Overview

• The Maple Leafs and Nick Robertson have filed salary proposals of $1.2 million and $2.25 million respectively, creating a $1.05 million gap ahead of Sunday’s hearing.
• Robertson’s arbitration case is the only remaining unresolved hearing among the 13 NHL filings this offseason.
• Experts such as David Alter cite Ilya Samsonov’s post-arbitration performance slump in 2023 as a warning against letting the process proceed to hearing.
• If no settlement is reached before Aug. 3, an independent arbitrator will determine Robertson’s contract terms.
• With Mitch Marner gone and roughly $2.9 million in cap space available, Toronto faces pressure to resolve the dispute and fill its top-six vacancy.