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Player Discussion: Cole Perfetti 10th OA pick

LowLefty said:
I never said he was short
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No you didn't. But he is, by NHL standards.

Someone posted that if he was 1 inch taller we wouldn't be hearing about his size. I don't think 1 inch would make the difference, but 3 might. Then it would be, just wait till he fills out. :)
 
Mortimer Snerd said:
No you didn't. But he is, by NHL standards.

Someone posted that if he was 1 inch taller we wouldn't be hearing about his size. I don't think 1 inch would make the difference, but 3 might. Then it would be, just wait till he fills out. :)
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This is starting to become my favourite meme of the month

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JetsUK said:
Yep. Mighta landed on Ehlers.

Looking for a big year from Confetti. Maybe after he’s done his stint with Gary Roberts he can squeeze in a quick sesh at the Kyle Connor Institute of Contact Avoidance.

Would be nice to see him crack Wheelers top 3.

5’ 8” and rising.

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His he working with Robert's this summer? If so that would be a change from his past routine.
 
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Would love to see a Barlow-Perfetti-McGroarty line in the future. Cole likely needs a couple of 'greasy' wingers on his line to give him room to operate. But that may be putting most of the Jets eggs (their greasy eggs) in one basket.

surixon said:
Wheeler has always been high on him. I'm looking for a big year from him where he stays healthy and converts to the center ice position.
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Couldn't agree more surixon. I'm also looking forward to Vilardi given an opportunity at C, to develop into a dynamite 2-way C we so desperately need.

In the right situation and continued development by each player, both Cole and Gabe could be close to ppg C's in their prime.
 
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FlappyGiraffe said:
Recent interview with Cole: Perfetti ready to pounce

Sounds like he's 100% healthy now, and hungry to earn that 2C spot come training camp. Seems like he prefers playing C to wing if he had the choice anyway.
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Good article, sounds like had we made the second round he was good to go. Also looks like he's really used the extended time off to really train hard. I'm looking forward to seeing where his strength and skating are at this fall.

Also like the fact that he is raring to go, wants the center spot and will be back in the city to get ready in a couple of weeks.
 
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FlappyGiraffe said:
Recent interview with Cole: Perfetti ready to pounce

Sounds like he's 100% healthy now, and hungry to earn that 2C spot come training camp. Seems like he prefers playing C to wing if he had the choice anyway.
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Thanks for this. Plenty of food for hope here. I especially liked this bit:

I think we’ve done a really good job of drafting. There’s going to be some really high-end players for us in the future,” said Perfetti. “I’ve talked to all of those guys, spent a bit of time with Lambert and Lucius, I’m excited to meet McGroarty and Barlow. They seem like first-class people. It’s exciting to have those kinds of people coming into the organization, guys you know you’re going to spend a huge chunk of your career playing with.”
 
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JetsUK said:
Thanks for this. Plenty of food for hope here. I especially liked this bit:

I think we’ve done a really good job of drafting. There’s going to be some really high-end players for us in the future,” said Perfetti. “I’ve talked to all of those guys, spent a bit of time with Lambert and Lucius, I’m excited to meet McGroarty and Barlow. They seem like first-class people. It’s exciting to have those kinds of people coming into the organization, guys you know you’re going to spend a huge chunk of your career playing with.”
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I think he likes the org and the market. By all accounts he spends a lot of his free time in the summer at the cottage, golfing and fishing. All things that are within an hour of the city.
 
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JetsUK said:
Thanks for this. Plenty of food for hope here. I especially liked this bit:

I think we’ve done a really good job of drafting. There’s going to be some really high-end players for us in the future,” said Perfetti. “I’ve talked to all of those guys, spent a bit of time with Lambert and Lucius, I’m excited to meet McGroarty and Barlow. They seem like first-class people. It’s exciting to have those kinds of people coming into the organization, guys you know you’re going to spend a huge chunk of your career playing with.”
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Yea I noticed that part too. He is obvioulsy excited for the deeper team this season but yea he is REALLY excited about how the org has been drafting since he was picked. IF we want to get back to keeping and signing our players we need them to be excited about the future young talent being drafted like Wheeler and Buff were as they came towards contract negotiation time back in the day. We can’t piss away assets and draft capital anymore. We need to have a huge draft this upcoming June and for the next two seasons after. That is how we get back to being a contender, we need higher picks, more 1st round picks, and we NEED LUCK.

Pefetti has a great attitude about facing injury adversity early in his career. He is a critical piece now and the team will be his and Morrissey’s as soon as next season if he can transition to centre and take the next step. He is one of the highest pedigree draft choices we have had in the 2.0 era (top 5 Jet on draft day pedigree wise IMO). Cole is the beginning of our next core post dark age when our drafting sewered immediately after the Laine pick and up until the the point Perfetti was chosen (Samberg being possibly the only potential exception).

Perfetti’s ability to stick at centre won’t be about how well he defends because I believe he could be our best top 6 centre at defending since Bryan Little (not counting Paul Stastny since he was a rental) but sadly defending is optional with the Jets. His coach is from the era when Cole will only stick at center if he can win 5 out of 10 faceoffs but not 4 out of 10. Its not going to be about how well he plays the position if he can’t pass the mind numbing entrance exam. Good luck with your face off % Cole we could really use you as a top 6 TWO WAY centre and our orgs future might be hitched to how well you adapt at the dot (sadly I am not being sarcastic).
 
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ps241 said:
Yea I noticed that part too. He is obvioulsy excited for the deeper team this season but yea he is REALLY excited about how the org has been drafting since he was picked. IF we want to get back to keeping and signing our players we need them to be excited about the future young talent being drafted like Wheeler and Buff were as they came towards contract negotiation time back in the day. We can’t piss away assets and draft capital anymore. We need to have a huge draft this upcoming June and for the next two seasons after. That is how we get back to being a contender, we need higher picks, more 1st round picks, and we NEED LUCK.

Pefetti has a great attitude about facing injury adversity early in his career. He is a critical piece now and the team will be his and Morrissey’s as soon as next season if he can transition to centre and take the next step. He is one of the highest pedigree draft choices we have had in the 2.0 era (top 5 Jet on draft day pedigree wise IMO). Cole is the beginning of our next core post dark age when our drafting sewered immediately after the Laine pick and up until the the point Perfetti was chosen (Samberg being possibly the only potential exception).

Perfetti’s ability to stick at centre won’t be about how well he defends because I believe he could be our best top 6 centre at defending since Bryan Little (not counting Paul Stastny since he was a rental) but sadly defending is optional with the Jets. His coach is from the era when Cole will only stick at center if he can win 5 out of 10 faceoffs but not 4 out of 10. Its not going to be about how well he plays the position if he can’t pass the mind numbing entrance exam. Good luck with your face off % Cole we could really use you as a top 6 TWO WAY centre and our orgs future might be hitched to how well you adapt at the dot (sadly I am not being sarcastic).
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I sincerely hope Chevy has had a long conversation with Bones on this.
 
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surixon said:
I sincerely hope Chevy has had a long conversation with Bones on this.
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I've been hoping the Jets stop with the 'round peg in the square hole' strategy for years... They only time I've seen it is with Jmo last year when they finally set him free to be the best he can be.

Hope we see that in others this year and utilize our roster to it's fullest.
 
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ps241 said:
His coach is from the era when Cole will only stick at center if he can win 5 out of 10 faceoffs but not 4 out of 10. Its not going to be about how well he plays the position if he can’t pass the mind numbing entrance exam. Good luck with your face off % Cole we could really use you as a top 6 TWO WAY centre and our orgs future might be hitched to how well you adapt at the dot (sadly I am not being sarcastic).
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I wouldn't worry too much about this point -
I do think Bones (and many coaches for that matter), would prefer decent face off numbers with their bottom 6 (and especially 4th line) centers with the D zone FO's they are taking.
Staying healthy will be the biggest impacting factor on his success -

I also don't get the "coach from this era" stuff on Bones - as if Bones is unable to analyze the game beyond FO%.
 
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surixon said:
I sincerely hope Chevy has had a long conversation with Bones on this.
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Agree. It's a head-scratcher at times. But he did seem to note this element of decision-making after that comeback loss (COL?) and it didn't seem to be as big a deal after that.

(Maybe we need Cole to shadow Kevin Stenlund before training camp -- or wear one of those Mission Impossible Stenners masks.)

He's got such great tools to be a new-model centre, especially with MacG, Lambert, Lucius, Barlow, Salmo -- finally we have some really exciting complementary talent coming down the pike.
 
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JetsUK said:
Agree. It's a head-scratcher at times. But he did seem to note this element of decision-making after that comeback loss (COL?) and it didn't seem to be as big a deal after that.

(Maybe we need Cole to shadow Kevin Stenlund before training camp -- or wear one of those Mission Impossible Stenners masks.)

He's got such great tools to be a new-model centre, especially with MacG, Lambert, Lucius, Barlow, Salmo -- finally we have some really exciting complementary talent coming down the pike.
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Agreed. The big thing is it seems Cole has Chevy in his corner here. I think the org knows they are going to need a couple top 6 centers for ⁹the year after next. It's hard to think of a better time to integrate him there while you still have Mark and Lowry to do most of the heavy lifting while he acclimatizes to the position.
 
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