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Things have been quiet lately for the Boston Bruins and we are about a month away from training camp beginning at Warrior Ice Arena.

There is still one bit of business facing GM Don Sweeney and that is locking up goalie Jeremy Swayman for the future.

the young netminder has spoken recently about his contract status and everything continues to point in a positive direction and that also includes over this past weekend.

“I am,” Swayman said. “I believe that experience is the key to it all and going through things.

“I’m getting just as much experience right now as I did last year, with different ways of it all.

And we know, it’s a business.

It’s unfortunate at times, but I know I’m gonna be playing hockey at the end of the day. And I really hope with it’s the Boston Bruins.”

Contract negotiations can get tricky in sports and both players and GMs know that.

However, things got somewhat ugly last summer between Swayman and the Bruins and neither wanted to go through that again.

That’s likely why neither filed for arbitration in the end.

It’s imperative that the Bruins lock him up as they traded Linus Ullmark to the Ottawa Senators and got back the struggling Joonas Korpisalo in the deal and the other goalie on the roster is Brandon Bussi.

As good as the Bussi is, Boston can’t go into the season with a Korpisalo/Bussi combination.

If that happens, then what was a very big strong position for the Black and Gold would have gotten much weaker and that would not be good.