The Montreal Canadiens and defenseman P.K. Subban are $3.25 million apart in the requested salary demands they sent to the arbitrator on Wednesday.

A person with knowledge of the filings, who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to release the figures, said Montreal is offering one year at $5.25 million, while Subban is asking for $8.5 million.

An arbitration hearing is set for Friday. Twenty players faced arbitration hearings this summer and another three teams filed, but the Vladimir Sobotka case is the only one so far that has made it to an arbitrator. That occurred because Sobotka already had signed with a Kontinental Hockey League team, and the St. Louis Blues filed to retain his rights.

Subban is the biggest name on the arbitration list, and if he received an $8.5 million salary, it would be the highest award given to an NHL player. Nashville's Shea Weber has the current mark of $7.5 million, set in 2011. He had sought $8.5 million then and the Predators offered $4.75 million.

An arbitrator generally picks a number between the two requests.

Coincidentally, Subban, who made $3.75 million last season, has similar offensive statistics to what Weber had in the two seasons before he received his award.

Weber averaged more goals a game (0.2 to 0.16), but Subban averaged more points (0.73 to 0.59). Their ice time and plus-minus are similar.

One difference is that Subban has won a Norris Trophy, and Weber has not. He was a finalist in 2010-11.

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