The NHLPA announced that 44 players will file for NHL salary arbitration. This is up from last season when 30 players filed.
For a refresher, salary arbitration is where a contract dispute is settled through the player and team each proposing a salary for the upcoming season at a hearing. The neutral third party (arbitrator) sets the player’s salary for the season after the process. If one signs an NHL contract before the age of 20, they must have four seasons of NHL experience to be eligible. If over 20, the term is decreased. The player can never receive less than 85% of his previous year’s salary and the team must make a decision to honour or decline the player’s awarded salary by the arbitrator in the next 48 hours after the hearing. If the team declines, the player can become an unrestricted free agent.
Carolina Hurricanes defenceman Trevor van Riemsdyk has already settled by signing a new contract with his team.
NHL Salary Arbitration: 44 Players File
Here is the full list.
Anaheim Ducks: Brandon Montour
Calgary Flames: Garnet Hathaway, Mark Jankowski, Brett Kulak, Elias Lindholm, David Rittich
Carolina Hurricanes: * Trevor van Riemsdyk
Colorado Avalanche: Patrik Nemeth, Matt Nieto
Dallas Stars: Mattias Janmark, Devin Shore, Gemel Smith
Florida Panthers: MacKenzie Weegar
Minnesota Wild: Mathew Dumba, Jason Zucker
Montreal Canadiens: Joel Armia, Phillip Danault
Nashville Predators: Miikka Salomaki
New Jersey Devils: Blake Coleman, Stefan Noesen
New York Islanders: Brock Nelson
New York Rangers: Kevin Hayes, Brady Skjei, Ryan Spooner, Jimmy Vesey
Ottawa Senators: Cody Ceci, Mark Stone
Philadelphia Flyers: Taylor Leier, Alex Lyon
Pittsburgh Penguins: Jamie Oleksiak
San Jose Sharks: Chris Tierney
St. Louis Blues: Joel Edmundson, Dmitrij Jaskin, Oskar Sundqvist
Vancouver Canucks: Troy Stecher
Vegas Golden Knights: William Karlsson, Colin Miller, Tomas Nosek
Washington Capitals: Liam O’Brien
Winnipeg Jets: Marko Dano, Connor Hellebuyck, Adam Lowry, Brandon Tanev, Jacob Trouba
The deadline for Club-Elected Salary Arbitration notification is July 6, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Salary Arbitration hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20 to August 4, 2018.
Main Photo: LAS VEGAS, NV – MARCH 20: William Karlsson #71 of the Vegas Golden Knights skates during warmups before a game against the Vancouver Canucks at T-Mobile Arena on March 20, 2018, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Golden Knights won 4-1. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
