SDPN: (YouTube) Chris Johnston and Julian McKenzie on The Chris Johnston Present speaking in regards to the Buffalo Sabres electing for wage arbitration for defenseman Bowen Byram and what it means.
** NHLRumors transcription
McKenzie: “I’d wish to at the least test in on another names which have been flown on the market. What about Bowen Byron? That’s the title we’ve mentioned on this present a number of instances.
Johnston: “Yeah. Fascinating spot now, as a result of the Sabers have elected for Group-elected wage arbitration with Bowen Byram. Which, you realize, means a pair issues.
To begin with, he will get to decide on whether or not it might be a one or a two-year award from the arbitrator. Which is attention-grabbing in his case, as a result of he’s two years from unrestricted free company.
So you realize, to my information, he hasn’t chosen what his award can be, however he has the power to say, hey, I’ll undergo arbitration, and it’s a two-year award, after which I’m a UFA on the finish. So it arms him some energy, however what it does is it takes away his means now to signal a proposal sheet.
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And you realize, because it seems, we nonetheless haven’t had a proposal sheet this summer season. I feel should you had been on the lookout for a spot you would possibly discover one. There was undoubtedly some smoke round the potential for Byram getting one. And so you realize, that risk is now eliminated.
And additional to that, you realize, we all know the Sabers are keen to maneuver Byram if they will get the correct type of participant package deal again. They usually now have till, primarily, his arbitration listening to to get that piece of enterprise executed.
And so, you realize, the arbitration hearings haven’t been scheduled, however they’ll be held between July twentieth and August 4th. It sort of units the clock on a choice a technique or one other. And so you realize, you realize, on the finish of it, if nothing works out, should you don’t get a longer-term contract extension with him, executed with him. When you don’t discover a commerce, you may simply undergo the arbitration listening to and also you get the award and the gamers below contract for at the least one or two extra years from that time. However I do assume it does focus in on these varieties of conversations.
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