The first time I recall that kind of gesture was when young Michel Briere of the Pittsburgh Penguin was in a coma and eventually died during the 1970-71 season, he was a really talented player, and might have gone on to do what Lemieux did later. Glad Columbus is doing the same for Johnny Hockey.
A lot of us are speculating Kaliyev to be gone before the season starts. He’s not a bad player, in fact he could be a decent third line winger. The problem is that the Kings don’t know how to utilize his skill set, and he’ll get dealt to a team that I’m 90% sure he’ll thrive and make the Kings management look like idiots (again).
You act like sway will make or break the Bruins. They have a good defense and good forward core. Honestly they could rely on korpi to be starter, coach bob has changed many goalies careers around
Sweeney reminds me of an old boss I had who sent me a very rude letter because I had not paid into the xmas club for secret Santa. 3 months after I had left the company and moved from Canada back to the UK. I declined the chance to reply and left him too it. 🤔
As a Wings fan from Colorado, living in Boston managed to sour me on the Bruins and it's hard not to revel in at least a little bit of schadenfreude here.
I think Al Arbour of Islander fame was one of the first coaches to switch goalies to get a time out. I remember him doing it many, many times. I don't think Billy Smith was too happy about it.
Regarding losing in the final being a motivator to return- that is true a fair percentage of times. But more often, it seems to be the high water mark (look at how many teams get to the final only to not return - Preds, Oilers, Flames, Sens, sharks, Canucks, Sabres, Rangers etc ). Might be worthy of a video…
I remember Al Arbour taking goalies out for a free timeout while backup took practice shots . I think its time to change the rule however the ref should make a judgement call .
I feel like Korpisalo has a Martin Jones style relief run in him. Behind a Monty system, I bet he'd absolutely shine for a couple weeks, and he's a great guy so I'm sure the team would play hard for him. Would be a beautiful kind of absurdity.
The goalie warm up rule is funny to me because growing up in high school some games they would allow me to warm up if I was coming in cold and other games they didn't. It was the weirdest thing. Didn't matter what period or what reason it was, they would sometimes do like a 10 shot warm up and then others nope.
The really stupid thing is… Bruins had loads of cap space if they even gave Ullmark away for nothing… korpisalo came over and screwed signing Swayman for anything more than 8 mill and change… if he wants more .. a player has to move. edit- I should add Ullmark should never have been traded .. and Swayman is not worth more than 8 imo… likely less.
As a card carrying retired beer league goalie, I totally agree with the backup goalie getting a warmup if the starter is injured. HOWEVER… another Mike Keenan style coach could have his starter fake an injury and the starter return a few minutes later due to “modern medical miracles”. So, I would add a proviso to the rule that the starting goalie with the injury would have to stay out for at least the next 20 minutes of clock time. I wouldn’t say “until the end of the period” because a coach could have his goalie fake an injury with only a couple minutes or less in the period, then bring him back for the next period! (I lived in Chicagoland when Iron Mike was coach - I’ve seen his act!)
Montreal thinks they are the center of the hockey universe. They control the media and put too much pressure on results. Yes they have prospects but will finish last place in the league this year.
As a goalie (back in the Jurassic era...lol) and being able to warm up if you were going in as a replacement 'tender was a blessing, because you got to stretch your muscles and joints, get them working at, basically, game readiness. When leagues stopped allowing guys to warm up before taking over in net, I saw a lot of early goals, AND a lot of minor injuries, strains, pulls, etc, that wouldn't have happened if the goalie had had 5 minutes to stretch, warm his muscles up and get ready. It's awesome to see that, given the replacement is due to an injury to his fellow netminder, that a goalie will now have a chance to get game set, but as usual, I'm old, what do I know?
@@tankdiggs8974 Nope...they sit beside the player's bench and watch the game, and prior to this new rule change, if they were called into the game, they grab their stick, usually a bottle of Gatorade or water or both, and their mask and skate to the net, mask goes on, the linesman checks to make sure they are ready... and the game is back on, all in probably less than 3 or 4 minutes.
As a Leafs fan imo Swayman is worth more than 7M per season on a long-term contract. He hasnt played the amount of gms a typical #1 goalie has to play but the Bruins have brought him up well enough to do so this season. I say between 8-9M per year on a long-term contract would be fitting.
The roster wasn't the reason they got knocked out in '22. Carolina outcoached Boston, like they try to do against everyone. Bruce Cassidy is a great coach but lost the locker room. He wasn't the right fit for that team, Krejci and DeBrusk in particular came back the second he left.
I don't think you can speak for ALL Bruins fans. The Bruins have remained competitive despite crucial players retiring. Think this is just herd mentality
The blades over the boards rule has been in place it just wasn't being enforced. They are cracking down now supposedly so they have a first warning then a penalty for it.
Last year I wasn't happy how the Habs got stuck in a 3 goalie situation, basically because the GM didn't want to trade 1 in the off season before Montembault had a contract. Well, seeing what's happening in Boston, I guess Hugues made the right call to stay in a position of strength in negotiations.
You are too young, but I remember goalies (1) getting stitched up and put back in play, and (2) being called out of the stands - and play was stopped in both cases while this happened.
How much space does a goalie need to warm up? I ask because if there was a sort of bullpen space for goalies to warm up if they know they’re about to go on, that may be a possible solution.
@@scottjacoby2594 well usually you don't when and if you are even going in because the coach normally doesn't say he is pulling the other guy unless he allows a certain amount of goals or something. Like he may say "hey you are going in on the next one" and so you go and try stretching out and shit down the hallway but then there isn't another goal allowed all game so you got all warmed up for nothing. And it may be you go down the hallway start stretching and then another goal is scored right away so the team needs to send someone back down to grab you and then there is a delay anyways. Plus that requires there be enough room which in the hallway areas there may not be that much space. A goalie to warm up requires room to stretch and take shots. That isn't happening in the hallways.
Tender is the most important position on the ice, he is your quarterback. Teams should be signing huge short contracts for the ones that are hot. Swayman wants 8X4? How about 9X2 instead.
No not at all lol. Meaningful games for a team that's in the hunt for a wild card spot means playing for a playoff spot into February and March. At the Deadline not 100% being a seller is also probably going to be something Montreal looks at.
@@bogeyt15games55 with a team that was a contender before he got there. How did he do in year 2? Not saying he's a bad coach just saying he wasn't the right coach in Boston. And look at how the Bruins did the year after Cassidy.
@@angushiltz4880 they certainly didn't look like a contender before cassidy since they MISSED THE PLAYOFFS primarily due to injuries, and the same thing almost happened this past season. regardless, it's a funny look for boston.
@@neeltheother2342 they missed the playoffs that year and yet had more wins and points than the 2 previous seasons. Yes those seasons were shortened seasons but they still had more wins even though injuries really piled up. Don't see how it looks bad on Boston. The Bruins had an incredible season after Cassidy. They may have lost in the first round, but they lost to the team that won the East. Also people tend to forget that Florida was the best team in the league a year before that.
Marty St.Louis will be on the hot seat this season if his team's PK, PP, scoring and all vital stats STILL remain the same as in last seasons with no progress to be found.
The Avalanche youtube channel, or at least a channel that covers just the Avs, speculated that the Bruins may trade Swayman to the Avs...... I would speculate that the two teams would swap starting goalies, Swayman for Georgiev, but that would be a WILD trade! I know some Avs fans have been critical of Georgiev this past year, so they would see this as possibly an upgrade, but as a Bruins fan i dont know if i would be happy about this. Georgiev does carry a lower salary cap and is better than Korpisalo, but i think hes a free agent next season so i dont know....
Can someone please answer this for me I'm generally curious being swayman is an rfa why hasn't a team tried to offer sheet him is there particular guidelines like age or something when it comes to an offer sheet because I would think there'd be a number of teams that really could use a goalie like swayman so I'm just generally curious why no team has tried to throw an offer sheet at him
It's possible teams have tried and he hasn't accepted the offer. It could also be the price he wants since the pick compensation to the Bruins is related to how much he gets. If he's really after 10M that would be two firsts, a second, and a third, and those have to be the team's own picks. If they can get him down to 9,161,833 it drops to one first, a second, and a third.
Laughed at "opposing goalie can't skate down & knock other net off" Would be an entertaining addition to the All Star game NHL hating on Mike Keenan for 3+ decades for switching out goalies, some kind of record?
Keenan's abuse of the goalie warm ups should have resulted in fines and has messed up a lot of goalies since when it got taken away. The delay of game penalty for skaters was practically created by Columbus. Getting the less awesome expansion draft team, they'd shoot the puck over the boards at the slightest pressure in their zone, clutch and grab to the max, and generally drive opposing players and hockey fans insane in the hopes of getting a power play after frustrated players attacked them.
Devils are kinda in a cap hell situation. Fitzy really messed up. Shouldve got Mercer done first. Cuz if he wants 4m+ so they will have to run a 22 player team, or they can just send down bastian. But if they do that they lose a big,physical RHF. Which they lack in those two departments. at this point idc about the yapping on Mercer just tell us when he is signed
Sweeney said today, during the news conference, that he's confident to have Swayman signed before December 1st. Guess he doesn't;t see a problem with the Bruins being without their starting goalie for the first two months of the season.
With cap space increasing and star players getting very lucrative contracts , will players who are productive be willing to take less money to accommodate teams with cap issues? Pie has only so many pieces to accommodate all and keep everyone content. Swayman situation might be preview of things to come.
The Swayman saga has been so funny to watch unfold for years. This was so obviously why Ullmark was in Boston as long as he was. Good for Sway, raise dem goalie salaries, Boston is going absolutely nowhere with that roster so you might as well cash in
@@TheHockeyGuy I’ve heard Igor is looking for 12 million and I don’t know if they should pay that , he’s great but I’ve seen teams win the cup with a goalie paid way less. It’s going to be interesting
I would be very surprised if he is asking that much. Igor is the best goalie in the league though, so he should be in the Bobrovsky range with a cap hit of 10 million or higher.
@@TheHockeyGuyreports are shesterkin wants to be the highest paid. So maybe 10.75 would be the cap hit? Would make him the highest paid goalie for a long time coming.
I don’t know about the penalty review, because eventually ever call would want to be reviewed and game will get slower. Also wasting a challenge when you potentially can be down two men is also stupid. Also challenges should start to be limited to be more risky when to challenge
You can only request a review to rescind a call. It isn't going to happen often at all because of the risk of going down two men. If you didn't have the penalty added, you would have almost every delay of game penalty challenged. They'd use it as a timeout, knowing the penalty would stand. They did it plenty before coaches got penalized for it.
@@TheHockeyGuy that’s what I mean it seems pointless because call on the ice stands and coaches wouldn’t risk the 5v3. With that said I don’t like penalty being challenged
@@SleepWalker88 yup larkin said this morning he wasn't there, seider just signed, so he needs to get his visa renewed so he can get back here. He will be here within the week
Well, on my NHL 24 career mode, Swayman signs a one year deal with the Bruins for this year and then gets a 4 year deal with the Wings next year. I mean, if it’s on NHL 24, it has to be real, right?
I just dont understand how they hand Pasta a huge bag a year ago and now wanna beat swayman up over a mil or 2... Do you want a competitive team or not? Your team is pretty old as it is!
@@defectiveindustries All through the 2010s they were talking about how old the Sharks were. The bill will eventually come due, though I think there's still some time.
I hate the challenge. 90% of the time the call is so close they need to look at it for so long the league should get a delay of game penalty. If the call is that close the call on the ice should stand. You challenge and the league takes longer than 2 min and can't determine it then the call on the ice stands and the game proceeds.
Not only that but I think that if everyone misses the call on ice and spectating that it shouldn't be called back. Human refs make the game organic. If we're going to review everything then just put a sensor inside the puck and be done with it.
@@chrismdb5686 I agree with this. If they want 100% accuracy put refs in the war room watching 900 cameras and put cameras on the blue line that use AI to determine if the play is offsides. The technology is here now, you want people calling the game or do you want 100% accuracy.
The challenge tends to be the most intense, nail-biting moment of the game though, so I'm kind of for it. That being said, I wish they would show the footage that they used to make the decision instead of broadcasters showing us the few angles that they have, like in the Florida offside in the playoffs this year
Sweeney and Neely have gone full establishment shills. Anyone else was surprised when he was named as Canada’s GM? They threw a lot of dirt at Swayman at arb last year when he probably would’ve accepted a reasonable raise, without getting personal. Since that’s how they wanted to play, well, two can play that game. They wanted to use every dirty trick last time and now he’s holding the cards. I watched all of swayman’s interviews over the summer and that smirk on his face tells me that he wants to take them and Jacobs to the cleaners and good on him! Now they’re crying about business side of it when they treated him as an object last summer
Personally I’d like to see the Bluejackets retire Gaudreau’s number at home against the Flames and for the Flames to do the same at home Vs the Bluejackets
The B's have not been good to Swayman. I hope Swayman gets what he wants and doesn't cave. Even if it means going to Colorado or somewhere where he'll be better appreciated...and I'm a Bruins fan and goalie. I can tell you I'd rather see players treated better and not taken advantage of. Sway had been forced into arbitration and I'm sure the words the Bruins said there to protect their salary cap stung and bittered the guy and he hasn't forgotten that.
This isn't all on Sweeney. Swayman's agent is known to drag things out and play hardball. Two sides to this one...................and Swayman wasn't "forced" into arbitration as you state.....he took the Bruins to arbitration. Just facts. They don't trade Ullmark and pave the way for Swayman if there was real risk here. This will get done and everyone needs to calm down.
Swayman wasn’t forced into arbitration, he was the one who elected to go to arbitration actually. And Sweeney did him a favour by only signing him for 1yr instead of 2yrs. You are forgetting who Swayman’s agent is, he loves holding out his clients.
Contract stuff is confusing; how is Swayman still an RFA? Did he get a qualifying offer? don't those expire in July? When/how could he sign with another team/become a UFA?
He became an rfa on July 1…. Teams could put in a qualifying offer.. and if is close to 10 million they would also need to give up the farm in drafts.. so not many teams would even consider doing it. Might be a better for Bruins in long run if it did happen… unless they have Sweeney drafting..
@@mattbcameron Qualifying offer (QO) is not the same as an offer sheet. In order to retain the rights on a pending RFA you need to issue a QO. The QO amount is a 1-year deal based on the salary in the final season of the deal. In Swayman's case it was 3.475Mx1. QOs do expire on July 15th unless extended by the team, but just by issuing the QO in the first place a team retains the rights on the player. The only way he can sign with another team is to sign an offer sheet in which case Boston would have the option to match it. As far as when the RFA rights expire, I'm not exactly sure but I know at a minimum it's through the season. It might be all the way until the player is 27 without a contract.
I don't tend to disagree often with your takes THG, but I do believe this presser from Sweeney wasn't as attacking towards Swayman as you present it. He literally said, Swayman is "rightfully so" not coming to camp without a contract. And he never uses the words "withholding services". He stated that his disappointment was the fact that he (Sweeney) wasn't able to get a deal done before camp.....not taking shots at Swayman here. Yes he took shots at Biz Nasty and some of the reporting, for sure. But not at Swayman. They wouldn't have traded Ullmark if there was ever risk here. The team went through this with Pastrnak, Carlo and McAvoy. It's going to get done. The cap space is there for it. Much love THG!
@@tankdiggs8974 he is good player, leader and superstar, but toronto has never need him, they could have used 11 mil much more better, like for goaltender, defense and bottom 6 attack
@Andyyy48 that's why I agree but at the time when a stat like him becomes available. You sign him. He was also the first major star to want to come back to Toronoto. We knew it was going to age badly. What are we complaining about. We knew how this was going to play out. Grab a 2nd line center bump Johnny T to 3rd line. Fix his dollars next year and LETS FUGGIN GOOOOO G.L G.
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The gesture from the blue jackets for Johnny hockey brought a tear to my eye.
Classy move
The first time I recall that kind of gesture was when young Michel Briere of the Pittsburgh Penguin was in a coma and eventually died during the 1970-71 season, he was a really talented player, and might have gone on to do what Lemieux did later.
Glad Columbus is doing the same for Johnny Hockey.
Yes, the best way to get a deal done is by taking a little jab at the starter you need to sign. What a putz.
From best tandem to worst? Must be record level of wasting of goalies
I hope someone offer sheets Swayman just to f with the Bs.
@@Yrzi “you had one job!”
@@neeltheother2342 Would have to be a whole lot of Money for him to sign it and then Boston would just laugh and let him go
Imagine the ducks steal Swayman, they've got the money for sure 🤣 @@macrost8935
A lot of us are speculating Kaliyev to be gone before the season starts. He’s not a bad player, in fact he could be a decent third line winger. The problem is that the Kings don’t know how to utilize his skill set, and he’ll get dealt to a team that I’m 90% sure he’ll thrive and make the Kings management look like idiots (again).
I am also withholding my services from the Boston Bruins.
Ottawa Buffalo and Detroit - here's your chance with the Bruins not having Swayman to start the season.
You act like sway will make or break the Bruins. They have a good defense and good forward core. Honestly they could rely on korpi to be starter, coach bob has changed many goalies careers around
Sweeney reminds me of an old boss I had who sent me a very rude letter because I had not paid into the xmas club for secret Santa. 3 months after I had left the company and moved from Canada back to the UK. I declined the chance to reply and left him too it. 🤔
Secret Santas are stupid. I always opt out or "somehow" pick my own name from the hat
As a Wings fan from Colorado, living in Boston managed to sour me on the Bruins and it's hard not to revel in at least a little bit of schadenfreude here.
I like that the injury leads to the warm-up because depending on the injury, it could be a good way of having players have a mental reset
I think Al Arbour of Islander fame was one of the first coaches to switch goalies to get a time out. I remember him doing it many, many times. I don't think Billy Smith was too happy about it.
Regarding losing in the final being a motivator to return- that is true a fair percentage of times.
But more often, it seems to be the high water mark (look at how many teams get to the final only to not return - Preds, Oilers, Flames, Sens, sharks, Canucks, Sabres, Rangers etc ).
Might be worthy of a video…
I remember Al Arbour taking goalies out for a free timeout while backup took practice shots . I think its time to change the rule however the ref should make a judgement call .
I feel like Korpisalo has a Martin Jones style relief run in him. Behind a Monty system, I bet he'd absolutely shine for a couple weeks, and he's a great guy so I'm sure the team would play hard for him.
Would be a beautiful kind of absurdity.
Mrazek in shambles on the new net rule.
I think matt murray is the guy who does it most.
@@JarradBruessel32 Murray for sure
I never heard of that goalies can't warm-up rule, but now that I have I'm glad that rule change is there.
The goalie warm up rule is funny to me because growing up in high school some games they would allow me to warm up if I was coming in cold and other games they didn't. It was the weirdest thing. Didn't matter what period or what reason it was, they would sometimes do like a 10 shot warm up and then others nope.
The really stupid thing is… Bruins had loads of cap space if they even gave Ullmark away for nothing… korpisalo came over and screwed signing Swayman for anything more than 8 mill and change… if he wants more .. a player has to move. edit- I should add Ullmark should never have been traded .. and Swayman is not worth more than 8 imo… likely less.
Inaccurate...................The Bruins have $8,636,667 in cap space. They could sign him for $8.5 and be fine. And he will show he is worth it.
@@pucksfromthepinetree who they gonna call up with a 100k in cap space when they have an injury?
@@GG-ng6zmIt’s a 23 man roster, they wouldn’t need to call up anyone. Now if they get hit with a lot of injuries, LTIR is more likely
Ahl players on 2 way contracts or players with 1 way contracts with an aav under 1 million do not count against cap space @GG-ng6zm
loved the visual image of Shannon actually dunking on Don Sweeney...with his donald duck hat on for good measure.
Changing goalies was also one of Roger NIelsen's tactics.
Even acknowledging that Evason was joking, it would be really funny if one of the young guys became a 60-goal, 100-point player under his watch...
As a card carrying retired beer league goalie, I totally agree with the backup goalie getting a warmup if the starter is injured. HOWEVER… another Mike Keenan style coach could have his starter fake an injury and the starter return a few minutes later due to “modern medical miracles”. So, I would add a proviso to the rule that the starting goalie with the injury would have to stay out for at least the next 20 minutes of clock time. I wouldn’t say “until the end of the period” because a coach could have his goalie fake an injury with only a couple minutes or less in the period, then bring him back for the next period!
(I lived in Chicagoland when Iron Mike was coach - I’ve seen his act!)
If Montreal is over nhl.500 I’d be happy. That’s progress and we still have so many young players. Can’t wait for hockey to start.
Montreal thinks they are the center of the hockey universe. They control the media and put too much pressure on results. Yes they have prospects but will finish last place in the league this year.
As a goalie (back in the Jurassic era...lol) and being able to warm up if you were going in as a replacement 'tender was a blessing, because you got to stretch your muscles and joints, get them working at, basically, game readiness. When leagues stopped allowing guys to warm up before taking over in net, I saw a lot of early goals, AND a lot of minor injuries, strains, pulls, etc, that wouldn't have happened if the goalie had had 5 minutes to stretch, warm his muscles up and get ready. It's awesome to see that, given the replacement is due to an injury to his fellow netminder, that a goalie will now have a chance to get game set, but as usual, I'm old, what do I know?
This may be a dumb question on my part. Would they not be allowed to go to the locker room and stretch out before? Like a pitcher warming up?
@@tankdiggs8974 Nope...they sit beside the player's bench and watch the game, and prior to this new rule change, if they were called into the game, they grab their stick, usually a bottle of Gatorade or water or both, and their mask and skate to the net, mask goes on, the linesman checks to make sure they are ready... and the game is back on, all in probably less than 3 or 4 minutes.
@@DocJ58-OCB that sounds crazy to me lol
I speak for every faithful Bruins fan when I say that Don Sweeney should’ve been fired after the 2022 playoffs instead of Bruce Cassidy.
Letting Cassidy go is a fireable offence
As a Leafs fan imo Swayman is worth more than 7M per season on a long-term contract. He hasnt played the amount of gms a typical #1 goalie has to play but the Bruins have brought him up well enough to do so this season. I say between 8-9M per year on a long-term contract would be fitting.
The roster wasn't the reason they got knocked out in '22. Carolina outcoached Boston, like they try to do against everyone.
Bruce Cassidy is a great coach but lost the locker room. He wasn't the right fit for that team, Krejci and DeBrusk in particular came back the second he left.
@@bsfm6990 Are we forgetting the Bruins set the all time points record the season after firing Cassidy?
I don't think you can speak for ALL Bruins fans. The Bruins have remained competitive despite crucial players retiring. Think this is just herd mentality
Imagine the Blues offer sheet Swayman 😂
The blades over the boards rule has been in place it just wasn't being enforced. They are cracking down now supposedly so they have a first warning then a penalty for it.
Last year I wasn't happy how the Habs got stuck in a 3 goalie situation, basically because the GM didn't want to trade 1 in the off season before Montembault had a contract.
Well, seeing what's happening in Boston, I guess Hugues made the right call to stay in a position of strength in negotiations.
The net rule should be known as the matt murray rule. He did it a lot with Toronto
You are too young, but I remember goalies (1) getting stitched up and put back in play, and (2) being called out of the stands - and play was stopped in both cases while this happened.
I'm old enough that I just cannot get worried about Swayman remaining unsigned. I've seen this movie before.
How much space does a goalie need to warm up? I ask because if there was a sort of bullpen space for goalies to warm up if they know they’re about to go on, that may be a possible solution.
Well usually we are only going in unprepared if there is an injury which means not much time.
@@JarradBruessel32 sorry, I should have specified. I meant as a solution for non-injury goalie changes, so that there’s no inadvertent timeout.
@@scottjacoby2594 well usually you don't when and if you are even going in because the coach normally doesn't say he is pulling the other guy unless he allows a certain amount of goals or something. Like he may say "hey you are going in on the next one" and so you go and try stretching out and shit down the hallway but then there isn't another goal allowed all game so you got all warmed up for nothing. And it may be you go down the hallway start stretching and then another goal is scored right away so the team needs to send someone back down to grab you and then there is a delay anyways. Plus that requires there be enough room which in the hallway areas there may not be that much space. A goalie to warm up requires room to stretch and take shots. That isn't happening in the hallways.
Off topic, wasnt there some huge documentary about last season coming out? Amazon?
This fall can’t find anything about actual date tho
Imagine Bruins fail to sign Swayman any time soon, sign Lankinen as a backup... and doing perfectly fine with Korpisalo-Lankinen tandem.
That would be he most Bruins thing ever. Lucky ass franchise doesn't make any damn sense...
i can see canadiens being right on the wire with detroit this year come playoffs 😳
Would’ve liked to see the jailbreak rule take affect
Tender is the most important position on the ice, he is your quarterback. Teams should be signing huge short contracts for the ones that are hot. Swayman wants 8X4? How about 9X2 instead.
its year 3 of a rebuild.
meaningful games just means not being blown out of the building imo.
gohabsgo
No not at all lol. Meaningful games for a team that's in the hunt for a wild card spot means playing for a playoff spot into February and March. At the Deadline not 100% being a seller is also probably going to be something Montreal looks at.
“You’re not going to see a goalie charge down the ice and knock off the other net” actually made me lol 😂
Usually, anyway...
11:39 gonna laugh thinking of that image for a while
Ah...going old school on the injured goalie warm ups... We got rid of the Mike Keenan rule...at least partially...
Would laugh if B's were stuck with Korpisalo, and he then turns into a brick wall.
Cal Ritchie going to do big things for CO this year
Sweeney also thought Bruce Cassidy couldn't win a Stanley Cup. Sweeney decision making leaves something to be desired.
I wanted Cassidy gone long before they fired him. Sweeney did the right thing in getting rid of him and bringing Montgomery in.
@@angushiltz4880Cassidy won a cup the year after he was fired lmao
@@bogeyt15games55 with a team that was a contender before he got there. How did he do in year 2? Not saying he's a bad coach just saying he wasn't the right coach in Boston. And look at how the Bruins did the year after Cassidy.
@@angushiltz4880 they certainly didn't look like a contender before cassidy since they MISSED THE PLAYOFFS primarily due to injuries, and the same thing almost happened this past season. regardless, it's a funny look for boston.
@@neeltheother2342 they missed the playoffs that year and yet had more wins and points than the 2 previous seasons. Yes those seasons were shortened seasons but they still had more wins even though injuries really piled up.
Don't see how it looks bad on Boston. The Bruins had an incredible season after Cassidy. They may have lost in the first round, but they lost to the team that won the East. Also people tend to forget that Florida was the best team in the league a year before that.
End of day extension for Mercer? Don’t you tease me Hockey Guy.
as good as swayman can be, i just cant imagine what number he wants if its above 7.5-8
Double delay of game. Wow. That won't create any delays.
Marty St.Louis will be on the hot seat this season if his team's PK, PP, scoring and all vital stats STILL remain the same as in last seasons with no progress to be found.
Word on Kaliyev is that there was no trade value that no one wanted him not sure if that's true but that was the word
The Avalanche youtube channel, or at least a channel that covers just the Avs, speculated that the Bruins may trade Swayman to the Avs...... I would speculate that the two teams would swap starting goalies, Swayman for Georgiev, but that would be a WILD trade! I know some Avs fans have been critical of Georgiev this past year, so they would see this as possibly an upgrade, but as a Bruins fan i dont know if i would be happy about this.
Georgiev does carry a lower salary cap and is better than Korpisalo, but i think hes a free agent next season so i dont know....
THG has right. ‘I dont like Boston’ 🤣
This might very well be a good year for us 👍
If the goalie knocks it off themselves. Like, unintentionally?
Is this the most RFA talk we’ve had in the offseason ever?
First time I've ever liked all the NHL rule changes 👍 good work to all~
Can someone please answer this for me I'm generally curious being swayman is an rfa why hasn't a team tried to offer sheet him is there particular guidelines like age or something when it comes to an offer sheet because I would think there'd be a number of teams that really could use a goalie like swayman so I'm just generally curious why no team has tried to throw an offer sheet at him
It's possible teams have tried and he hasn't accepted the offer. It could also be the price he wants since the pick compensation to the Bruins is related to how much he gets. If he's really after 10M that would be two firsts, a second, and a third, and those have to be the team's own picks. If they can get him down to 9,161,833 it drops to one first, a second, and a third.
Which teams in particular have that sort of cap space available, need a goaltender, and are ones that Swayman would go to?
The Bruins will be the bruins..
Knowing them... they'll be something like 18-2-6 when December 1st rolls around.
Laughed at "opposing goalie can't skate down & knock other net off" Would be an entertaining addition to the All Star game
NHL hating on Mike Keenan for 3+ decades for switching out goalies, some kind of record?
The: you're not going to see a goalie go to other end of ice and knockoff other teams net
Bennington of the STl blues: hold my beer!!! 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Class move by Waddell
We went from “we’re close” to “he’ll probably pay this year” in a hurry.
Look at what happened to players that left the Sens. They make the playoffs of course!
Keenan's abuse of the goalie warm ups should have resulted in fines and has messed up a lot of goalies since when it got taken away. The delay of game penalty for skaters was practically created by Columbus. Getting the less awesome expansion draft team, they'd shoot the puck over the boards at the slightest pressure in their zone, clutch and grab to the max, and generally drive opposing players and hockey fans insane in the hopes of getting a power play after frustrated players attacked them.
I'm really starting to worry about Sweeney.
I swear earlier I saw Swayman had signed for 8 years, $8.5 million... but I guess that was false?
I’m a bruins fan and I love swayman but that deal would make me cry… 8 years for a goalie is insane
Devils are kinda in a cap hell situation. Fitzy really messed up. Shouldve got Mercer done first. Cuz if he wants 4m+ so they will have to run a 22 player team, or they can just send down bastian. But if they do that they lose a big,physical RHF. Which they lack in those two departments. at this point idc about the yapping on Mercer just tell us when he is signed
I’m
I don't see that the delay of game change is necessary. Two 2minutes penalties seems harsh................................
Ya but if your certain on your challenge you should be allowed to
"So, for those who don't like Boston...
... which is almost everybody who doesn't cheer for Boston..." 🤣
Sweeney, Neely etc perfect fits for the dnc
Sweeney said today, during the news conference, that he's confident to have Swayman signed before December 1st. Guess he doesn't;t see a problem with the Bruins being without their starting goalie for the first two months of the season.
Ottawa. Please. Sign Swayman.
With cap space increasing and star players getting very lucrative contracts , will players who are productive be willing to take less money to accommodate teams with cap issues? Pie has only so many pieces to accommodate all and keep everyone content. Swayman situation might be preview of things to come.
The Swayman saga has been so funny to watch unfold for years. This was so obviously why Ullmark was in Boston as long as he was. Good for Sway, raise dem goalie salaries, Boston is going absolutely nowhere with that roster so you might as well cash in
My hopes for Boston losing Swayman after trading Ullmark away keeps growing.
Swayman gets 10 million then I wonder how much Igor gets in NY? 12-13
Sway is worth maybe 7 million
The reports Swayman asked for 10 million a season have been refuted.
@@TheHockeyGuy I’ve heard Igor is looking for 12 million and I don’t know if they should pay that , he’s great but I’ve seen teams win the cup with a goalie paid way less. It’s going to be interesting
I would be very surprised if he is asking that much. Igor is the best goalie in the league though, so he should be in the Bobrovsky range with a cap hit of 10 million or higher.
@@TheHockeyGuyreports are shesterkin wants to be the highest paid. So maybe 10.75 would be the cap hit? Would make him the highest paid goalie for a long time coming.
Too much hype on New Jersey. Is Jacob Markstrom going to be the best goaltender in the league ? 😂
where is Rogers news.
Last news video.
@@TheHockeyGuy today Rogers Buy Bell for $6B Today.
I already reported on it in the last news video.
Mercer ain’t signing for a while, vibes this year are already in the toilet, 7th place in the Metro ahoy
If the Leafs are smart Tavares won't get over $3 million.
I don’t know about the penalty review, because eventually ever call would want to be reviewed and game will get slower. Also wasting a challenge when you potentially can be down two men is also stupid. Also challenges should start to be limited to be more risky when to challenge
You can only request a review to rescind a call. It isn't going to happen often at all because of the risk of going down two men. If you didn't have the penalty added, you would have almost every delay of game penalty challenged. They'd use it as a timeout, knowing the penalty would stand. They did it plenty before coaches got penalized for it.
@@TheHockeyGuy that’s what I mean it seems pointless because call on the ice stands and coaches wouldn’t risk the 5v3. With that said I don’t like penalty being challenged
So coaches will only challenge it when they know the call will be overturned. That's the idea of the rule change.
What we really need are high speed cameras in every arena.
connor brown is on the right track. i can picture bettman losing it....when edmonton meets canda's team for this season's cup.
Canada's team? Are you saying Toronto??? Lmfao
Seider is on the Wings camps roster, despite being an RFA still.
He isn't there. Larkin said this morning that he isn't
@@JarradBruessel32 I mean, he was listed on the roster published by the Red Wings and he just signed, so he will be there.
@@SleepWalker88 yup larkin said this morning he wasn't there, seider just signed, so he needs to get his visa renewed so he can get back here. He will be here within the week
Well, on my NHL 24 career mode, Swayman signs a one year deal with the Bruins for this year and then gets a 4 year deal with the Wings next year. I mean, if it’s on NHL 24, it has to be real, right?
Idea for the next collective bargaining agreement: Temporary Training Camp contracts for FAs who haven't signed.
I just dont understand how they hand Pasta a huge bag a year ago and now wanna beat swayman up over a mil or 2... Do you want a competitive team or not? Your team is pretty old as it is!
They've been saying the Bruins are old for more than ten years
I'm sure they'll show their age at some point
What's crazy is spending all that extra $ on Zadorov. Really don't understand that huge contract when your star goalie needs his prime years deal.
what kinda question is that, Pastrnak is one of the best in the league, Swayman never carried the load in his career and his high is 44 games
@@defectiveindustries All through the 2010s they were talking about how old the Sharks were. The bill will eventually come due, though I think there's still some time.
I hate the challenge. 90% of the time the call is so close they need to look at it for so long the league should get a delay of game penalty. If the call is that close the call on the ice should stand. You challenge and the league takes longer than 2 min and can't determine it then the call on the ice stands and the game proceeds.
Not only that but I think that if everyone misses the call on ice and spectating that it shouldn't be called back. Human refs make the game organic. If we're going to review everything then just put a sensor inside the puck and be done with it.
@@chrismdb5686 I agree with this. If they want 100% accuracy put refs in the war room watching 900 cameras and put cameras on the blue line that use AI to determine if the play is offsides. The technology is here now, you want people calling the game or do you want 100% accuracy.
The challenge tends to be the most intense, nail-biting moment of the game though, so I'm kind of for it. That being said, I wish they would show the footage that they used to make the decision instead of broadcasters showing us the few angles that they have, like in the Florida offside in the playoffs this year
Sweeney and Neely have gone full establishment shills. Anyone else was surprised when he was named as Canada’s GM?
They threw a lot of dirt at Swayman at arb last year when he probably would’ve accepted a reasonable raise, without getting personal.
Since that’s how they wanted to play, well, two can play that game. They wanted to use every dirty trick last time and now he’s holding the cards. I watched all of swayman’s interviews over the summer and that smirk on his face tells me that he wants to take them and Jacobs to the cleaners and good on him! Now they’re crying about business side of it when they treated him as an object last summer
Personally I’d like to see the Bluejackets retire Gaudreau’s number at home against the Flames and for the Flames to do the same at home Vs the Bluejackets
Hey Jacob’s family stop being cheap
That's not how it works. You can only spend up to the cap. Swayman getting a few more million doesn't mean the Bruins have a bigger payroll.
Recommendation for Boston fans, a cool nickname would be sweeney Todd the butcher of the Bruins? Inherited a good team and butchered it??
I don't think there should be a delay of game penalty if the goalie knocks the opposition's net off its moorings.
I could see a Swayman signing a contract of $8.75 million AAV 8 years.
As a Canucks fan, I hope Swayman gets $10 million a season. Drain the Bruins dry.
Hows Demko's health?
@@dipeachio6832Not Good
LOL! Never throw rocks from a glass house.
Is it better to drain the Bruins or strip them of their star goalie? If another team will offer more he could walk, and they’d have lost both goalies
Watch Columbus light the league on fire; just like Vegas did with Vegas Strong.
Instead of Vegas strong, they'll call it "Columbussin'" or something
@@neeltheother2342 That is a decent slogan
The Bruins are being their old, old cheap selves!
The B's have not been good to Swayman. I hope Swayman gets what he wants and doesn't cave. Even if it means going to Colorado or somewhere where he'll be better appreciated...and I'm a Bruins fan and goalie. I can tell you I'd rather see players treated better and not taken advantage of. Sway had been forced into arbitration and I'm sure the words the Bruins said there to protect their salary cap stung and bittered the guy and he hasn't forgotten that.
This isn't all on Sweeney. Swayman's agent is known to drag things out and play hardball. Two sides to this one...................and Swayman wasn't "forced" into arbitration as you state.....he took the Bruins to arbitration. Just facts. They don't trade Ullmark and pave the way for Swayman if there was real risk here. This will get done and everyone needs to calm down.
Swayman wasn’t forced into arbitration, he was the one who elected to go to arbitration actually. And Sweeney did him a favour by only signing him for 1yr instead of 2yrs. You are forgetting who Swayman’s agent is, he loves holding out his clients.
Contract stuff is confusing; how is Swayman still an RFA? Did he get a qualifying offer? don't those expire in July? When/how could he sign with another team/become a UFA?
He became an rfa on July 1…. Teams could put in a qualifying offer.. and if is close to 10 million they would also need to give up the farm in drafts.. so not many teams would even consider doing it. Might be a better for Bruins in long run if it did happen… unless they have Sweeney drafting..
@@mattbcameron Qualifying offer (QO) is not the same as an offer sheet. In order to retain the rights on a pending RFA you need to issue a QO. The QO amount is a 1-year deal based on the salary in the final season of the deal. In Swayman's case it was 3.475Mx1.
QOs do expire on July 15th unless extended by the team, but just by issuing the QO in the first place a team retains the rights on the player. The only way he can sign with another team is to sign an offer sheet in which case Boston would have the option to match it. As far as when the RFA rights expire, I'm not exactly sure but I know at a minimum it's through the season. It might be all the way until the player is 27 without a contract.
@@jonmendelson1104 ah I misread. Thanks
Ah, contract negotiations
When everyone not involved, has a opinion on what should be happening
You love to see it
I don't tend to disagree often with your takes THG, but I do believe this presser from Sweeney wasn't as attacking towards Swayman as you present it. He literally said, Swayman is "rightfully so" not coming to camp without a contract. And he never uses the words "withholding services". He stated that his disappointment was the fact that he (Sweeney) wasn't able to get a deal done before camp.....not taking shots at Swayman here. Yes he took shots at Biz Nasty and some of the reporting, for sure. But not at Swayman. They wouldn't have traded Ullmark if there was ever risk here. The team went through this with Pastrnak, Carlo and McAvoy. It's going to get done. The cap space is there for it. Much love THG!
Sweeney should be fired
Toronto signing Tavares was their biggest mistake😁
This is such a weird one for me because I want to say yes and no.
@@tankdiggs8974 he is good player, leader and superstar, but toronto has never need him, they could have used 11 mil much more better, like for goaltender, defense and bottom 6 attack
@Andyyy48 that's why I agree but at the time when a stat like him becomes available. You sign him. He was also the first major star to want to come back to Toronoto. We knew it was going to age badly. What are we complaining about. We knew how this was going to play out. Grab a 2nd line center bump Johnny T to 3rd line. Fix his dollars next year and LETS FUGGIN GOOOOO G.L G.
Leave it to Don Sweeney and Cam Neely to mess everything up.
The both of them should be fired.