The Toronto Maple Leafs placed the 25 year old forward on waivers yesterday and he cleared – giving them a leg up in the arbitration hearing.
The team offer and player asking price heading into arbitration looks like this:
Peter Holland arb:
Team offer: $900K. Player ask: $2.1M— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) July 23, 2016
While $900K might seem low, we have to consider what Peter Holland actually brings to the team – which isn’t much. Asking for $2.1M is a reach on the players part.
Holland, by all accounts, is a fourth line talent.