{"id":131205,"date":"2022-08-01T09:30:01","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=131205"},"modified":"2022-08-01T10:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:31:47","slug":"jesper-bratt-set-for-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/08\/01\/jesper-bratt-set-for-arbitration\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: New Jersey Devils Winger Likely Heading to Arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Plenty of teams in the Eastern Conference are going to be on the lookout. Aside from the established contenders, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/redwings\/\" target=\"_self\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/bluejackets\/\" target=\"_self\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, and New Jersey Devils made improvements to bolster their clubs. While the highlighted additions certainly make the team competitive, a missing piece to the puzzle is at large. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brattje01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesper Bratt<\/a> is headed to arbitration. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A very established piece to the Devils\u2019 core is headed to arbitration. The pending RFA still has yet to sign, and panic may start.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Jesper Bratt and Devils Heading Towards Arbitration<\/h2>\n<p><em>Rumour: Elliotte Friedman on his <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1CPoFWaPw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">32 Thoughts podcast<\/a> says there has been no ground gained on a contract with Jesper Bratt.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Friedman has since reported that the Devils and Bratt have made their salary demands as they head towards the arbitration hearing on August 3rd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Arbitration filings for Jesper Bratt (NJ): team is $4.15M; player at $6.5M<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FriedgeHNIC\/status\/1554096693783797760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The New Jersey Devils and forward Jesper Bratt have yet to agree on a contract. No ground has been gained and the tires have gained no traction on the matter. Bratt and the Devils have an arbitration hearing set for August third. While that is right around the corner, hopefully, a deal can get done before then. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capfriendly.com\/teams\/devils\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Devils currently have $8.7 million left in cap space<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Team Outlook<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Devils have built a young core of their own. While success hasn&#8217;t been seen yet, the team has a talent-filled core. New Jersey has a 1-2 punch down the middle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hugheja03,hugheja02&amp;search=Jack+Hughes&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Hughes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hischni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nico Hischier<\/a> while boasting a top six that now includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/palaton01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ondrej Palat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/merceda01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dawson Mercer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sharaye01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yegor Sharangovich<\/a>. On the back end things are starting to take shape, but as this core is established player that has established himself to be part of it is Jesper Bratt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Why The Devils Should Avoid Arbitration<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Jesper Bratt is headed to arbitration. Unless something drastic happens in the coming days, having that hearing is the likely outcome. While it would be wise to avoid it, the Devils need to get a deal done. After missing out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/gaudrjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johnny Gaudreau<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matthew Tkachuk<\/a>, signing Bratt is an absolute must for the team. After adding Palat, the top six are better with them both than just one of them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bratt had a stellar campaign for the Devils. Since breaking into the league in the 2017-18 season, he has consistently put up an average of 30 points per season. This season he had a career year and took off flying. In 76 games, Bratt scored 26 goals, 47 assists, and 73 points which were all career highs. He also led the team in points and was nearly a point per game player. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The best thing is he established chemistry with superstar centre Jack Hughes. Even though Hughes played in fewer games, the duo together put up 129 points. <a href=\"https:\/\/moneypuck.com\/lines.htm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Together on a line they spent 166 minutes together and scored 11 goals<\/a>. The line averaged 3.96 goals for per 60 minutes. Bratt also shined with Mercer and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/johanan01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andreas Johansson<\/a>, and that line scored 13 goals and averaged 4.57 goals for per 60 minutes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The point is, Bratt, impacts whatever line he is on. He bolsters the top six and should be part of the core for years. Losing him would be a mistake and something management would want to avoid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"auvwneNnRXlhTrReIsNcrw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1389533935\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'auvwneNnRXlhTrReIsNcrw',sig:'6T2RZzTpiZK2UBGorE0Z7Bu8-cUMBh0hpsbFJ1XTyaQ=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1389533935',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plenty of teams in the Eastern Conference are going to be on the lookout. Aside from the established contenders, the Detroit Red Wings, Ottawa Senators, Columbus Blue Jackets, and New Jersey Devils made improvements to bolster their clubs. While the highlighted additions certainly make the team competitive, a missing piece to the puzzle is at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":131212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,4547,13,4548,4321],"tags":[616,4417,3503,2614,701,6094,922,1030],"class_list":["post-131205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-hockey","category-devils","category-nhl","category-rumours","tag-andreas-johnsson","tag-dawson-mercer","tag-jack-hughes","tag-jesper-bratt","tag-matthew-tkachuk","tag-new-jersey-devils-rumours","tag-nico-hischier","tag-ondrej-palat"],"modified_by":"Connor Lapalme","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}