NHL News: Bobby Brink, salary arbitration dates, Kyle Okposo, and the worst NHL contracts
Surgery for Bobby Brink

Bill Meltzer: Philadelphia Flyers Bobby Brink has surgery to repair a torn left labrum and he’ll be out for an estimated five months.

Salary Arbitration dates

NHL.com: A list of the 24 players who had filed for salary arbitration, and two teams filed for club-elected salary arbitration, and the dates the hearings are scheduled for.

Anaheim Ducks – Isac Lundestrom – signed on July 25th
Arizona Coyotes – Lawson Crouse – August 8th
Boston Bruins – Pavel Zacha – August 11th
Calgary Flames – Oliver Kylington – August 10th
Calgary Flames – Andrew Mangiapane – August 5th
Calgary Flames – Matthew Phillips – signed July 23th
Calgary Flames – Matthew Tkachuk – club-elected – signed and traded July 22nd
Carolina Hurricanes – Ethan Bear – signed July 27th
Carolina Hurricanes – Maxime Lajoie – August 9th
Detroit Red Wings – Jake Walman – August 11th
Edmonton Oilers – Jesse Puljujarvi – signed July 26th
Edmonton Oilers – Kailer Yamamoto – August 7th
Nashville Predators – Yakov Trenin – August 2nd
New Jersey Devils – Jesper Bratt – August 3rd
New Jersey Devils – Tyce Thompson – August 11th
New Jersey Devils – Vitek Vanecek – signed July 19th
New Jersey Devils – Miles Wood – club-elected – August 6th
Ottawa Senators – Mathieu Joseph – August 1st
Philadelphia Flyers – Zack MacEwen – August 8th
Pittsburgh Penguins – Kasperi Kapanen – signed July 21st
San Jose Sharks – Kaapo Kahkonen – signed July 18th
San Jose Sharks – Steven Lorentz – signed July 22nd
Seattle Kraken – Morgan Geekie – signed July 24th
St. Louis Blues – Niko Mikkola – signed July 17th
Vegas Golden Knight – Keegan Kolesar – August 10th
Winnipeg Jets – Mason Appleton – August 11th

Kyle Okposo on his concussion

Top 10 worst NHL contracts

Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic: The 10 worst NHL contracts according to his model. (check out the article for an explanation of the model)

10. Ben Chiarot – Detroit Red Wings – Four years at $4.8 million per.
9. Nick Suzuki – Montreal Canadiens – Eight years at $7.9 million.
8. Zach Werenski – Columbus Blue Jackets – Six years at $9.6 million.
7. Erik Karlsson – San Jose Sharks – Five years at $11.5 million.
6. Colton Parayko – St. Louis Blues – Eight years at $6.5 million.
5. Darnell Nurse – Edmonton Oilers – Eight years at $9.3 million.
4. Marc-Edouard Vlasic – San Jose Sharks – Four years at $7 million.
3. Jeff Skinner – Buffalo Sabres – Five years at $9 million.
2. Seth Jones – Chicago Blackhawks – Eight years at $9.5 million.
1. Tyler Seguin – Dallas Stars – Five years at $9.9 million.