Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jamie Oleksiak was among 44 NHL players to officialy file for arbitration on Thursday.
Oleksiak, 25, had four goals and 14 points in 47 games with the Penguins last season.
Talks between the Penguins and Oleksiak’s representatives at Newport Sports have been slow moving to this point but the two sides will be coming together on a short-term deal in the next couple weeks and likely avoid arbitration.
Oleksiak made $964,000 last season and expectations are a short term deal would come in around $1.5-$2 million.
Had some great moments and some growing pains, for a guy floundering in Dallas guess that was to be expected. In 47 games he had 138 hits and 58 blocked shots and 18 TkA. More than half the starts in the D-zone and still managed to be a positive corsi player. Add to that he was the guy most willing to stand up for his teammates while still competent enough to play regular minutes. 4 goals from the blueline in only 47 games with 10 assists.. +13. the concerning number was the 29 GvAs… this is when he struggled. I… Read more »
Not worth a penny more than $1.5m