The offseason had not even begun Monday when the Boston Bruins decided to resolve their goaltender dilemma in decisive fashion.The Bruins traded Linus Ullmark, the 2023 Vezina Trophy winner, to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goalie Joonas Korpisalo, forward Mark Kastelic and a 2024 first-round draft pick.
Ullmark would start only 39 of the Bruins' games in 2023-24, going 22-10-7 with a 2.57 GAA and .915 save percentage. Swayman, meanwhile, started 43 games and went 25-10-8 with a 2.53 GAA and .916 save pct.According to the Globe, Boston also signed goaltender Brandon Bussi, who was thought to be in line to be Swayman's backup, to a salary-cap-friendly one-year, two-way contract Monday. His cap hit is just $775,000.