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.
26 Players for NHL Salary Arbitration
The most notable names on this list include Buffalo Sabres’ Sam Reinhart, who had his third 50 point season in a row. New York Rangers forward and former 5th overall pick, Ryan Strome has also filed for arbitration. Across the state, New York Islanders forward Josh Ho-Sang and star defender, Devon Toews, have also filed.
Here is the full list:
Boston Bruins: Matt Gryzelyk
Buffalo Sabres: Victor Olofsson, Sam Reinhart, Linus Ullmark
Calgary Flames: Andrew Mangiapane
Carolina Hurricanes: Clark Bishop, Haydn Fleury, Warren Foegele, Gustav Forsling
Colorado Avalanche: Ryan Graves
Detroit Red Wings: Tyler Bertuzzi
Florida Panthers: MacKenzie Weegar
Minnesota Wild: Kaapo Kahkonen
New York Islanders: Joshua Ho-Sang, Ryan Pulock, Devon Toews
New York Rangers: Tony DeAngelo, Alexander Georgiev, Brendan Lemieux, Ryan Strome
Ottawa Senators: Connor Brown, Christian Jaros, Nick Paul, Chris Tierney
Toronto Maple Leafs: Ilya Mikheyev
Vancouver Canucks: Jake Virtanen
Last Season’s NHL Salary Arbitration
Last season there were 40 players who filed for arbitration. Parties usually settle a deal before needing to deal with an arbitrator. Teams now have a second, 24-hour window to file for arbitration on individual players that they tendered a qualifying-offer.
