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 and not using a contract. The Jets could not agree with on comparable that has been floated on the market.
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Friedman: “You already know, Perfetti. It was, it was fascinating. We had talked about how, I believe quite a lot of brokers and groups sort of checked out it and stated that (Shane) Pinto was the, was the, was the, was the participant comparable.
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Not the group comparable. The group would in all probability need to keep away from that. However Pinto was sort 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 principally obtained the identical variety of factors, and he simply obtained that two yr extension from Ottawa within the fives.
You already know, the Jets sort of indicated , they don’t see it the identical means. And I get that, like, if I used to be a group 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 sort of should put that one away.
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However I nonetheless perceive what the group is attempting to do right here. I’m undecided everybody’s going to see it the identical means, 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 means. Once more, there’s nonetheless a niche, and we’ll see the place this goes.