Arbitration List: Niemi Leads 30 Others to Battle

Exactly 31 players filed for salary arbitration today, excluding the playoff hero Jaroslav Halak.

Antti Niemi should get his due raise and the Hawks certainly prepared for it by shipping most of their bottom six to the Eastern Conference.  With Halak settling for under four million a season the Finnish rookie probably has no other choice to take similar money.

Other love-able fantasy players include Ian White, Matt Moulson, Tomas Fleischmann, Mason Raymond and Daniel Carcillo who all could conceivably break out.

For some teams, arbitration puts a rift between the player and management as the hearings can get quite honest.  Expect a few of these teams to walk away from a reward they deem undeserving while other players may be scapegoats by not earning their heavier paycheck.

For the record the Atlanta Thrashers, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals and Edmonton Oilers lead all teams with three players each.

	James Wisniewski
	Ben Eager Andrew Ladd Clarke MacArthur
	Gregory Campbell Blake Wheeler
	Tim Kennedy
	Ian White
	Antti Niemi
	Jared Boll Anton Stralman
	Fabian Brunnstrom
	Derek Meech
	Gilbert Brule JF Jacques Jeff Deslauriers
	Brad Richardson
	Mark Fraser
	Matt Moulson
	Daniel Girardi
	Chris Campoli Peter Regin
	Daniel Carcillo
	Cam Janssen
	Nate Thompson
	Tanner Glass Mason Raymond Jannik Hansen
	Eric Fehr Tomas Fleischmann Jeff Schultz