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Arbitration dates set; Gagner, Stewart up first

Ryan O'Byrne

Colorado Avalanche’s Ryan O’Byrne, left, falls behind Edmonton Oilers’ Sam Gagner during the first period of an NHL hockey game in Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday, Dec. 9, 2011. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, John Ulan)

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Last week, 21 players filed for salary arbitration.

Today, 15 of them got their hearing dates.

The first two up are perhaps the two most interesting of the lot -- Edmonton’s Sam Gagner and St. Louis’ Chris Stewart. The pair are slated for hearings on the morning of Monday, July 22.

Gagner, 25, finished second on the Oilers in scoring last season with 14 goals and 24 assists, playing on a one-year, $3.2 million deal.

For the Oilers, the problem with going to arbitration is that the maximum term that could be awarded is one year, which would leave Gagner — who’s already got six NHL seasons under his belt — a pending unrestricted free agent.

Stewart, 25, led St. Louis in scoring last year with 36 points in 48 games. His last contract, a one-year deal, paid him $3 million -- though his situation is different than Gagner’s, in that Stewart needs two more years of service before becoming a UFA.

Here’s the full schedule of arbitration hearings, courtesy the NHLPA:

Hearing Date AM/PMPlayer Club
July 22, 2013 AM SAM GAGNER EDM
July 22, 2013AMCHRIS STEWARTSTL
July 23, 2013AMERIC TANGRADIWPG
July 24, 2013AMBRYAN LITTLEWPG
July 25, 2013AMNICK SPALINGNSH
July 26, 2013AMCARL GUNNARSSONTOR
July 29, 2013AMBLAKE WHEELERWPG
July 30, 2013AMPAUL POSTMAWPG
July 30, 2013AMMARK FRASERTOR
July 31, 2013AMMATS ZUCCARELLONYR
July 31, 2013AMDALE WEISEVAN
August 1, 2013AMROBERT BORTUZZOPIT
August 1, 2013AMJORDAN NOLANLOSA
August 2, 2013AMTREVOR LEWISLOSA
August 2, 2013AMZACH BOGOSIANWPG

Should be noted that Brendan Smith (Detroit), Alec Martinez (Los Angeles), Jake Muzzin (Los Angeles), Ryan White (Montreal), Josh Bailey (New York Islanders and Erik Condra (Ottawa) all received new deals after they filed for arbitration.

Update: Cross Tangradi off the list, as he and the Jets agreed to a two-year, $1.35 million deal.