The Boston Bruins are entering training camp expected to be without their star goaltender Jeremy Swayman, according to the Boston Globe , after contract negotiations stalled and no agreement for a contract extension was reached between the franchise and the unrestricted free agent.
This development has left the Bruins with newly acquired netminder Joonas Korpisalo, formerly of the Ottawa Senators, as the team’s no. 1 option and starter between the pipes.
According to Bruins insider Fluto Shinzawa of The Athletic, Swayman may miss camp and the preseason entirely due to the ongoing deadlock in his contract talks with the team.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if this goes into camp and he’s not signed, Shinzawa said on September 14 appearing on a Bruins Rinkside show . “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.”
Although conflicting reports have emerged during the past few days regarding what’s being asked by Swayman and what the Bruins are offering him, everything points toward a large gap between both sides still being there.