As they inch towards Sunday’s scheduled arbitration listening to, the Bruins and restricted free agent Jeremy Swayman are $2.8 million aside on what they assume the 24-year-old goalie is price.
In the pre-hearing filings, the B’s provided $2 million whereas Swayman’s camp got here in at $4.8 million, in line with Sportnet’s Elliotte Friedman.
Unlike baseball arbitration, which requires the awarding of 1 quantity or the opposite, a center floor could be present in NHL arbitration.
That’s what occurred in a comparable arbitration case final week with Toronto goalie Ilya Samsonov. The Maple Leafs had a proposal of $2.4 million and Samsonov’s camp filed at $4.8 million. The arbitrator gave Samsonov a $3.55 million wage.
In 37 appearances final season, Swayman had a 24-6-4 report with a .920 save share and a pair of.27 targets towards common. Swayman’s profession marks are 54-23-7, .920 and a pair of.24. Samsonov’s report final season was 27-10-5 with a .919 save share and a pair of.33 GAA. For his profession, Samsonov is 79-32-13 with a 2.65 GAA and .909 save share.
The two sides can negotiate a deal proper up till the time of the listening to.
Considering arbitration is never relished by both the participant or administration aspect (relationships could be broken within the course of) and the truth that there’s a reasonably clear comparable within the Samsonov award, one would assume that the 2 sides might get collectively on a deal earlier than the listening to.
Then once more, with the B’s going through a wage cap crunch – they’ve roughly $5.4 million of cap house obtainable — each greenback counts, particularly in the event that they’re considering taking over any extra wage in a possible commerce for a centerman with the departure of retired centerman Patrice Bergeron..
The B’s additionally must cope with Trent Frederic’s arbitration case, which is scheduled for August 1. After a 17-goal season, he’ll be searching for a elevate from his $1.05 million wage he made final season.
Source: www.bostonherald.com