Cole Perfetti needs a contract and Nikolaj Ehlers is entering the final year of his contract
Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe of the Winnipeg Free Press: (mailbag) Wiebe says it would obviously be better if the Winnipeg Jets could get RFA forward Cole Perfetti signed before the start of training camp – bridge or long term. A bridge deal is more likely, though they have some salary cap space if they go long term.
Forward Nikolaj Ehlers is entering the final year of his contract. At the beginning of the offseason, McIntyre would have speculated that Ehlers would have been traded early in camp as he may have wanted a change of position. The Jets will need to talk to Ehlers about the idea of an extension before the trade deadline. Would they like to do an extension? If he’s in the playoffs and doesn’t sign, are they in danger of losing for nothing?
Weekend Notes: Jarvis and Deferred Compensation, Tyler Johnson, and Filip Zadina
No movement on Nick Robertson and the Toronto Maple Leafs having some interest in Max Pacioretty
TSN: Nick Robertson requested a trade from the Toronto Maple Leafs back on June 30 and there seems to be little movement on the RFA winger.
Chris Johnston said the Toronto Maple Leafs are interested in UFA winger Max Pacioretty but they are not alone.
“He’s definitely someone the Leafs are interested in, they’re looking at him and I think Max has to make a decision for himself, because it’s not just the Leafs knocking on his door,” Johnston told First Up on. TSN Radio 1050. “Toronto, we talked about another lack of depth on the left wing or maybe a position they would like Pacioretty to protect…
“Toronto is not his only option so we will have to see. Not like he has a lot of them, but with the summer almost over here, he’s in a position where I think he’ll be able to sign a contract instead of trying and the Leafs are among the teams, think, with some interest there.”
NHL Rumors: Detroit Red Wings, and Philadelphia Flyers
Pacioretty returned last season from his second Achilles tendon injury to play 47 games last season with the Washington Capitals. He scored four goals and had 19 assists.
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