Confirmed with Link: Bruins Sign Niklas Svedberg; 1 year/$600K

[Rubber Biscuit]

http://bruins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=723566

BOSTON, MA – Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli announced today, June 23, that the club has signed goaltender Niklas Svedberg to a one-year, one way contract worth a cap figure of $600,000.

There's your backup goalie.

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[PrisonMike]

I like it... Only $600K and he has a chance to show his skills finally. Good Job PC

 

[DKH]

Cheap ********!!! Give him at least million

 

[Kranium]

Almost for free!

 

[zaYG]

What a steal.

 

[CrownofThornton]

Sveddy!

Really excited to watch him play this season.

 

[Alicat]

I like Sveddy but he didn't look so good last year. A bit nervous about this.

Best of luck Chad and thank you!

 

[Gee Wally]

Great price.

Well done.

 

[talkinaway]

Wow you're fast - I was about to get the glee of posting this first, since I saw the time the Bruins posted it was 5:55. Oops.

Should be a good addition. He did a good job in his single "tryout game" last year, and if we can keep our backup goalie to 600K, that's good for the cap. His numbers look good, but I'll confess to not following the AHL as much as I probably should. (16 penalty minutes in 44 games though....should we lock up the milk crates?)

I liked Chad for what he was...a backup goalie. Was passable against the weaker opps we gave him, and did a good job keeping the ball rolling in March while giving Tuukka a much needed post-Olympic break. Wonder how the market will treat him...not sure he's ready to start, but hopefully he finds a nice home.

 

[Alicat]

Wow you're fast - I was about to get the glee of posting this first, since I saw the time the Bruins posted it was 5:55. Oops.

Should be a good addition. He did a good job in his single "tryout game" last year, and if we can keep our backup goalie to 600K, that's good for the cap. His numbers look good, but I'll confess to not following the AHL as much as I probably should. (16 penalty minutes in 44 games though....should we lock up the milk crates?)

I liked Chad for what he was...a backup goalie. Was passable against the weaker opps we gave him, and did a good job keeping the ball rolling in March while giving Tuukka a much needed post-Olympic break. Wonder how the market will treat him...not sure he's ready to start, but hopefully he finds a nice home.

Sveddy's temper is worse than Tuukka's.

Even with my reservations, I love the Scandinavian Duo.

 

[DitClapper]

What a steal, I had him getting at least 1 mill for sure. This guy looked real good against Nashville last season, he'll be better than Johnson.

 

[Ratty]

Great price.

Well done.

Agree. Price would be a lot better at $600,000.

 

[Trap Jesus]

Nice. Johnson probably priced himself out of what the Bruins want to pay their back-up. Don't understand the "steal" comments though. How much did people think he was going to get? He's proven nothing and sort of had an off-year last year. If he plays really well, he'll get a decent payday next offseason (somewhere else).

Subban as the unquestioned starter for a full year in Providence will be nice to see.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Money is tight so a nice cheap 1 way deal for him works for me.

 

[PlayMakers]

Nice. Not unexpected, but still very good value.

 

[DNE3]

Svedberg was very average in Providence last year and they could have won five more regular season games behind Subban. Cost his team a trip to conference finals in final playoff game against Wilkes-Barre; gave up four straight goals in second period and was taken out too late. But he's here now and that price is right. With a better attitude and behind a better defence he could elevate his game once again.

 

[VanIsle]

Goodbye Ochocinco hello Steady Svedy.

Cheap like borscht on this deal.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Should have locked him up for 3 and traded Subban.

 

[Hali33]

Happy with this signing, looking forward to seeing how Sved does next season.
2 cranky goaltenders, gotta love it.

 

[Cronuss]

Good. Now trade Rask for 3 good players.

 

[cat400]

Great start to solving the Cap crunch.

 

[SPLBRUIN]

This is a positive development. Johnson played pretty well last year but I wouldn't bet on it happening again, Svedberg is the more talented goalie and if something serious was to happen to Rask I have more faith in Svedberg then Johnson.

 

[bigbadbruins7]

Everyone expected him to sign but saving $400,000 than most of us expected is a nice start to trying to get the other RFAs and Iginla signed. Will be fun to see how he can hold up in the back up role. Also, should be great for Subban to be the fulltime starter down in providence. Nicely done

 

[GloveSave1]

Didn't he have a one million contract last year?

Nothing like getting promoted and taking 40% off.

I understand he'll be getting the money, because he's now one-way. It works for everybody. It's just funny to look at.

Nice work, Chia. Well done. Got what we needed.

The pennies are adding up.

 

[Altamira]

The cap hit is an added bonus to getting to see what Svedberg can do at the NHL level, and maybe even more importantly what Subban can do if he's the starter for Providence going foreword.