Meh. No reason to sweat it. All initial arb offers from teams are lowball. Makes it look like they gave more when they agree to a deal closer to the players ask. Poile usually gets these deals done before the hearing. I think we will hear something tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday amCan any CBA experts confirm: is Trenin a UFA at the end of a 2-year contract? On the Preds board we thought he would be, but any independent confirmation would be appreciated!
It's a horrifyingly lowball offer from the Preds to begin with, and if you are going to make such an awful offer to a good player and THEN he's UFA at the end of it... welll.... that does not bode well.
I am going to sweat it. I really like Trenin as a player. I think his camp and Poile's have already banged heads in the past. I don't think trying to low-ball him again will sit well. It's not quite the same "shrug and we'll all be friends at the end" like it might be with other players IMHO. Going to (or to the brink of) arbitration with a player like Grimaldi, now that's "Meh". Because at the end of the day we don't really care if there are hard feelings and the player ends up on the outs. It's not the same with a player you really like and feel has upside but is being visibly underappreciated by the organization across multiple contract negotiations.
I'm the one who posted that on our board.
I'm just looking for somebody else to stroll along and prove us all wrong with some miracle twist that we didn't see coming. 
Can any CBA experts confirm: is Trenin a UFA at the end of a 2-year contract? On the Preds board we thought he would be, but any independent confirmation would be appreciated!
It's a horrifyingly lowball offer from the Preds to begin with, and if you are going to make such an awful offer to a good player and THEN he's UFA at the end of it... welll.... that does not bode well.
Can any CBA experts confirm: is Trenin a UFA at the end of a 2-year contract? On the Preds board we thought he would be, but any independent confirmation would be appreciated!
It's a horrifyingly lowball offer from the Preds to begin with, and if you are going to make such an awful offer to a good player and THEN he's UFA at the end of it... welll.... that does not bode well.
It’s not the term you need to worry about. It’s really really rare that a player who actually goes to their arbitration meeting stays with the team longer term. It is not a good system and destroys the player / team relationship
It's arbitration, it's supposed to be insulting. If Bratt doesn't want to sign long term with us & only wants a short term deal then f**k him. Why would you pay premium for a player you know wants out? You sign him right now for 1 year for the cheapest value possible then trade him next off season.
Yeah it could be like another tkachuk situation next summer
Next summer could be pretty wild with that situation for PLD, Meier and Bratt. Could be some big deals.
Its a necessary evil to keep teams accountable in dealing with their RFAs.
I hope he wins on both fronts: a) he's easily a $2M+ player, and b) I definitely want him on a 1-yr term so that he can still be RFA at the end. Go Yak!
Well any team out there interested in an absolute bull of a middle-6 strong forward should be looking hard at Trenin. He got 17 goals last year with hardly any real opportunity, and could probably get 25 with a little bit of love. He is stronger than he looks (and he already looks fairly strong). He looks a little slow sometimes, but I don't think he's really slow... he's just "methodical". He is going to run over anything and anybody in his way. And has a wee bit of skill in the mix. He doesn't do things fancy. He just plows through everything in his path and gets things done. The Preds WILL move on from him, and he's going to want to move on from them, so it's going to be a mutual separation after this. The Preds have kind of railroaded him at each turn in the past too, so there isn't much hope of salvaging the relationship here. Too bad, he's a really good player.
