{"id":43110,"date":"2025-07-06T10:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/43110\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T10:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T10:18:09","slug":"vilardi-kakko-among-11-players-to-file-for-nhl-salary-arbitration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/43110\/","title":{"rendered":"Vilardi, Kakko among 11 players to file for NHL salary arbitration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/gabriel-vilardi-8480014\" title=\"Gabriel Vilardi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Vilardi<\/a> of the Winnipeg Jets was one of 11 players who filed for salary arbitration on Saturday, according to the NHL Players\u2019 Association.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old forward had NHL career highs in goals (27), assists (34) and points (61) in 71 games last season, his sixth in the League.<\/p>\n<p>Notable players who filed include forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/kaapo-kakko-8481554\" title=\"Kaapo Kakko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kaapo Kakko<\/a> of the Seattle Kraken, goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/lukas-dostal-8480843\" title=\"Lukas Dostal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lukas Dostal<\/a> of the Anaheim Ducks and defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/dylan-samberg-8480049\" title=\"Dylan Samberg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Samberg<\/a> of the Jets.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for the second club-elected salary arbitration notification is Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Salary arbitration hearings are scheduled to be held from July 20-Aug. 4. A player can sign a contract with his current team any time before his hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Last offseason, 14 restricted free agents filed for salary arbitration. Nashville Predators defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/spencer-stastney-8481056\" title=\"Spencer Stastney\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spencer Stastney<\/a> was the only player awarded a contract by an independent arbitrator following his hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list of players who filed for salary arbitration (hearing dates were not announced):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anaheim Ducks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lukas Dostal, G<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/drew-helleson-8481563\" title=\"Drew Helleson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drew Helleson<\/a>, D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Buffalo Sabres<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/conor-timmins-8479982\" title=\"Conor Timmins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Conor Timmins<\/a>, D<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicago Blackhawks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/arvid-soderblom-8482821\" title=\"Arvid Soderblom\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arvid Soderblom<\/a>, G<\/p>\n<p><strong>Montreal Canadiens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/jayden-struble-8481593\" title=\"Jayden Struble\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jayden Struble<\/a>, D<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Islanders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/maksim-tsyplakov-8484958\" title=\"Maxim Tsyplakov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maxim Tsyplakov<\/a>, F<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seattle Kraken<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kaapo Kakko, F<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toronto Maple Leafs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/nicholas-robertson-8481582\" title=\"Nicholas Robertson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholas Robertson<\/a>, F<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winnipeg Jets<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/morgan-barron-8480289\" title=\"Morgan Barron\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Morgan Barron<\/a>, F<\/p>\n<p>Dylan Samberg, D<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Vilardi, F<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gabriel Vilardi of the Winnipeg Jets was one of 11 players who filed for salary arbitration on Saturday,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":43111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[293,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-43110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-nhl","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114805781545684656","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}