The hearing dates are out for NHL salary arbitration cases and two players reached a settlement on Monday, July 13.
That was Buffalo Sabres forward Payton Krebs, who agreed to a four-year, $18 million ($4.5 salary cap hit) deal well before his scheduled Aug. 1 hearing. New York Rangers defenseman Braden Schneider also settled for one year at $5.5 million, according to multiple reports.
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Settling early is typical during the salary arbitration hearing season, which runs from July 20 to Aug. 1 in Toronto. Both sides try to work out deals before the hearings.
This year, 15 restricted free agents filed to have an independent arbitrator determine their next contract. Both sides file salary requests and the arbitrator can award either number but often does something between.
The most interesting case is Dallas Stars winger Jason Robertson, who made $7.75 million in his last deal and is due a big raise after a 96-point season. The record arbitration award was $7.5 million to future Hall of Famer Shea Weber in 2011.
Here are the salary arbitration dates, per puckpedia.com:
Monday, July 20
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Wednesday, July 22
Trevor Zegras, Philadelphia
Thursday, July 23
Jet Greaves, Columbus
Saturday, July 25
Xavier Bourgault, Ottawa (settled, one year, $850,000)
Jason Robertson, Dallas
Monday, July 27
Cole Sillinger, Columbus
Tuesday, July 28
Wednesday, July 29
Braden Schneider, N.Y. Rangers (settled, one year, $5.5 million)
Ronan Seeley, Carolina
Thursday, July 30
Alex Jefferies, N.Y. Islanders
Saturday, Aug. 1
Peyton Krebs, Buffalo (settled, four years x $4.5 million average)
Rangers’ Braden Schneider settles before arbitration hearing
The defenseman gets one year at $5.5 million, up from a $2.2 million average in his last two-year contract. Schneider averaged about three more minutes a game last season.
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Sabres’ Peyton Krebs settles before arbitration hearing
The forward averages $4.5 million in his new contract, a bump from his previous $1.45 million cap hit. Krebs had his first 82-game season and set career bests in goals (12), assists (27) and points (39).
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NHL salary arbitration tracker, hearing dates, results
