Another week, another significant deadline in the National Hockey League’s off-season. Players have until Sunday at 3 p.m. MT to inform the NHLPA and the league that they’re filing for salary arbitration.
The Flames have four players who are eligible to elect salary arbitration. It seems likely that three end up filing for arbitration, if only to put a deadline on their negotiations.
Here’s how arbitration generally works:
- The team decides if they want a one or two-year award. (Unless the player is in their final year before free agency, in which case it’s automatically a one-year award.