{"id":9556,"date":"2024-09-24T06:48:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9556"},"modified":"2024-09-24T06:48:34","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T06:48:34","slug":"winnipeg-jets-and-cole-perfetti-ink-two-year-bridge-deal-for-6-5million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/winnipeg-jets-and-cole-perfetti-ink-two-year-bridge-deal-for-6-5million","title":{"rendered":"Jets and Cole Perfetti Ink Two-Year Bridge Deal for $6.5m"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/cole-perfetti.jpg\" alt=\"Cole Perfetti \" class=\"wp-image-9557\" style=\"width:300px\" title=\"Winnipeg Jets and Cole Perfetti Ink Two-Year Bridge Deal for $6.5m\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Winnipeg Jets and RFA Cole Perfetti signed a two-year contract at $6.5 million.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The player will earn $3 million this season and $3.5 million in 2025-26.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He could become an RFA with arbitration rights in the summer of 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As confirmed by TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the 1999-founded franchise the <strong>Winnipeg Jets<\/strong> decided to re-sign restricted free agent (RFA) forward <strong>Cole Perfetti<\/strong> to a two-year contract valued at a whopping $6.5 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bridge deal, which carries an average annual value (AAV) of $3.25 million, ends one of the longest-running stalemates with an RFA in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/hockey\/nhl\">NHL this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"29-goals-and-46-assists-in-140-regular-season-games\">29 Goals and 46 Assists in 140 Regular-Season Games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 22-year-old Whitby, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/ontario\">Ontario<\/a> native who proudly represented his country at the 2021 World Championship where he recorded two goals and took home a gold medal, is coming off a three-year, entry-level contract that he signed in November 2020 after being drafted 10th overall by the Jets in the 2020 NHL Draft.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5-foot-11 center who also represented Canada at the 2021 World Juniors where he scored two goals and brought in six points for a silver medal had a busy last season, registering 19 goals and 38 points across 71 games last season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He only played a single game in the Jets&#8217; first-round playoff loss to the Colorado Avalanche. 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