Jones & Keefe: Keefe with the latest on Jeremy Swayman
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00:00So you saw me earlier today work on the phones.
00:03Oh.
00:04You saw me in the back room working the phones.
00:05So many phones.
00:06So a deal has not been done, from what I understand.
00:12It was they're going to begin camp without him,
00:18is what I also understand.
00:19Well, he is definitely not on the roster of players
00:22who reported.
00:23True.
00:23Now, look, he could always show up.
00:25Yeah.
00:25And maybe that was the leverage play for him.
00:27I'm not going to show up.
00:28They said, well, let's pay the guy.
00:30But yeah, so far, he has not reported.
00:31Yeah, maybe they are using it as sort of a timetable,
00:35or sort of like, we're going to negotiate all up until camp,
00:38then we want to do it for camp.
00:39But I don't think he's going to be there at the start of camp.
00:41I don't believe negotiations have gone great.
00:44I think, clearly, Jeremy Swayman and the arbitration thing
00:46from a year ago has greatly affected him.
00:49He asked for a ton of money.
00:50The Bruins didn't want to give him a ton of money.
00:52It's been a much more difficult negotiation
00:54than I'm sure the Bruins anticipated.
00:56They've gotten a lot of guys signed a pretty
00:57team-friendly deals in years past.
00:59Swayman doesn't seem to want to play that game.
01:02His agent, famously, around the league with other teams,
01:04doesn't want to play that game.
01:07It doesn't, I don't think a deal is done.
01:09Now, maybe Courtney's right.
01:11Maybe we'll find out at high noon today.
01:13Maybe Don Sweeney will announce it.
01:14But as of right now, I don't think a deal is done.
01:17And I also, this is also what I've been told.
01:19This is another scoop here, Jones.
01:21Second scoop.
01:21Yes.
01:22So I told you that the Swayman asked for 10.
01:25Asked for or demanded?
01:26Asked for.
01:27Asked for.
01:28It's a negotiation, Jones.
01:29He didn't demand it.
01:30He asked for 10.
01:31Interesting.
01:32I don't believe the Bruins will go north of 8.
01:35The Bruins will not go north of 8?
01:36No, I don't think so.
01:37Because I've seen some.
01:38I saw a report that did say 8 and 1 half, which I don't know
01:40if that's, I don't believe that one either.
01:42So there's a lot happening right now.
01:43I would consider some spotty reporting.
01:47Maybe I'm wrong about that.
01:48But I've seen the 8 and 1 half AAV out there.
01:50To your knowledge, the Bruins will not go to that number.
01:52Because I don't, I'm not going to look down on other scoops,
01:56because I deal with that.
01:57In this world, I deal with that.
01:58There's a lot of hockey reporting.
02:00Scoop shaming.
02:01There's a lot of scoop shaming going on.
02:02So I'm not scoop shaming anybody.
02:03I'm certainly not scoop shaming Courtney or some of those other
02:06figures that you've seen.
02:07But all I'll say is, like Elliott Friedman or some of these guys,
02:10they haven't reported over 8 million bucks, or 8 and 1 half.
02:14It was the one we saw, 8 and 1 half million per year.
02:16So to the best of my knowledge, the Bruins won't go north of 8,
02:21and a deal has not been finalized.