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Spoke to someone involved in arbitration case and very confident Lin and Novak will have their early Bird rights by July 1 - appeal or no appeal. This victory really means most on Novak front. They can re-sign him now. But whether they can do that much damage with mid-level exception depends on whether they are going to spend just $3M of it or the whole $5M, which would give them a hard cap. In truth, if they don't re-sign Fields, then they can probably use all of it.