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00:00So you saw me earlier today work on the phones.

00:03Oh.

00:04You saw me in the back room working the phones.

00:05So many phones.

00:06So a deal has not been done, from what I understand.

00:12It was they're going to begin camp without him,

00:18is what I also understand.

00:19Well, he is definitely not on the roster of players

00:22who reported.

00:23True.

00:23Now, look, he could always show up.

00:25Yeah.

00:25And maybe that was the leverage play for him.

00:27I'm not going to show up.

00:28They said, well, let's pay the guy.

00:30But yeah, so far, he has not reported.

00:31Yeah, maybe they are using it as sort of a timetable,

00:35or sort of like, we're going to negotiate all up until camp,

00:38then we want to do it for camp.

00:39But I don't think he's going to be there at the start of camp.

00:41I don't believe negotiations have gone great.

00:44I think, clearly, Jeremy Swayman and the arbitration thing

00:46from a year ago has greatly affected him.

00:49He asked for a ton of money.

00:50The Bruins didn't want to give him a ton of money.

00:52It's been a much more difficult negotiation

00:54than I'm sure the Bruins anticipated.

00:56They've gotten a lot of guys signed a pretty

00:57team-friendly deals in years past.

00:59Swayman doesn't seem to want to play that game.

01:02His agent, famously, around the league with other teams,

01:04doesn't want to play that game.

01:07It doesn't, I don't think a deal is done.

01:09Now, maybe Courtney's right.

01:11Maybe we'll find out at high noon today.

01:13Maybe Don Sweeney will announce it.

01:14But as of right now, I don't think a deal is done.

01:17And I also, this is also what I've been told.

01:19This is another scoop here, Jones.

01:21Second scoop.

01:21Yes.

01:22So I told you that the Swayman asked for 10.

01:25Asked for or demanded?

01:26Asked for.

01:27Asked for.

01:28It's a negotiation, Jones.

01:29He didn't demand it.

01:30He asked for 10.

01:31Interesting.

01:32I don't believe the Bruins will go north of 8.

01:35The Bruins will not go north of 8?

01:36No, I don't think so.

01:37Because I've seen some.

01:38I saw a report that did say 8 and 1 half, which I don't know

01:40if that's, I don't believe that one either.

01:42So there's a lot happening right now.

01:43I would consider some spotty reporting.

01:47Maybe I'm wrong about that.

01:48But I've seen the 8 and 1 half AAV out there.

01:50To your knowledge, the Bruins will not go to that number.

01:52Because I don't, I'm not going to look down on other scoops,

01:56because I deal with that.

01:57In this world, I deal with that.

01:58There's a lot of hockey reporting.

02:00Scoop shaming.

02:01There's a lot of scoop shaming going on.

02:02So I'm not scoop shaming anybody.

02:03I'm certainly not scoop shaming Courtney or some of those other

02:06figures that you've seen.

02:07But all I'll say is, like Elliott Friedman or some of these guys,

02:10they haven't reported over 8 million bucks, or 8 and 1 half.

02:14It was the one we saw, 8 and 1 half million per year.

02:16So to the best of my knowledge, the Bruins won't go north of 8,

02:21and a deal has not been finalized.

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