Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk was among the 30 players who filed for player-elected salary arbitration with the league.
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The two sides have reportedly been struggling to come within range of each others’ contract proposals, so the decision by the player to file was not surprising, forcing a deadline for a decision on a contract for next season.
It is the only arbitration case that General Manager Marc Bergevin will have to face, earlier having settled issues with the other seven arbitration-eligible players by either trading them (Beaulieu) or not offering them qualifying offers and releasing them to free agency (Nikita Nesterov, Stefan Matteau, Ryan Johnston, Mark MacMillan, Joel Hanley, and Keegan Lowe).