The Nashville Predators have reportedly offered Shea Weber a salary of $4.75 million in arbitration, while Weber has requested $8 million. It's worth noting that the arbitrator is not required to pick between the two offers. He can - and likely will - give Weber an annual salary in between those two figures. That being said, it's still surprising that it's even gotten this far. The Nashville Predators are well below the current salary cap floor. It would have made more sense to us if they had offered Weber a lucrative one-year deal at the 11th hour to avoid putting their star blueliner through the unpleasant process of arbitration.