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[wildcat48]

27 players have decided to take their club to aribitration, none from Anaheim.

Atlanta Thrashers
Garnet Exelby
Jim Slater

Buffalo Sabres
Nathan Paetsch
Derek Roy

Minnesota Wild
Pierre-Marc Bouchard
Nick Schultz
Kurtis Foster

Montreal Canadiens
Michael Ryder

Nashville Predators
Vernon Fiddler
Greg Zanon

New York Islanders
Trent Hunter

New York Rangers
Sean Avery
Marcel Hossa

Ottawa Senators
Ray Emery
Chris Kelly
Christoph Schubert

Phoenix Coyotes
Brendan Bell
Josh Gratton

Pittsburgh Penguins
Colby Armstrong

St. Louis Blues
Lee Stempniak

San Jose Sharks
Rob Davison

Tampa Bay Lightning
Ryan Craig

Washington Capitals
Milan Jurcina
Brooks Laich

The deadline for Club-Elected Salary Arbitration notification is July 6, 2007 at 5 p.m. ET. Hearings will be held in Toronto from July 20 to August 4, 2007.

[Dark Knight]

And to remind everyone what arbitration is, here's a great definition by MrsB:

A player is given a qualifying offer by the team. If the player is eligible for arbitration and thinks he deserves more money (he had a great season, etc.) he can file for arbitration. Arbitration is like Reb said - the team argues why he is worth a little, the player argues why he is worth a lot. The arbitrator gets to decide the amount. It is binding.

Hearings for arbitration are July 20-August 4, which still gives teams time to negotiate a contract with the player before that time. A lot of players do avoid arbitration.

Once an amount is awarded, the team has the option to walk away and not accept the terms. If the team walks away, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent. The player also has the option to walk away, but it's a little trickier.

All the details and eligibility are in the following link. It's wordy and full of legal-eze.

Link to Arbitration rules

[MightyDuck31]

Bouchard just re-signed with the Wild
so only 26 now

[MrsBevo]

Ahh, the joy of the internet where your words can be remembered years later when your own brain has long since forgotten them.

Were there no Ducks eligible for arbitration this year, or were the ones that would have been eligible were already signed?

By the way, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Avery hearing...

[Todrick]

By the way, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Avery hearing...

LOL i was thinking the same thing

[QuacksMeUp]

Ahh, the joy of the internet where your words can be remembered years later when your own brain has long since forgotten them.

Were there no Ducks eligible for arbitration this year, or were the ones that would have been eligible were already signed?

By the way, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Avery hearing...

Attorney for Avery: Sean, just sit there and don't say a word.
Avery: mmmphhhh, mshdhdfhfls, dkdeifjh!!
Attorney for Avery: Huh? I can't understand you with that duct tape across your mouth. Do you know sign language?
Avery: <flips his attorney the bird>
Attorney for Avery: This is going to be a loooong day.

[wildcat48]

Ahh, the joy of the internet where your words can be remembered years later when your own brain has long since forgotten them.

Were there no Ducks eligible for arbitration this year, or were the ones that would have been eligible were already signed?
By the way, I'd love to be a fly on the wall at the Avery hearing...

There were no Ducks eligible for arbitration this year. Shannon was the only one and he was traded.

[DropThePuck]

Seven salary arbitration cases to keep an eye on

Heading into the arbitration period that was supposed to start last Friday, the 13 cases that were on the docket have already been amicably resolved between the players and their teams. It wouldn't be a shock to see as many as half of those remaining taken care of in advance of their date.

Ask around the league and you'll hear that arbitration is no longer quite as painful, or unexpected, as the Spanish Inquisition.

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[DropThePuck]

Dallas Stars right-winger Antti Miettinen was awarded an US$885,000, one-year deal in salary arbitration Monday while forward Sean Avery and the New York Rangers had their case heard by an arbitrator.

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[DropThePuck]

The New York Rangers announced Tuesday that the club has agreed to terms with restricted free agent forward Marcel Hossa.

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The Buffalo Sabres announced Tuesday that the team have agreed to terms on a three-year deal with restricted free agent defenceman Nathan Paetsch, who was scheduled for NHL arbitration Thursday.

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[DropThePuck]

Avery Dealings Sour Rangers' Stellar Off-Season

The Blueshirts' play improved dramatically last season following Avery's arrival, largely because he provided a sorely needed abrasive element to a team that was entirely too easy to play against. However, it seems that the Rangers have decided to leverage Avery's long history of controversy and irresponsible play in his arbitration hearing, rather than his short but inspired performanceonBroadway.Intheir brief to the arbitrator, they reportedly described Avery as "a reasonably effective player as well as a detriment to the team."

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[DropThePuck]

"I have no idea what to say," Avery told the New York Post in an e-mail following Monday's hearing. "I don't know what this was about. I'm shocked."
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The brief also said that "Avery is not a mature player. He plays, at times, like an individual rather than a member of a team. This is sometimes referred to as an inability to see the ice, and in Avery's case this seems to fit with his overall approach to the game."

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[DropThePuck]

On Friday, an arbitrator awarded New York Islanders winger Trent Hunter $1,550,000 for the 2007-08 season.

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[DropThePuck]

Arbitrator awards Avery $1.9 million

[DropThePuck]

Salary arbitration: It's the last bastion of sanity in the post-lockout, post-season NHL universe, where shock, awe and questionable paydays trump all.

So, why are league followers bagging on it? Consider us as confused as Kevin Lowe's hairstyle.

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[DropThePuck]

The Kings have locked up top scorer Michael Cammalleri for two more seasons, at the relatively bargain price of $6.7 million.

An arbitrator ruled Monday that Cammalleri should receive $3.1 million for the 2007-08 season and $3.6 million for the following season, after which Cammalleri would become an unrestricted free agent.

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[DropThePuck]

Tampa Bay Lightning center Ryan Craig will make $850,000 next season under a one-year contract awarded by an arbitrator on Monday.

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