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Blue Jackets, Jet Greaves to Arbitrate $7.5M vs $2.8M

7/23/2026

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The Columbus Blue Jackets and restricted free agent Jet Greaves will go to arbitration on July 23, 2026 in Toronto.
Greaves seeks a one-year $7.5 million contract while the Blue Jackets propose $2.8 million.
The arbitrator must award at least 85 % of Greaves’ 2025-26 earnings of $825,000 and can set any salary.
The hearing marks the franchise’s first arbitration and halts any further contract talks until a ruling is issued within 48 hours.

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The Columbus Blue Jackets and restricted free agent Jet Greaves will go to arbitration on July 23, 2026 in Toronto.
Greaves seeks a one-year $7.5 million contract while the Blue Jackets propose $2.8 million.
The arbitrator must award at least 85 % of Greaves’ 2025-26 earnings of $825,000 and can set any salary.
The hearing marks the franchise’s first arbitration and halts any further contract talks until a ruling is issued within 48 hours.