The NHLPA announced that 15 players have filed for arbitration by the 5pm deadline today.
From the PA:
The National Hockey League Players’ Association announced that 15 players have elected salary arbitration:
Bourgault, Xavier (Ottawa Senators)
Dach, Kirby (Montreal Canadiens)
Drysdale, Jamie (Philadelphia Flyers)
Greaves, Jet (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Jefferies, Alex (New York Islanders)
Krebs, Peyton (Buffalo Sabres)
McMichael, Connor (St. Louis Blues)
Perfetti, Cole (Winnipeg Jets)
Robertson, Jason (Dallas Stars)
Robertson, Nick (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Schmid, Akira (Florida Panthers)
Schneider, Braden (New York Rangers)
Seeley, Ronan (Carolina Hurricanes)
Sillinger, Cole (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Zegras, Trevor (Philadelphia Flyers)
The deadline for the second club-elected salary arbitration notification is July 6 at 5 p.m. ET. Salary arbitration hearings will be held from July 20 to Aug. 1.
Nick Robertson was the only Penguin to elect to start the process. Egor Chinakhov, Arturs Silovs and David Gustafsson had the option but did no go that route and will negotiate their contracts outside of arbitration.
Robertson can still negotiate with the Pens and sign at any point up to his hearing. The overwhelming majority of cases in the past get settled before that process formally kicks in, this is a commonly a tool used to set a deadline to get the ball rolling for the next contract. Robertson, like his brother, is now ineligible to sign an offer sheet with another team. For what that may or may not mean, Chinakhov potentially still could.
