2009 NHL arbitration hearing schedule
by James Mirtle on Jul 19, 2009 10:21 PM CDT
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| Player | Team | Hearing |
| Clarke MacArthur | Buffalo | 20-Jul |
| Daniel Winnik | Phoenix | 21-Jul |
| Nigel Dawes | Calgary | 22-Jul |
| Marc Methot | Columbus | 23-Jul |
| Matt Hunwick | Boston | 24-Jul |
| Travis Zajac | New Jersey | 24-Jul |
| Nate Thompson | NY Islanders | 27-Jul |
| Kyle Wellwood | Vancouver | 28-Jul |
| Milan Jurcina | Washington | 28-Jul |
| Matt Smaby | Tampa Bay | 28-Jul |
| Denis Grebeshkov | Edmonton | 29-Jul |
| Josh Harding | Minnesota | 29-Jul |
| Tomas Plekanec | Montreal | 30-Jul |
| Tuomo Ruutu | Carolina | 30-Jul |
| Jiri Hudler | Detroit | 30-Jul |
| Nikolai Zherdev | NY Rangers | 31-Jul |
| Kyle Brodziak | Minnesota | 31-Jul |
Only two players (Shaone Morrisonn and Ville Koistinen) actually went through the arbitration process last summer, but it appears we may have a few more this time around. Those potentially receiving decent sized awards are the likes of Zajac, Ruutu, Hudler and Zherdev, who all had a fair number of points last season, while many of the others should be under $2-million.
It's tough to forecast where players like MacArthur, Grebeshkov, Harding and Plekanec will slot in.
- Both Copper & Blue and Japers' Rink have done excellent mock arbitration hearings for their players in the past few days. There's some terrific stuff in there, including likely comparables.
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Grebeshkov
Consensus among Oilers’ bloggers seems to be that he’ll get more than $3 million. I think we’d all be ecstatic if it was only $2 million.
by sarcasticidealist on Jul 19, 2009 10:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It very well could be. He’s a tough guy to find an accurate comparison for.
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by James Mirtle on Jul 20, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m guessing Dawes won’t make it to arbitration. Sutter will ink him before the 22nd.
by Kent Wilson on Jul 20, 2009 12:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Milan Jurcina
Jurcina’s a physical guy with a lot of good tools including a slapshot that cracked two panes of glass at the practice facility last season, but the Caps have a couple of blueliners on the farm who are ready to come up and they’re close to the cap. Consensus on Japers’ seems to be that he’ll get somewhere around $1.5 million, but if the award is too much more than that, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Caps let him walk.
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by gotsparkly on Jul 20, 2009 7:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If he did become a UFA, I’m sure he would attract plenty of attention on the market, and be signed pretty fast.
by Habs on Jul 20, 2009 7:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt. He’s certainly not a bad defenseman at all for a $1.5 million price tag. Whether the Caps let him go or not really all depends on how much he gets awarded.
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by gotsparkly on Jul 20, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
MacArthur
Shouldn’t be topping $1.25 million per year. No chance in hell.
by Afino on Jul 20, 2009 8:06 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Plekanec
I think most Habs fans have him slotted between $2.5m and $3m (1 year deal). Higgins got $2.25m from the Rangers, and it’s generally believed that Plexo would get a little more than him by virtue of staying healthy and posting consecutive 20 goal seasons.
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by saskhab on Jul 20, 2009 9:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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