BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins signed goalie Jeremy Swayman on Sunday to an eight-year contract that will pay him $66 million, ending a second straight summer of contentious negotiations just two days before the season opener.

But six days late he signed. They’re united for the next eight years and the Bruins need Swayman to be the goalie he believes he is. He thought he should be paid like an elite goalie. They need him to belong in the comp group — Connor Hellebuyck, Sergei Bobrovsky etc. — he already sees himself in.

On Sunday, Bruins GM Don Sweeney waived five players, including forwards Patrick Brown, Jeffrey Viel, defenseman Billy Sweezey, and goaltenders Brandon Bussi and Jiri Patera, to create necessary roster space and cap relief. On top of those five cuts, the Bruins also re-assigned nine players to their AHL affiliate team, the Providence Bruins.