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31 players file for salary arbitration

The NHLPA announced today that 31 players have opted to go for salary arbitration with their clubs. While players and their teams can still negotiate for a new contract, if things reach the stage where an arbitration hearing is needed to settle things out, things can get ugly. At arbitration, teams present cases against the player to tell why they should pay them what they believe their worth is.

The list of players looks like this:

Anaheim Ducks
James Wisniewski

Atlanta Thrashers
Ben Eager
Andrew Ladd
Clarke MacArthur

Boston Bruins
Greg Campbell
Blake Wheeler

Buffalo Sabres
Tim Kennedy

Calgary Flames
Ian White

Chicago Blackhawks
Antti Niemi

Columbus Blue Jackets
Jared Boll
Anton Stralman

Dallas Stars
Fabian Brunnstrom

Detroit Red Wings
Derek Meech

Edmonton Oilers
Gilbert Brule
Jeff Drouin-DesLauriers
Jean-Francois Jacques

Los Angeles Kings
Brad Richardson

New Jersey Devils
Mark Fraser

New York Islanders
Matt Moulson

New York Rangers
Daniel Girardi

Ottawa Senators
Chris Campoli
Peter Regin

Philadelphia Flyers
Daniel Carcillo

St. Louis Blues
Cam Janssen

Tampa Bay Lightning
Nate Thompson

Vancouver Canucks
Tanner Glass
Jannik Hansen
Mason Raymond

Washington Capitals
Eric Fehr
Tomas Fleischmann
Jeff Schultz

There are some potentially interesting cases here. The main one involves Blackhawks goalie Antti Niemi, a case we analyzed here earlier today.

Others involve NHL plus-minus leader Jeff Schultz from Washington, Atlanta’s newly acquired duo from Chicago in Andrew Ladd and Ben Eager, Boston’s enigmatic winger Blake Wheeler, Dallas’ bust-like Finnish import Fabian Brunnstrom, and the ever curious case of Philly’s Daniel Carcillo. I’d enjoy being a fly on the wall for an arbitration hearings involving Carcillo and Brunnstrom as hearing their teams arguing against them would be popcorn-bringing-worthy events.

Teams have a deadline for Club-Elected Salary Arbitration of July 6th, tomorrow, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. Hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20 to August 4.