{"id":811039,"date":"2026-07-18T23:26:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811039\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:26:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:26:18","slug":"breaking-down-cole-perfettis-new-contract-with-the-winnipeg-jets-illegal-curve-hockey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/811039\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking down Cole Perfetti\u2019s new contract with the Winnipeg Jets \u2013 Illegal Curve Hockey"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Video Description:<br \/>The Winnipeg Jets have locked up Cole Perfetti on a five-year contract carrying a $6 million AAV, avoiding arbitration and keeping one of their young core players in Winnipeg through 2031.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew \u201cHustler\u201d Paterson was joined by Murat Ates of The Athletic to break down why the deal got done so smoothly, whether it\u2019s fair for both sides, how Perfetti\u2019s injury-filled season affected negotiations, and why his offensive numbers may be ready to explode if he\u2019s surrounded with the right linemates.<\/p>\n<p>Topics:<br \/>Intro (00:00)<br \/>How the Deal Came Together Before Arbitration (00:09)<br \/>Is Five Years at $6 Million Fair? (01:46)<br \/>Why This Contract Works for Both Sides (03:33)<br \/>Why Perfetti\u2019s 32-Point Season Doesn\u2019t Tell the Story (04:57)<br \/>How Better Linemates Could Unlock Perfetti (06:23)<br \/>Where Does Perfetti Fit in the Top Six? (07:50)<br \/>Could Perfetti Play with Scheifele &amp; Connor? (08:45)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logoillegalnew.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Video Description:The Winnipeg Jets have locked up Cole Perfetti on a five-year contract carrying a $6 million AAV,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-811039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}