On Thursday the NHLPA announced the dates set for all of the arbitration hearings for the pending restricted free agents that elected to take their cases before an arbitrator. There were 17 players that elected to go through this process this year and the hearing will start on August 11th and run through the 26th. The Lightning have one player, Ross Colton, who is scheduled to have a hearing and it’s set for the 16th of August.
At this point nothing has changed. The two sides can keep negotiating right up until the hearing starts. The team will submit a number and the player will submit one as well.