PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JANUARY 30: Travis Sanheim #6 of the Philadelphia Flyers passes the pucks as Cal Clutterbuck #15 of the New York Islanders defends at Wells Fargo Center on January 30, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)
The Philadelphia Flyers elected to file for salary arbitration with restricted free agent defenseman Travis Sanheim on Monday. Club-elected arbitrations are a rarity, as it’s only occurred three times since 2019 between Sanheim, Minnesota’s Kevin Fiala, and St. Louis’ Ville Husso. The deadline for teams to file for salary arbitration was on Monday at 5:00pm ET, and the Flyers decided to take Sanheim’s pending deal to it.