Today was the deadline for restricted free agents to file for arbitration, the Avs had 4 that were eligible but Matt Nieto was the only one that took advantage. Duncan Siemens, Rocco Grimaldi & Gabe Bourque did not file, Nikita Zadorov & Felix Girard are coming off ELCs and not eligible.
It’s not a real surprise, Nieto came out of his ELC last summer and took a small pay cut but upgraded from a 2-way contract to a 1-way. His qualifying offer would be $772k so it’s understandable that he may want a raise and perhaps some term and that the Avs would be open to offering that.