Full list revealed of NHL players who filed for arbitration and which stars surprisingly DID NOT

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Ryan
July 18, 2022 (11:31)

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Yesterday was the deadline for players to file for Salary Arbitration and once these players file for arbitration, they are no longer eligible to sign an offer sheet with any other teams.

If a player opts not to file for arbitration, they are still able to receive offer sheets.

The NHL released the list of all the RFA's who chose to file and who have not:

Filed:

Mason Appleton (Winnipeg Jets)
Ethan Bear (Carolina Hurricanes)
Jesper Bratt (New Jersey Devils)
Lawson Crouse (Arizona Coyotes)
Morgan Geekie (Seattle Kraken)
Mathieu Joseph (Ottawa Senators)
Kaapo Kahkonen (San Jose Sharks)
Kasperi Kapanen (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Keegan Kolesar (Vegas Golden Knights)
Oliver Kylington (Calgary Flames)
Maxime Lajoie (Carolina Hurricanes)
Steven Lorentz (San Jose Sharks)
Isac Lundestrom (Anaheim Ducks)
Zack MacEwen (Philadelphia Flyers)
Andrew Mangiapane (Calgary Flames)
Matthew Phillips (Calgary Flames)
Jesse Puljujarvi (Edmonton Oilers)
Tyce Thompson (New Jersey Devils)
Yakov Trenin (Nashville Predators)
Vitek Vanecek (New Jersey Devils)
Jake Walman (Detroit Red Wings)
Kailer Yamamoto (Edmonton Oilers)
Pavel Zacha (Boston Bruins)

These players chose not to file for arbitration:

Matthew Tkachuk (Calgary Flames)
Pierre-Luc Dubois (Winnipeg Jets)
Patrik Laine (Columbus Blue Jackets)
Nicolas Roy (Vegas Golden Knights)
Luke Kunin (San Jose Sharks)
Caleb Jones (Chicago Blackhawks)
Kole Lind (Seattle Kraken)
Sam Montembault (Montreal Canadiens)

It's an interesting situation seeing Matthew Tkachuk not file for it as there have been many rumours surrounding teams offer sheeting Tkachuk. The Flames just lost their top player in Johnny Gaudreau, so if the team decides they are no longer a contender and want to start offer, the assets they would receive from Tkachuk would definitely jump-start a rebuild.