We're about a week away from the Boston Bruins' season opener, and No. 1 goalie and restricted free agent Jeremy Swayman is still unsigned. Camp got off to an awkward start when Boston GM Don Sweeney said he was hopeful they'd get something done before the Dec. 1 deadline for RFAs to sign.
Sweeney's statement got eyebrows perked up, but after Bruins president of hockey operations Cam Neely made his feelings known on Monday about Swayman's absence from training camp, there's a bit more reason to worry.
Neely has never been one to pull his punches both as a player and an executive, and if he's saying their offer to Swayman was eight years at $8 million a season, that's a power flex on his part.