Overview
- Reports show Columbus filed for $2.8 million while Jet Greaves’s camp filed for $7.5 million, a gap of about $4.7 million that sets up a contentious hearing.
- Briefs were filed this week and media reporting says an arbitration hearing is scheduled imminently, with sources noting the sides cannot settle once the hearing begins.
- Greaves is coming off a breakout full NHL season in which he went 26‑19‑9, posted a .908 save percentage and produced 16.5 goals saved above expected, a mark ranked ninth in the league.
- The 25‑year‑old went from undrafted junior hockey to four AHL seasons with the Cleveland Monsters before signing a two‑year NHL deal in 2024 that carried an $812,500 cap hit through 2025‑26.
- An arbitrator will set the salary if no deal is reached, a result that could alter Columbus’s cap picture and its ability to re-sign other restricted free agents or walk away if a ruling exceeds a threshold that would grant Greaves unrestricted free agent status.