2023 Salary Arbitration Tracker

Originally published July 10th

This morning, the NHLPA announced the calendar of dates for this offseason’s slate of salary arbitration hearings. 23 players are slated for hearings, including the 22 players who elected arbitration last week, although some names below have been settled. As contracts are reached before hearing dates arrive, we’ll continuously update this article with the terms of settled contracts.

July 20

F Philipp Kurashev, Chicago (decided, two years, $4.5MM)
F Brandon Duhaime, Minnesota (settled, one year, $1.1MM)
F Alexey Toropchenko, St. Louis (settled, two years, $2.5MM)
F Noah Cates, Philadelphia (settled, two years, $5.25MM)

July 21

G Ilya Samsonov, Toronto (decided, one year, $3.55MM)

July 24

F Brett Howden, Vegas (settled, two years, $3.8MM)
D Vince Dunn, Seattle (settled, four years, $29.4MM)
F Tanner Jeannot, Tampa (settled, two years, $5.33MM)

July 26

D Ian Mitchell, Boston (settled, one year, $775K)
D William Borgen, Seattle (settled, two years, $5.4MM)

July 27

F Ross Colton, Colorado (settled, four years, $16MM)

July 28

F Gabriel Vilardi, Winnipeg (settled, two years, $6.875MM)
D Cale Fleury, Seattle (settled, two years, $1.6MM)

July 30

G Jeremy Swayman, Boston (decided, one year, $3.475MM)
F Jack McBain, Arizona (settled, two years, $3.2MM)

July 31

*F Alex DeBrincat, Detroit (settled, four years, $31.5MM)

*The Ottawa Senators filed for team-elected arbitration with DeBrincat before trading his rights to Detroit

August 1

F Trent Frederic, Boston (settled, two years, $4.6MM)

August 2

F Morgan Barron, Winnipeg (settled, two years, $2.7MM)
F Troy Terry, Anaheim (settled, seven years, $49MM)

August 4

F Ryan McLeod, Edmonton (settled, two years, $4.2MM)
D Brandon Scanlin, NY Rangers (settled, one year, $775K)
G Filip Gustavsson, Minnesota (settled, three years, $11.25MM)
F Drew O’Connor, Pittsburgh (settled, two years, $1.85MM)

A reminder of the rules surrounding salary arbitration, per CapFriendly:

• A player and team can settle on a deal at any point before the hearing starts
• Once the hearing has taken place, the arbitration decision must be issued by email within 48 hours of the closing
• Arbitration awards can only be one or two years in length
  • Players who are in their final year of restricted free agency are only entitled to a one-year term
• The team decides on the awarded term, save for any team-elected arbitration cases
• The team can walk away from the arbitration decision if a contract with an average annual value of more than $4.54MM is granted