— The Red Wings and Tomas Tatar are stating cases.
Now, it’s up a salary arbitrator to decide what Tatar will earn next season after the two sides were unable to come to terms and took their salary disagreement to arbitration in Toronto.
The fact it reached an actual hearing was a mild surprise.
This was the first arbitration case the Red Wings have had since 1995 when the team and Ray Sheppard were unable to resolve their differences.
The Red Wings and Jiri Hudler had an arbitration hearing in 2010 but it was under unique circumstances with Hudler returning from Russia to play in the NHL.