Things have worked out pretty nicely thus far for Swayman, who is one half of the league's best goaltending tandem last season, along with
Linus Ullmark, with whom Swayman has formed a tight bond. Swayman had just endured his first run-in with salary arbitration this summer, going through the process in its entirety with the Bruins and being awarded a 1-year, $3.475M contract. Swayman commented shortly thereafter that he is glad that the process is over and that he would not want to go through the process again. Funny enough - current Leafs netminder
Ilya Samsonov went through the same process with the Leafs this season and came out of it with a very similar 1-year, $3.55M award.