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.
Buffalo Sabres
Player Hearing Date/Award
Nathan Paetsch August 2
Derek Roy July 27
Buffalo Sabres
Player Hearing Date/Award
Nathan Paetsch August 2
Derek Roy July 27
there's some other good players on this list that the Sabres might be looking at if their teams decide to walk away. This is what the Sabres were waiting for by the way.
- Garnet Exelby - ATL D
- Steve Montador FLAD
- Mike Cammalleri LA C
- Michael Ryder MTLRW
- Trent Hunter NYIRW
- Sean Avery NYR LW
- Marcel Hossa NYRRW(you take one of our players we take yours)
- Chris Kelly OTT C
- Christoph Schubert OTT D
- Lee Stempniak STL from West Seneca, NY RW
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