Jeremy Swayman, Bruins Agree to Contract; Rumored to Be Worth $8.25M AAV Over 8 Years

The Boston Bruins have committed to their goalie of the future.

Jeremy Swayman agreed to an eight-year contract, according to TSN's Pierre LeBrun. Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet reported the deal is worth $8.25 million annually.

Swayman played the 2023-24 season on a $3.475 million deal reached through arbitration with the Bruins. Both parties declined the opportunity for another round of arbitration this summer.

The new extension resolves a contract dispute that led to Swayman holding out from training camp and the Bruins' preseason.

The dispute led Bruins president Cam Neely and Swayman's agent Lewis Gross to publicly disagree as to how much the netminder had been offered in negotiations.

That conflict has been resolved with a deal that will bring back the netminder who led the Bruins to the 2024 second round with an NHL playoff-best .933 save percentage through 12 games.

Usually part of a tandem with Linus Ullmark, Swayman became the Bruins' go-to starter this postseason during the first round, which he capped off with a 30-save Game 6 performance to eliminate the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Swayman went on to start all but one of the Bruins' playoff games as the team came within two wins of the Eastern Conference Finals.

That strong playoff performance followed a career-high 25 wins during the regular season as Swayman recorded a .916 save percentage and 2.53 goals against average through 44 appearances in net.

Swayman, a fourth-round Bruins draft pick in 2017, made his NHL debut in April 2021 before forming the tandem with Ullmark the following season. He has a career .919 save percentage and 2.34 goals against average in 132 appearances with 125 starts through four seasons with Boston.

As Boston transitioned from the old guard that led the team to the 2011 Stanley Cup by bidding farewell to veterans like David Krejčí and Patrice Bergeron, Swayman helped the Bruins remain a perennial postseason team.

He will now serve as a core piece around which Boston will look to build another championship contender.

The Bruins' attention will next turn to deciding which goaltender will serve as Swayman's backup next season now that Ullmark has been dealt to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Joonas Korpisalo.

Brandon Bussi, who was re-signed to a one-year, two-way deal after making 41 starts for the Providence Bruins last season, could make his NHL debut this season. Meanwhile Korpisalo is looking to bounce back from posting a .890 save percentage in 55 appearances for the Senators in 2023-24. Both could compete for the No. 2 spot behind Swayman this fall.