knowing at the time we signed Linus and traded Dan Vladar).
«We knew we were going to be a highly competitive team with a good, young goalie in Swayman but we needed to insulate him and Linus was the goalie our group had focused on,» added Sweeney. «He was at the right age, had experience and wanted to play on a highly competitive team.»
