Jeremy Swayman expresses doubts about Bruins future on Amazon's NHL series – “Is this the last time?”

Jeremy Swayman is one of the stars of “Faceoff: Inside the NHL,” appearing in Episode 3 of the behind-the-scenes series premiering Friday on Amazon Prime Video. A team from Box To Box, the production company behind the Netflix Formula 1 hit “Drive To Survive,” followed the Boston Bruins goalkeeper during the 2024 playoffs.

Some of the material that was made available The athlete ahead of the series' release on Friday, previews and provides context for the contract standoff the team and Swayman are currently in.

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After his team's Game 6 loss to the Florida Panthers at TD Garden, Swayman even wondered if it was his last game as a Bruin.

“I was just thinking about this jersey and asked, 'Is it the last time?' I was like, 'Whoa,'” Swayman said on the show. “You're skating through the garden, you look up and you hear your name being chanted, and it's like, 'Whoa.' Like… f—.'”

Swayman was the Bruins' best player in the playoffs. Under normal circumstances there would be no way for the Bruins to move such a top performer. But he was thinking about his expiring one-year, $3.475 million contract and how his demand might be beyond the Bruins' reach. Therefore, he was realistic about trading.

“I don’t want it to end,” Swayman said. “It could be the last time I wear a Bruins jersey and I know I will do everything in my power to be a Bruin for a long time. As a kid growing up in Alaska, this wasn't one of my wildest dreams. I never want it to end and I'm just so grateful that tomorrow the sun will come up and there will be another opportunity to get better. Whatever I can do to help this team win, I know everything else will fall into place.”

Swayman's contract also preoccupied him a series earlier. Before Game 7 against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Swayman thought about his future, not just his team's.

“We don’t have to shy away from this,” Swayman said. “There’s a contract at stake. I want to treat every game like it's my last because you really don't know what the hell can happen. I'll do what I can to not have any regrets when I look at myself in the mirror after all this. Yes, I have to be a mother on the web. I won't let anything in. But why shouldn’t I smile, wink and have fun?”

Behind all this pushy approach is Swayman's unpleasant arbitration hearing on July 30, 2023. Swayman didn't like what he heard. It powered him for the entire 2023-24 year. It still does today.

“When you walk into this room, you don’t say a word,” Swayman said. “My referee started first, he said all these great things. The referees on their side are tasked with helping the management and ripping off the players. And hearing that you're not worth what you think you deserve was hard to hear. You don't forget what was said. I wrote them down and looked at them the other day and I had a few check marks. My biggest downside was that I wasn't trustworthy in the playoffs. Check.”

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