Salary arbitration dates
Cap Friendly: Salary arbitration dates set for this week.
July 22: Zach Aston-Reese – Pittsburgh Penguins
Christian Djoos – Washington Capitals
MacKenzie Weegar – Florida Panthers
July 23: Evan Rodrigues – Buffalo Sabres
July 26: Colton Sissons – Nashville Predators
July 27: Sam Bennett – Calgary Flames
July 28: Mirco Mueller – New Jersey Devils.
Jets re-sign Pionk
Winnipeg Jets: The Jets have signed defenseman Neal Pionk to a two-year contract with an AAV of $3 million.
The Jets had acquired Pionk in the Jacob Trouba trade back in June.
Scott Billeck: The Winnipeg Jets have around $19.8 million in salary cap space with 16 players under contract. Andrew Copp, Patrik Laine and Kyle Connor remained un-signed.
After Copp is signed and adding remaining roster players, they should have around $15.2 million in space left for both Laine and Connor.
Scott Billeck: The Jets could also gain another $2.89 million in salary cap space this year by buying out defenseman Dmitry Kulikov in the second buyout window. It would add a $1.44 million cap hit for 2020-21.
Blues re-sign Sundqvist
Lou Korac of In the Slot: The St. Louis Blues and forward Oskar Sundqvist agreed to a four-year contract worth $11 million.
The Blues and Sundqvist had an arbitration hearing set for Wednesday. Sundqvist made $700,000 this past season and put up career highs in goals (14) and assists (17).
The Blues have two remaining restricted free agents – defenseman Joel Edmundson and forward Ivan Barbashev
Cap Friendly: Salary breakdown for Sundqvist.
2019-20: $2.25M base salary
2020-21: $2.25M base
2021-22: $3.5M base
2022-23: $3M base
Maple Leafs bringing a goalie to camp on a PTO
Bill Meltzer: According iSport goaltender Michal Neuvirth has accepted a PTO with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
If you’re wondering about Neuvirth, I have him projected for a negative WAR next year and, in 2018-19, he faced 244 shots (17 xG) and gave up 26 goals so my expectations for TOR are tempered.https://t.co/arO4ryYeqi pic.twitter.com/ET6x0BCwq6
— Sean Tierney (@ChartingHockey) July 22, 2019
