{"id":90681,"date":"2020-11-09T12:11:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=90681"},"modified":"2020-11-09T12:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T17:11:59","slug":"cole-perfetti-entry-level-deal-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/11\/09\/cole-perfetti-entry-level-deal-jets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cole Perfetti Puts Pen To Paper on Entry-Level Deal With Winnipeg Jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2020\/04\/20\/cole-perfetti-scouting-report\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Cole Perfetti<\/strong><\/a>, the 10th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, has made things official by signing his entry-level deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">Winnipeg Jets<\/a>. The deal is a standard maximum three-year entry-level deal, with a cap hit of $925,000 per season. There&#8217;s a maximum average annual value of up to $1,658,333.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NHLJets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NHLJets<\/a> have agreed to terms with 2020 first round pick (10th overall) Cole Perfetti on a three-year, entry-level contract with an average annual value of $1,658,333!<\/p>\n<p>DETAILS \u27a1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xdwhu3DeHR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xdwhu3DeHR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rFcBmYEB1R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rFcBmYEB1R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Winnipeg Jets (@NHLJets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHLJets\/status\/1325838199176880128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Cole Perfetti Inks Entry-Level Deal<\/h2>\n<p>Perfetti became the crown jewel of the Winnipeg prospect pool when he was picked in the first round just last month. In his draft year with the OHL&#8217;s Saginaw Spirit, the skilled forward netted 111 points (37 goals, 74 assists) in just 61 games.<\/p>\n<p>Perfetti is expected to spend the entirety of next season in the OHL, so due to entry-level slide, it&#8217;s unlikely that his entry-level deal will start this season. The Jets can defer the start of his deal via entry-level slide for two seasons unless he plays more than nine NHL games in a single campaign.<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s very little negotiation power in an entry-level deal, this is still a great short-term value proposition for the Jets. Perfetti could very well be a staple in Winnipeg&#8217;s top-six forward group by the conclusion of this deal. That&#8217;s especially since there seems to be a natural changing of the guard in Winnipeg behind <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/scheima01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Scheifele<\/a><\/strong>, given\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/littlbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bryan Little<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s career uncertainty due to injury and the single year remaining on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stastpa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul Stastny<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s contract. Perfetti will challenge for that no. 2 centre spot by the time things are all said and done with this entry-level deal. His emphasis on possession dominance and stellar playmaking makes him an ideal candidate to play alongside <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/lainepa01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Patrik Laine<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>if he&#8217;s kept in Winnipeg. This signing overall represents an important step towards the future for this hockey club.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"Ppmj6P_sRcVbrCCQgucjsw\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1196649149\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'Ppmj6P_sRcVbrCCQgucjsw',sig:'HI4QWtJ9hqr77bZwRgwjHEMsgSUoycFmKizzuMtcPls=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1196649149',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cole Perfetti, the 10th overall pick in the 2020 NHL Draft, has made things official by signing his entry-level deal with the Winnipeg Jets. The deal is a standard maximum three-year entry-level deal, with a cap hit of $925,000 per season. There&#8217;s a maximum average annual value of up to $1,658,333. #NHLJets have agreed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3006,"featured_media":90682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33,4547,34,4548,3462,309],"tags":[3728,37,38,357],"class_list":["post-90681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jets","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","category-nhl-prospects","category-nhl-top-prospects","tag-cole-perfetti","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-winnipeg-jets"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}