There's No Need to Panic About Braden Holtby... Yet

As some of the details of Holtby's arbitration filing become public, a reminder not to freak out about the numbers until there's a reason to do so.

This morning the official numbers came out for Braden Holtby's impending arbitration hearing, set to take place on Thursday. The Caps' offer came in at $5.1 million, or just a shade under the $5.5 million offer that's reportedly been on the table during contract negotiations. Holtby's camp, however, came up with an ask that seemed to send shockwaves through the hockey world: $8 million.

That's a lot of money. A lot of money. To put that into context, only one other goalie in the NHL makes that much money, and his name is Henrik Lundqvist. As good…