22 Players Elect Salary Arbitration

22 Players elected salary arbitration in 2023:

Morgan Barron (Winnipeg Jets)
Will Borgen (Seattle Kraken)
Noah Cates (Philadelphia Flyers)
Ross Colton (Colorado Avalanche)
Brandon Duhaime (Minnesota Wild)
Vince Dunn (Seattle Kraken)
Cale Fleury (Seattle Kraken)
Trent Frederic (Boston Bruins)
Filip Gustavsson (Minnesota Wild)
Brett Howden (Vegas Golden Knights)
Tanner Jeannot (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Philipp Kurashev (Chicago Blackhawks)
Jack McBain (Arizona Coyotes)
Ryan McLeod (Edmonton Oilers)
Ian Mitchell (Boston Bruins)
Drew O’Connor (Pittsburgh Penguins)
Ilya Samsonov (Toronto Maple Leafs)
Brandon Scanlin (New York Rangers)
Jeremy Swayman (Boston Bruins)
Troy Terry (Anaheim Ducks)
Alexei Toropchenko (St. Louis Blues)
Gabriel Vilardi (Winnipeg Jets)

For teams that have an arbitration case, once the last case is either settled (meaning a new contract is signed) or awarded, a second buyout window opens.  Players with a cap hit of $4M or more and who were on the team's roster at the last trade deadline are eligible to be bought out.

https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/arbitration

Players filing for arbitration can no longer receive an offer sheet.

https://puckpedia.com/salary-cap/restricted-free-agents-rfa-qualifying-offers

Teams can walk away from an arbitration ruling of $4,538,958 or more