Winnipeg Jets defenceman Dylan Samberg went into the off-season eligible for arbitration but elected to forego that process by signing a two-year declaration hold with the hockey club, for an mean yearly worth of US$1.4 million.

While Samberg inked his deal, teammates Morgan Barron and Gabe Vilardi rejected the Jets’ qualifying connection tendered conscionable up of past week’s deadline – electing for arbitration instead.

The 2 Winnipeg forwards are among 22 NHL players who person decided to spell that route. Arbitration cases volition beryllium held betwixt July 20 and Aug. 4. Teams and players tin inactive scope statement connected caller contracts earlier their lawsuit is scheduled to beryllium heard though, and adjacent during the proceeding itself.

Samberg scored 2 goals and added six assists for 8 points successful 63 games successful his archetypal afloat play arsenic an NHLer. The 24-year-old Minnesotan besides had a extremity and 3 assists successful 10 games for Team USA astatine the 2023 Men’s World Hockey Championships.

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Winnipeg restricted escaped cause defencemen Logan Stanley and Declan Chisholm are besides arbitration-eligible but did not instrumentality that route; some person been tendered qualifying offers.