Miettinen, 27, made the league-minimum US$450,000 last season while producing 25 points (11-14) and a minus-5 rating in 74 games.
It was only the second hearing to go through after Monday's case between Brooks Laich and the Washington Capitals. Already 17 of the 29 players that were originally slated for arbitration settled ahead of time.
Derek Roy and the Buffalo Sabres are slated for a hearing Friday. The hearings run through Aug. 3.
After taking the hockey world by storm, learn a bit about Ben Stelter's incredible hockey card that looks at the time when he got to take the ice with the Edmonton Oilers.
The Panthers came into the series as the higher seed, but Tampa Bay taught their in-state cousins a lesson about playoff hockey.
Nazem Kadri has flourished in the playoffs so far. And his performance versus the St. Louis Blues has the team on the brink of elimination and unravelling at the seams.
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