24 Players Believe Their Salary Isn't Fair and File For Salary Arbitration

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Sam Walker
July 18, 2022 (8:42)

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The NHL players association has announced 24 players have filed for salary arbitration, which is when a player does not feel like they are earnings a fair salary with their contract. Via Forbes, what does it mean when a player filed for salary arbitration?

What does it mean when a player files for arbitration? An arbitration-eligible player can elect to take his club to arbitration. A player will do this if he does not believe the club is offering fair market value for his
services. A GM can also use the arbitration process and bring a player to an arbitration hearing.

Mason Appleton (Winnipeg Jets)
Ethan Bear (Carolina Hurricanes)
Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils)
Lawson Crouse (Arizona Coyotes)
Morgan Geekie (Seattle Kraken)
Mathieu Joseph (Ottawa Senators)
Kaapo Kahkonen (San Jose Sharks)
Kasperi Kapanen (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Keegan Kolesar (Vegas Golden Knights)
Oliver Kylington (Calgary Flames)
Maxime Lajoie (Carolina Hurricanes)
Steven Lorentz (San Jose Sharks)
Isac Lundestrom (Anaheim Ducks)
Zack MacEwen (Philadelphia Flyers)
Andrew Mangiapane (Calgary Flames)
Matthew Phillips (Calgary Flames)
Jesse Puljujarvi (Edmonton Oilers)
Tyce Thompson (New Jersey Devils) Yakov Trenin (Nashville Predators)
Vitek Vanecek (New Jersey Devils)
Jake Walman (Detroit Red Wings)
Kailer Yamamoto (Edmonton Oilers)
Pavel Zacha (Boston Bruins)

There is also a list of 8 individuals who did not apply for arbitration, surprisingly and it may be due to them wanting out of the franchise in the future as filing for arbitration does not allow other teams to offer sheet a player.

Matthew Tkachuk (Calgary Flames)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (Winnipeg Jets)
Patrik Laine (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Nicolas Roy (Vegas Golden Knights)
Luke Kunin (San Jose Sharks)
Caleb Jones (Chicago Blackhawks)
Kole Lind (Seattle Kraken)
Sam Montembault (Montreal Canadiens)