Rumor: Bruins gave Swayman an insulting offer then ignored his phone calls for 3 weeks

According to a report from Spittin' Chiclets host Ryan Whitney, the Boston Bruins and RFA goaltender Jeremy Swayman 'aren't even on the same planet' when it comes to contract negotiations.

Whitney reported yesterday that while Swayman is seeking a deal from the Bruins similar to the eight year, $9.5 million AAV that Charlie McAvoy signed in 2021. So... what's the Bruins' offer?

Four years at $6.2 million.

Uh... what?

What's even more concerning though is that Whitney reports that Bruins GM Don Sweeney offered up that deal to Swayman and then simply ignored calls from Swayman and his agent for the next three weeks.

From Whitney:

If the Bruins' offer is just four years at $6.2 million AFTER trading away Linus Ullmark... that's just an absolute class in how to negotiate against yourself from Sweeney. The Bruins have zero leverage in this negotiation and it looks to me like they were simply counting on Swayman to take the 'nice guy' discount just to help out the team. That might still be the case, but a discount is probably more in the $8.5 - $9 million annual range... not $6.2 milion.