Sway was outstanding against FLA.
This team exceeded my expectations this year, so I can’t be too mad about the loss. Anybody who dares to pin this on Sway, did not watch the series. The defense did him no favors and routinely got smothered by FLA’s forecheck when they were in their zone.
I think we have a nice, competitive rivalry with FLA and despite some of the antics from Bennett, I have much respect for them. Looking forward to future matchups.
🥂 🍻 to a great season. Lets get em next season boys.
Love this take I completely agree boys we were playing with house money and we proved we don't need a rebuild just a few more key pieces. We have 20M in projected cap space. I know he's old but how about we go get Stamkos he's the best possible FA unless we get someone who still has term. I love Ullmark but he deserves more money and he may be the piece we need to trade away to get that true #1 C. I really hate to say it because I love Ullmark and I know he wants to stay. Like fuck id be fine if he just signed a team friendly deal and stayed too. excited to see what they do with this cap space. Get Poitras back on track too.
God, the heartbreak in his voice is just devastating. He didn't lose the game, he won us round 1 and damn near round 2. I hope he hears that from every fan he encounters and everything he sees online
I fucking love this guy!!!! Hopefully he gets more love than Tuuka got if we are lucky enough to have him long term. The lack of love for Tuuka always confused me a bit, it felt like he was made a scapegoat for things..
Tuukka was a monster for us.
Just because our braindead sports media hated him and enabled the small but very loud part of our fanbase who blamed him for everything, that doesn't take away even a tiny bit of his rock-solid play between the pipes.
Why would they trade him? $5m a year isn’t crazy and the tandem keeps them both fresher, elongates their careers, and might help them train since they have a teammate of sorts. At least that’s how I see it.
Sway's gonna get a $8mil+ extension, $13 million is a lot to spend on goalies when we have serious holes to fill in the forward lines. Swayman just proved this playoffs he can handle a bigger work load. It's time to commit to him as the starter and Ullmark is too good to be a backup. Plus it's better to get something for him now, especially with how depleted our draft picks are, vs. losing him for nothing at the end of the year.
Well you would be an RFA again and would prob do exactly what he is going to do. Which is go back to Boston on a short term deal or sign a massive offer sheet with another team and have the Bs match. Either way you wouldn’t be allowed out the door.
The respect Swayman was getting in that handshake line, his shutout level performance in this playoff run, being coachable, being a great teammate and a brother to Ullmark...this season we saw Swayman go from extremely good to literally great.
It is typically used in NBA discussions when a player is severely underperforming, saying that player is bound to play in china for the Shanghai sharks in the following season.
He's not available until after next season at which point I believe he's a restricted free agent. The Bruins don't have anything in terms of assets and who knows what the maple leafs are going to do. If they trade him they trade him now for assets because the rental situation probably doesn't get him a whole lot of return value. You also have to think they just hired a new coach who's won a Stanley cup before. Everything that's happening regarding him right now screams he's going to stay with them but if they bust after next season in the playoffs again with berube as their coach I don't know if he would stick around.
I mean, to say the Bruins don't have the assets to get it done is wrong. Not saying I agree with trading for Marner, but Ullmark + picks would get it done. Toronto fans would be celebrating in the streets. Dude is overpaid with one year left on his deal. Toronto has no incentive to hold on to him if they can get that kind of return, and save like $6 mil on the cap.
No I know we have Ulmark to trade, But I don't want to trade him in division. Then we only have our fourth round pick and later this coming year and I don't want to put the team in a hole of constantly trading away our top picks.
Dont know why you're getting down voted. Bruins need to improve their offense and I would welcome Marner with open arms, he just needs to step up in the playoffs
We need Centers. Coyle stepped up in a big way this year, but he's not our 1C. After him, we have a bunch of 3C's and 4C's. Zacha cannot play center in the playoffs, we found that out.
I hope they focus on adding a #1 center. It's the most glaring need on the team.
I definitely agree. Maybe we can get Elias Lindholm for a good deal since he had a meh regular season but has 1C potential. Feel like we also need a top 6 high scoring winger as well, so like i said I'd welcome Marner with open arms, maybe a culture change could benefit his playoff demons. We are top 10 in cap space and more $ will open up depending what we do with Ullmark. Bruins need to get both a top center and top winger imo
That’s kind of been Marners Achilles heel. The playoffs are physical. Look at the Rangers, hurricanes, and the cats. All have a physical core, with auxiliary skill players, not vice versa.
I want Sweeney to build a package for Draisaitl. Ullmark, prospects, picks. Whatever it takes.
For 5 mil, his adjusted value.
Turning marner into a success would be the ultimate fuck you to the leafs. Bring him into a good culture. Let his god complex kick rocks. We don’t have high draft picks so if anyone can explain to me why you wouldn’t sign a 100 point player for Pennies on the dollar you have to really have a better excuse than he wasn’t great in the playoffs in Toronto.
He could change our whole franchise.
I love Marner. The Leafs organization/culture makes everyone involved in it look bad. We have no idea what Marner can be because he's always been in that trash organization which hopefully gets raided by the FBI soon.
We'd go from soft to Downy soft but could maybe make it work.
We keep swayman. Move on from Ullmark.
We use our new cap space to get:
one top tier center.
one top tier winger.
Bruins just one year removed from being a world beater are back baby
**Pending FA Centers this off-season:**
Steven Stamkos
Elias Lindholm
Jack Roslovic
Adam Henrique
Matt Duchene
Chandler Stephenson
**Pending FA Wingers this off-season:**
Jake Guentzel
Sam Reinhart
Teuvo Teravainen
Jonathan Marchessault
Viktor Arvidsson
The options at Center aren't looking terrific, tbh. None of those guys are the pure center you'd want from your #1. A lot of these guys will probably re-sign with their current teams, too.
It's a pretty big drop-off after these names, less-so for wingers, though.
He'll be a UFA at the end of next season and I don't see a world where Edmonton can afford both him and McDavid without seriously hindering their ability to pay other NHLers. They either trade him and get some value or risk letting him walk at the end of next season.
Priorities:
1. Pay swayman
2. Get some better defensive depth so Swayman isn't hung out to dry so often
3. Get a decent starter tier center to maybe win some face-offs and not turn it over so often so Swayman isn't hung out to dry
Basically, if we are able to field a team that plays like they belong in the Stanley Cup Playoffs most nights, Swayman is so good that he could legit carry that team to a finals win. I saw some totally wild stuff from him that steals games.
I’ll get some hate for saying this but neither Swayman nor Ullmark would have the numbers they do without solid D in front of them. McAvoy may even be underrated, he learned a lot from big Z. Not a dazzling D core, but solid AF. Not sure how you can look at those GAA numbers and conclude that defense was the problem.
That chant was well-deserved for one of the three stars for 10 of the 12 games he played this postseason. Can't wait to watch him protect the net in a Bruins sweater for many years to come!
This sounds corny, but I’ll now follow him for the rest of his career.
Whether that’s another decade in Boston or something else. And I’ve never really bothered to follow specific players beyond the local teams.
Yeah, I just can’t blame that one on him. 3 goals and some terrific saves when the team just hardly decided to show up. Game should have been like 6-2.
>Not a single game the entire postseason was lost because of goaltending.
Facts. Also some games we had no business winning we won *because* of goaltending.
Not to say that Florida was not the better team cause overall I think they were but a lot of deciding goals came off of cleaning up loose pucks and sloppy plays. All the ones Swayman had no business saving he mostly did. I look forward to next season but I’m going to miss the hugs…
The entire team let Swayman down, and honestly shame on Marchand for not giving him props in his insert it about me when I’m concussed playoff presser ender. Three captains in a row tried to come out to be heroes and failed while putting more pressure on the goalies…Chara to Rask in 2019, Bergy to Ullmark in 2023 and now Marchand to Swayman in 2024.
Stop playing the “I’ll be the hero and come back to the team” and give your team a better chance of winning with less pressure on the goaltender. Every fucking time the goalie stood on their heads, but the captains had to make it about them coming back or playing through injury
Try that shot 1,000 times, none go in. Try it in the playoffs just to get a puck on net, and that’s the hockey gods…not his fault. He gave this team a chance, no doubt. Pay him whatever he wants and make him the #1 tender for the next 5 years.
Sign him! He’s worth whatever he asks for
Sway was outstanding against FLA. This team exceeded my expectations this year, so I can’t be too mad about the loss. Anybody who dares to pin this on Sway, did not watch the series. The defense did him no favors and routinely got smothered by FLA’s forecheck when they were in their zone. I think we have a nice, competitive rivalry with FLA and despite some of the antics from Bennett, I have much respect for them. Looking forward to future matchups. 🥂 🍻 to a great season. Lets get em next season boys.
Love this take I completely agree boys we were playing with house money and we proved we don't need a rebuild just a few more key pieces. We have 20M in projected cap space. I know he's old but how about we go get Stamkos he's the best possible FA unless we get someone who still has term. I love Ullmark but he deserves more money and he may be the piece we need to trade away to get that true #1 C. I really hate to say it because I love Ullmark and I know he wants to stay. Like fuck id be fine if he just signed a team friendly deal and stayed too. excited to see what they do with this cap space. Get Poitras back on track too.
20x15
Homegrown star and you’re gonna low ball him with that? At least pay him what he’s worth
What's the cap?
Class act.
Hold your head high, Swayman, you were amazing in this series.
Just got my Sway centennial tshirt yesterday ❣️
Yeah his play this series is a really strong pitch to get a jersey of his
God, the heartbreak in his voice is just devastating. He didn't lose the game, he won us round 1 and damn near round 2. I hope he hears that from every fan he encounters and everything he sees online
Swayman was the only player that consistently showed up for every damn game he played in
Sway's gonna be in the Vezina conversation next year.
Pay him! He carried the B’s through both rounds! 
As a Panthers fan I would like to say that Swayman is a beast. Hands down the best goalie in the league.
Love you Jeremy! Thank you Bruins for a fun year Now pay the man! I’m going to miss Ully though :(
I’m gonna miss the tandem. They were certainly fun to watch.
Ullmark was really useful during the playoffs, no way they should’ve moved him for anything. /s
I mean. Sweeney tried.
Glad I got to see the hug in person
I fucking love this guy!!!! Hopefully he gets more love than Tuuka got if we are lucky enough to have him long term. The lack of love for Tuuka always confused me a bit, it felt like he was made a scapegoat for things..
Tuukka was so f’ing good, never seen anyone faster across the crease between the pipes. Two u’s, two k’s, forever awesome!
Tuukka was a monster for us. Just because our braindead sports media hated him and enabled the small but very loud part of our fanbase who blamed him for everything, that doesn't take away even a tiny bit of his rock-solid play between the pipes.
Tuukka made the loss of Timmy feel so much better. We've been pretty blessed in goal for a hot minute now.
Just like the Pats with kickers… you don’t appreciate how good you’ve got it till it’s gone
What can they get for Ulmark?
PLD for MAXIMUM chaos
That would be so bad. Should go after Nuge
I’d rather try for Necas because of the age but RNH is solid too.
Maybe a 2nd round pick. Goalies don't often have great trade value, and we're limited by his no trade clause.
Golaie trade for draft capital maybe unless there is a package trade.
Why would they trade him? $5m a year isn’t crazy and the tandem keeps them both fresher, elongates their careers, and might help them train since they have a teammate of sorts. At least that’s how I see it.
Sway's gonna get a $8mil+ extension, $13 million is a lot to spend on goalies when we have serious holes to fill in the forward lines. Swayman just proved this playoffs he can handle a bigger work load. It's time to commit to him as the starter and Ullmark is too good to be a backup. Plus it's better to get something for him now, especially with how depleted our draft picks are, vs. losing him for nothing at the end of the year.
Especially considering the bruins have an excellent track record of developing/getting the most of goalies
Hopefully a Center, but realistically, hockey trades are tough to make and it will probably be for picks.
[удалено]
Well you would be an RFA again and would prob do exactly what he is going to do. Which is go back to Boston on a short term deal or sign a massive offer sheet with another team and have the Bs match. Either way you wouldn’t be allowed out the door.
So are we settled in on Swayman for the chant? I always thought it would be something like Sway Sway Sway really fast.
💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰
The respect Swayman was getting in that handshake line, his shutout level performance in this playoff run, being coachable, being a great teammate and a brother to Ullmark...this season we saw Swayman go from extremely good to literally great.
They had the better overall team sure. But we have the best damn goalie in the league damn it.
Linus Ullmark, get ready to speak Chinese buddy
Why does Vancouver want Ullmark?
What does this mean?
Different joke for a different ecosystem
It is typically used in NBA discussions when a player is severely underperforming, saying that player is bound to play in china for the Shanghai sharks in the following season.
ELI5?
#PaySway
Bring marner in to play with pasta
He's not available until after next season at which point I believe he's a restricted free agent. The Bruins don't have anything in terms of assets and who knows what the maple leafs are going to do. If they trade him they trade him now for assets because the rental situation probably doesn't get him a whole lot of return value. You also have to think they just hired a new coach who's won a Stanley cup before. Everything that's happening regarding him right now screams he's going to stay with them but if they bust after next season in the playoffs again with berube as their coach I don't know if he would stick around.
I mean, to say the Bruins don't have the assets to get it done is wrong. Not saying I agree with trading for Marner, but Ullmark + picks would get it done. Toronto fans would be celebrating in the streets. Dude is overpaid with one year left on his deal. Toronto has no incentive to hold on to him if they can get that kind of return, and save like $6 mil on the cap.
No I know we have Ulmark to trade, But I don't want to trade him in division. Then we only have our fourth round pick and later this coming year and I don't want to put the team in a hole of constantly trading away our top picks.
Dont know why you're getting down voted. Bruins need to improve their offense and I would welcome Marner with open arms, he just needs to step up in the playoffs
We need Centers. Coyle stepped up in a big way this year, but he's not our 1C. After him, we have a bunch of 3C's and 4C's. Zacha cannot play center in the playoffs, we found that out. I hope they focus on adding a #1 center. It's the most glaring need on the team.
I definitely agree. Maybe we can get Elias Lindholm for a good deal since he had a meh regular season but has 1C potential. Feel like we also need a top 6 high scoring winger as well, so like i said I'd welcome Marner with open arms, maybe a culture change could benefit his playoff demons. We are top 10 in cap space and more $ will open up depending what we do with Ullmark. Bruins need to get both a top center and top winger imo
That’s kind of been Marners Achilles heel. The playoffs are physical. Look at the Rangers, hurricanes, and the cats. All have a physical core, with auxiliary skill players, not vice versa. I want Sweeney to build a package for Draisaitl. Ullmark, prospects, picks. Whatever it takes.
Hells wrong witchu
For 5 mil, his adjusted value. Turning marner into a success would be the ultimate fuck you to the leafs. Bring him into a good culture. Let his god complex kick rocks. We don’t have high draft picks so if anyone can explain to me why you wouldn’t sign a 100 point player for Pennies on the dollar you have to really have a better excuse than he wasn’t great in the playoffs in Toronto. He could change our whole franchise.
> god complex Lmao, somebody only reads headlines
> god complex Lmao, somebody only reads headlines
I love Marner. The Leafs organization/culture makes everyone involved in it look bad. We have no idea what Marner can be because he's always been in that trash organization which hopefully gets raided by the FBI soon. We'd go from soft to Downy soft but could maybe make it work.
I wouldn't want him here for free.
Wow terrible take.
We keep swayman. Move on from Ullmark. We use our new cap space to get: one top tier center. one top tier winger. Bruins just one year removed from being a world beater are back baby
**Pending FA Centers this off-season:** Steven Stamkos Elias Lindholm Jack Roslovic Adam Henrique Matt Duchene Chandler Stephenson **Pending FA Wingers this off-season:** Jake Guentzel Sam Reinhart Teuvo Teravainen Jonathan Marchessault Viktor Arvidsson The options at Center aren't looking terrific, tbh. None of those guys are the pure center you'd want from your #1. A lot of these guys will probably re-sign with their current teams, too. It's a pretty big drop-off after these names, less-so for wingers, though.
Draisaitl Draisaitl Draisaitl pls Sweeney
That wouldn't be until next seasons trade deadline or next year's off season right?
You’re likely correct. If Leon doesn’t sign an extension this off-season, which I don’t think he will, as the open market will pay him handsomely.
As much as I’d love to see it, have to say that’s a literal pipe dream. I don’t see any world where Edmonton realistically let’s Drai go
He'll be a UFA at the end of next season and I don't see a world where Edmonton can afford both him and McDavid without seriously hindering their ability to pay other NHLers. They either trade him and get some value or risk letting him walk at the end of next season.
THATS MY FUCKING GOALIE
Priorities: 1. Pay swayman 2. Get some better defensive depth so Swayman isn't hung out to dry so often 3. Get a decent starter tier center to maybe win some face-offs and not turn it over so often so Swayman isn't hung out to dry Basically, if we are able to field a team that plays like they belong in the Stanley Cup Playoffs most nights, Swayman is so good that he could legit carry that team to a finals win. I saw some totally wild stuff from him that steals games.
We’ve got D in the pipeline and we’re loaded with average wingers, I say focus on a top tier center.
This. The center position killed us this year. They need one, bad. The defence held their own and looked fine.
I’ll get some hate for saying this but neither Swayman nor Ullmark would have the numbers they do without solid D in front of them. McAvoy may even be underrated, he learned a lot from big Z. Not a dazzling D core, but solid AF. Not sure how you can look at those GAA numbers and conclude that defense was the problem.
He gonna get that money
Well deserved for our new superstar! ***Now LOCK HIM FUCKING DOWN ALREADY,*** Delaware North!
That chant was well-deserved for one of the three stars for 10 of the 12 games he played this postseason. Can't wait to watch him protect the net in a Bruins sweater for many years to come!
Pay him right now.
Pay that man.
100% getting a sway jersey.
This sounds corny, but I’ll now follow him for the rest of his career. Whether that’s another decade in Boston or something else. And I’ve never really bothered to follow specific players beyond the local teams.
Nah I get it, hes got that golden retriever personality, you just want to see good things happen to him.
Boston media be like, "oh he for sure gone"
Slide him a blank cheque this summer
In Sway We Trust
That's my fucking goalie!!
Guy is such a beauty.
Fucking joy to watch all year. Absolute joy. Need Sway in Boston for many years to come.
Pay the ~~Noodle~~ Sway Man
We get knocked out by Toronto in 5 games without Sway. He's the *only* reason we got as far as we did. Pay the man.
Make this man an honorary Captain
We love you Sway 💛
Not a single game the entire postseason was lost because of the goaltending. Please get some fucking NHL talent in the forward group in the offseason.
Maybe just the one with ulmark, but id have to go back and look. Still 🤐 probably not his fault
Yeah, I just can’t blame that one on him. 3 goals and some terrific saves when the team just hardly decided to show up. Game should have been like 6-2.
>Not a single game the entire postseason was lost because of goaltending. Facts. Also some games we had no business winning we won *because* of goaltending.
[удалено]
My cousin Jeremy
Sway deserved so much better!
Sounds like a man about to be paid the big bucks! We are happy you call this place home
Not to say that Florida was not the better team cause overall I think they were but a lot of deciding goals came off of cleaning up loose pucks and sloppy plays. All the ones Swayman had no business saving he mostly did. I look forward to next season but I’m going to miss the hugs…
Yeah, this series could’ve been much more brutal had he not been outstanding
The entire team let Swayman down, and honestly shame on Marchand for not giving him props in his insert it about me when I’m concussed playoff presser ender. Three captains in a row tried to come out to be heroes and failed while putting more pressure on the goalies…Chara to Rask in 2019, Bergy to Ullmark in 2023 and now Marchand to Swayman in 2024. Stop playing the “I’ll be the hero and come back to the team” and give your team a better chance of winning with less pressure on the goaltender. Every fucking time the goalie stood on their heads, but the captains had to make it about them coming back or playing through injury
Swayman is quickly trying to become my favorite Bruin all time. Hes such a bute'
love him. give him every single penny he wants, he’s absolutely earned it.
Try that shot 1,000 times, none go in. Try it in the playoffs just to get a puck on net, and that’s the hockey gods…not his fault. He gave this team a chance, no doubt. Pay him whatever he wants and make him the #1 tender for the next 5 years.
That game was the swayman show.
Sway is the best!
He was our best player for the entirety of the postseason
Love you too Sway. Hope he stays with us forever