2009 Salary Arbitration Hearings
The following NHL players, all restricted free agents, will go to salary arbitration. Hearings will be held starting July 20. Arbitrators can only hand out one or two-year awards. Arbitrator decisions must be made within 48 hours of the hearing, and teams then have 48 hours (or 48 hours after the team's last hearing is concluded if they have more than one) to accept the contract or walk away, immediately making the player an unrestricted free agent. Note that a team that requests arbitration does not have walk-away rights.
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| Player |
Team |
Hearing Date/Award |
| Clarke MacArthur |
Buffalo |
Settled Before Hearing; Signed 1 Year Contract |
| Daniel Winnik |
Phoenix |
Awarded 1 Year Contract |
| Nigel Dawes |
Calgary |
Settled Before Hearing; 2 Years, $1.75M |
| Marc Methot |
Columbus |
Settled Before Hearing; Signed 2 Year Contract |
| Matt Hunwick |
Boston |
Settled Before Hearing; Signed 2 Year Contract |
| Travis Zajac |
New Jersey |
Settled Before Hearing; 4 Years, $15.55M |
| Nate Thompson |
NY Islanders |
Settled Before Hearing; 1 Year, 2-Way Contract |
| Kyle Wellwood |
Vancouver |
Settled By Arbitrator; Signed 1 Year, $1.2M |
| Milan Jurcina |
Washington |
Awarded 1 Year Contract, $1.375M |
| Matt Smaby |
Tampa Bay |
Settled Before Hearing; 2 Year, $1.05M |
| Denis Grebeshkov |
Edmonton |
Settled Before Hearing; 1 Year, $3.15M |
| Josh Harding |
Minnesota |
Settled Before Hearing; Signed 1 Year Contract |
| Tomas Plekanec |
Montreal |
Settled Before Hearing; 1 Year, $2.75M |
| Tuomo Ruutu |
Carolina |
Settled Before Hearing; 3 Years, $11.4M |
| Jiri Hudler |
Detroit |
Awarded 2 Year Contract, $5.75M |
| Nikolai Zherdev |
NY Rangers |
Awarded 1 Year, $3.9M; Rangers walk away |
| Kyle Brodziak |
Minnesota |
Settled Before Hearing; 3 Years, $3.45M |