Overview
- Perfetti signed a five-year, US$30 million extension that locks him with Winnipeg through the 2030–31 season, a deal announced publicly Monday.
- By finalizing the contract last week the Jets and Perfetti avoided a scheduled salary-arbitration hearing and gave Perfetti a substantial pay raise from his prior US$3.25 million deal with a roughly US$6 million average annual value.
- Perfetti said he expects to "take another big leap" after an injury-limited 2025–26 season that produced 12 goals and 32 points, and he enters the deal with 59 goals and 98 assists in 290 NHL regular-season games.
- The club projects Perfetti as a core second-line forward and a near-term mentor for recent youth additions such as 18-year-old centre Viggo Bjorck as Winnipeg integrates younger players.
- The larger contract tightens the Jets' short-term salary-cap flexibility and leaves unresolved trade speculation about goalie Connor Hellebuyck, a situation that could depend on how the team reshapes its roster this summer.