Winnipeg Jets training camp has started, but 22-year-old Cole Perfetti is still an RFA and not in attendance. What’s the hold up? Jacob Stoller looks at some comparable contracts to make sense of what Perfetti’s next deal might look like.

Perfetti's extension as an RFA is the single most pressing piece of business left for Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff.

Winnipeg Jets training camp got underway on Thursday with the Cole Perfetti contract situation hanging over the organization. Perfetti, 22, is a restricted free agent who has yet to come to terms with the team on a new deal. As a result, he was nowhere to be found as players hit the ice for the first training sessions.

The Winnipeg Jets and restricted free agent Cole Perfetti haven't reached an agreement for the extension of the forward but the player is confident that a new contract will be finalized ahead of the 2024–25 season, despite interest from other teams.

The unsigned Cole Perfetti is serving as the rep for the Winnipeg Jets at the NHL’s annual Player Media Tour in Las Vegas. It’s a sign that negotiations are speeding toward an amicable conclusion — hopefully before the Jets are required to report to training camp next week.

Cole Perfetti is representing the Winnipeg Jets at a media event in Las Vegas. Does that mean he's soon to reach a contract agreement?

While negotiating on a new contract with the only NHL team he’s ever played for, Winnipeg Jets’ restricted free agent center Cole Perfetti reportedly draws interest from other teams ahead of 2024-25.