NHL Rumors: The Winnipeg Jets may not see Shane Pinto as a comp for Cole Perfetti

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on the 32 Ideas: The Podcast – A Bevy of Extensions as Coaching Camps Start episode on Winnipeg Jets RFA ahead Cole Perfetti nonetheless with no contract. The Jets might not agree with on comparable that has been floated on the market.

** NHLRumors.com transcription

Friedman: “You already know, Perfetti. It was, it was fascinating. We had talked about how, I believe quite a lot of brokers and groups form of checked out it and mentioned that (Shane) Pinto was the, was the, was the, was the participant comparable.

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Not the staff comparable. The staff would most likely need to keep away from that. However Pinto was form of the agent comparable for, and the participant comparable, for Perfetti as a result of they’ve performed the identical variety of video games. They’ve mainly received the identical variety of factors, and he simply received that two yr extension from Ottawa within the fives.

You already know, the Jets form of indicated , they don’t see it the identical approach. And I get that, like, if I used to be a staff and I didn’t like that contract, I’d say, No, no, we’re not going there, we’re doing this one.

The one factor about Pinto is, I noticed somebody point out that Pinto was arbitration eligible. He wasn’t. He didn’t attain the thresholds of being arbitration eligible. So that you form of must put that one away.

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However I nonetheless perceive what the staff is making an attempt to do right here. I’m undecided everybody’s going to see it the identical approach, however I perceive why the Jets are saying that. They don’t like that Pinto contract. They don’t need to go there for a Perfetti. So their Level is saying, no, no, we don’t see it the identical approach. Once more, there’s nonetheless a niche, and we’ll see the place this goes.