Avalanche file club-elected salary arbitration on Ryan O'Reilly
The NHL's deadline to file club-elected arbitration against its players was Sunday at 5 p.m. ET and the Colorado Avalanche have filed against forward Ryan O'Reilly.
COL has, in fact, elected club salary arbitration on Ryan O'Reilly. Had to be filed by 5 pm ET today. And it was.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 15, 2014
O'Reilly played out his last season of a two-year deal worth $3.5-million last season and $6.5-million this past season. If the Avalanche want to keep his rights as an unrestricted free-agent, they will have to offer him a $6.5-million contract.
He can also choose to walk away from the offer decided by the arbitrator when the hearing takes place in late July. If O'Reilly walks, he will be pursued by many interested teams.
Other teams can also file an offer sheet between July 1st and 5th on O'Reilly which was previously not allowed under the old CBA.
That said, negotiations with ROR have never been easy and appear that way still. ROR agent says "nothing to report" on talks
— Adrian Dater (@adater) June 15, 2014
Through 80 games with the Avalanche, O'Reilly scored 64 points and only took two penalty minutes.