The Winnipeg Jets and forward Michael Frolik won’t need Friday’s arbitration hearing, as the two sides have agreed on a one-year contract worth $3.3 million.
Frolik had 15 goals and 27 assists for the Jets in 2013-14. The 26-year-old was traded to Winnipeg from Chicago last summer.
While the potential ugliness of an arbitration hearing was avoided, the two sides were unable to agree on a long-term deal, which means Frolik can become an unrestricted free agent next summer.
According to Gary Lawless of the Winnipeg Free Press, a five-year deal was being discussed, but it ultimately never came together in time.
Frolik's agent "our sole objective is a long-term deal with Winnipeg. Michael would love to sign a long-term contract there." #nhljets
— gary lawless (@garylawless) July 29, 2014
Update: More quotes here from Frolik’s agent, Allan Walsh.
“Clearly, it’s been mutually expressed that there is a strong desire to get something done,” said Walsh. “We expect to begin talking again and get something done well before the end of the season. That’s our hope and our intention.”