Wednesday Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum

The NHLPA released a list Tuesday of salary arbitration hearings to be held between October 20 and November 8. The schedule of restricted free agents seeking new contracts includes 26-year-old Florida Panthers defenseman MacKenzie Weegar, whose hearing will take place on the last day of the schedule. Weegar has played on a series of one-year deals after completing his entry-level contract and will be looking for a sizable raise.

The full schedule can be found below:

October 20: Andrew Mangiapane (CLG), Anthony DeAngelo (NYR), Matt Grzelcyk (BOS)

October 21: Ilya Mikheyev (TOR)

October 22: Connor Brown (OTT)

October 25: Tyler Bertuzzi (DET)

October 26: Linus Ullmark (BUF)

October 27: Sam Reinhart (BUF)

October 28: Jake Virtanen (VAN)

October 30: Joshua Ho-Sang (NYI)

October 31: Devon Toews (COL). Alexandar Georgiev (NYR)

November 1: Nick Paul (OTT)

November 2: Gustav Forsling (CAR)

November 4: Victor Olofsson (BUF), Warren Foegele (CAR)

November 5: Ryan Strome (NYR)

November 6: Brendan Lemieux (NYR), Ryan Pulock (NYI)

November 7: Christian Jaros (OTT)

November 8: Chris Tierney (OTT), MacKenzie Weegar (FLA), Haydn Fleury (CAR)

* Clark Bishop (CAR), Ryan Graves (COL) and Kaapo Kahkonen (MIN) have agreed to new contracts.

New Signings

Vasili Ponomarev (ELC) Carolina Hurricanes

Spencer Smallman (SPC) Carolina Hurricanes

Clark Bishop (SPC) Carolina Hurricanes

Matt Nieto (SPC) San Jose Sharks

Patrick Marleau (35+) San Jose Sharks

Kasimir Kaskisuo (SPC) Nashville Predators

Tyler Lewington (SPC) Nashville Predators

Mitch Vande Sompel (SPC) New York Islanders

Ashton Sautner (SPC) Vancouver Canucks

Aaron Dell (SPC) Toronto Maple Leafs