Last year Peter Regin a rookie with the Ottawa Senators scored 29 points in the regular season in limited playing time and with limited power play time while playing against relatively weak opposition. In the playoffs when he started to get a larger role, he tied for the team lead in playoff goals with three. He showed some very good signs that he might develop into a top player, especially his high Corsi rating which when adjusted for team and zone start effects finished 16th in the league. That is quite an accomplishment given that all the players above him had significantly more ice time.
A player like that should expect to see a significant raise in a contract year. Peter Regin filed for salary arbitration likely expecting a significant raise from his entry level deal that had paid him $620,000 plus bonuses last season. However, before his arbitration case could be heard he blinked and signed a two year contract with a $1 million a year salary cap hit.
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