SDPN: (YouTube) Chris Johnston and Julian McKenzie on The Chris Johnston Show talking concerning the Buffalo Sabres electing for salary arbitration for defenseman Bowen Byram and what it means.
** NHLRumors transcription
McKenzie: “I’d prefer to no less than check in on another names which were flown on the market. What about Bowen Byron? That’s the name we’ve discussed on this show a couple of times.
Johnston: “Yeah. Interesting spot now, since the Sabers have elected for Team-elected salary arbitration with Bowen Byram. Which, , means a pair things.
To begin with, he gets to decide on whether it might be a one or a two-year award from the arbitrator. Which is interesting in his case, because he’s two years from unrestricted free agency.
So , to my knowledge, he hasn’t chosen what his award shall be, but he has the flexibility to say, hey, I’ll undergo arbitration, and it’s a two-year award, after which I’m a UFA at the tip. So it hands him some power, but what it does is it takes away his ability now to sign a proposal sheet.
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And , because it seems, we still haven’t had a proposal sheet this summer. I believe if you happen to were searching for a spot you would possibly find one. There was definitely some smoke around the potential for Byram getting one. And so , that possibility is now removed.
And further to that, , we all know the Sabers are willing to maneuver Byram in the event that they can get the precise kind of player package back. They usually now have until, essentially, his arbitration hearing to get that piece of business done.
And so, , the arbitration hearings haven’t been scheduled, but they’ll be held between July twentieth and August 4th. It sort of sets the clock on a call a method or one other. And so , , at the tip of it, if nothing works out, if you happen to don’t get a longer-term contract extension with him, done with him. For those who don’t discover a trade, you may just undergo the arbitration hearing and also you get the award and the players under contract for no less than one or two more years from that time. But I do think it does focus in on those varieties of conversations.
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