Jones & Keefe: Andrew Raycroft on the likelihood of a Jeremy Swayman trade

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00:00But how likely do you think it is that he gets traded?

00:03I think, so, this is kind of, I'll turn the question a little bit into, because I hear

00:14this, I've heard this nonstop for like a week and a half, two weeks about the Allmark stuff,

00:19right?

00:20Why did they trade Allmark?

00:21Why would they trade Allmark and not have Swayman sign, he gave up leverage.

00:25The reality is, Jeremy Swayman has to play for the Boston Bruins, or is dictated by the

00:30Boston Bruins.

00:31So, the word leverage, like, he could lose $7 million this year, guys, if he doesn't play

00:36hockey this year.

00:37That's his only leverage, is to hold out and not play.

00:39The Bruins could have a gaping hole in net all year, I mean, that's his leverage.

00:43Well, there's lots of goalies that play, like, Corpus Chalos played in the NHL for a long

00:48time.

00:49Like, there's guys, there's players that can play in the NHL not named Jeremy Swayman.

00:53So, the league is going to go on.

00:54It does when all of us retire.

00:56So, there's a little bit, we can debate that, but the reality is, it's really hard to trade

01:02goaltenders right now.

01:04There's 90 goalies that think they can play in the NHL right now, or teams think they

01:08can play in the NHL right now around the league.

01:11The reason you trade Allmark in the summer is because that's when teams want their goaltenders.

01:15That's when they want to get set up.

01:16Beyond that, right now, everyone's kind of, or feels like they're set in goal right now,

01:21or certainly feel like they're set, or can't afford a $10 million goalie right now.

01:25Because don't forget, you've got to figure, one of these teams that wants them has to

01:29work $10 million into it if you are trading them.

01:32So, I think it's really, my answer to the question is, it's really hard to trade goalies

01:36right now.

01:37Especially ones that want to play 50 or 60 games, because most teams are set in that

01:42position right now.

01:43So, that's why I think a trade's still fairly unlikely, just because it's really hard to

01:49do when teams are trying to get under the cap at this time of year.