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The club-elected salary arbitration hearing between the two sides was scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6, but that won’t be necessary now. Wood was limited to just three games during the 2021-22 season because of a hip injury that required surgery. He had 17 goals and 25 points in 55 matches during the 2020-21 campaign.

The New Jersey Devils have filed for a $3.85 million contract. The club-elected arbitration hearing between the two sides is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 6. Wood was limited to just three games during the 2021-22 season because of a hip injury.

The deal is worth $5.45 million. Bratt and the Devils narrowly avoided having to go through salary arbitration. The two sides had a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, but were able to come to terms on a new contract beforehand. Bratt broke out offensively in 2021-22 with 26 goals and 73 points in 76 games. He also racked up a personal best 197 shots, while averaging a career-high 17:26 of ice time per match. Bratt will look to duplicate his success in the 2022-23 campaign in order to earn a more lucrative contract. He will be a restricted free agent with arbitration rights again next summer.

It’s a two-way deal in 2022-23 worth $750,000 at the NHL level and $175,000 in the AHL prior to becoming a one-way deal in 2023-24 worth $775,000. Thompson missed most of the season after he had shoulder surgery in November 2021. He skated in two games for the Devils, while spending most of his time in the AHL. In 16 regular-season games for Utica. he had six goals and 15 points. Thompson also added two points in five playoff contests.

New Jersey has filed for a deal worth $4.15 million. Bratt racked up 26 goals and 73 points in 76 games last season. He just finished a two-year, $5.5 million contract. Bratt’s arbitration hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.

McGill had been an assist coach for the Vegas Golden Knights for the past five seasons. He will join a staff that includes Andrew Brunette, Chris Taylor and Dave Rogalski to work under Ruff.

There are cap issues preventing the interested teams from offering a contract, but those could clear up with trades in the future. It’s also a question of whether Subban feels the interested teams are a good fit for him. “He wants to play, I can tell you that,” Meehan said. “But I think at this stage in his career he would want to play somewhere that would provide a good opportunity for him. Without sounding too aggressive, I think he’s earned the privilege to be somewhat selective in terms of where he would play so that it works for the team and it works for him. In other words, he doesn’t just want to play anywhere. He has that measure of independence.” Subban had five goals and 22 points in 77 games while averaging 18:18 minutes with the New Jersey Devils last season.

Siegenthaler has one season left on his existing two-year, $2.25 million deal, so he’s now signed with the Devils through 2027-28. He had a goal and 14 points in 70 contests while averaging 20:34 minutes last season. He’s not going to excite fantasy managers, but he’s a solid defensive defenseman who is now locked in at a good price.

That qualifying offer is a one-year, two-way deal that will pay Boqvist $874,125 in the NHL or $70,000 at the AHL level. He had 10 goals and 23 points in 56 games with New Jersey in 2021-22. He also contributed two goals and eight points in seven AHL games.

Vanecek filed for salary arbitration, but a hearing is no longer necessary. He had a 20-12-6 record, 2.67 GAA, and .908 save percentage in 42 games last season with Washington. The Capitals traded him to New Jersey earlier this month. He’ll be competing with Mackenzie Blackwood for starts, but Vanecek would seem to have the edge in that battle.