{"id":130899,"date":"2022-07-17T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T23:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=130899"},"modified":"2022-07-17T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-17T23:50:36","slug":"nhl-players-salary-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/07\/17\/nhl-players-salary-arbitration\/","title":{"rendered":"24 NHL Players File for Salary Arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the hard salary cap making it increasingly hard for teams to pay their players, 24 NHL restricted free agents have filed for salary arbitration<\/a>. To become arbitration eligible, a player requires 10 professional games in the past season.<\/p>\n

Several notable players opted not to file for arbitration, thus leaving themselves open to offer sheets. Calgary’s Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, Winnipeg’s Pierre-Luc Dubois<\/a>, and Columbus’ Patrik Laine<\/a> top this list.<\/p>\n

NHL Salary Arbitration Explanation<\/h2>\n

For a\u00a0refresher<\/a>, 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\u2019s salary for the season after the process. If one signs an NHL contract before the age of 20, he 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\u2019s salary and the team must make a decision to honour or decline the player\u2019s 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. (Ben Kerr – Last Word on Sports)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Andrew Mangiapane, Jesse Puljujarvi, Jesper Bratt among 24 RFAs to file for salary arbitration. \ud83d\udc40 https:\/\/t.co\/KbXLoC48LU<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/8AP8OcsHkr<\/a><\/p>\n

— theScore (@theScore) July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n