Would like to be wrong, but I’m seeing from Perfetti exactly what we’ve seen in his first few years. Slow thinking, moving and not very physically adaptive. I hope he develops. The bridge contract was the smart move. He needs to show more. Its not like he hasn’t been given the opportunity and the linemates.
Not sure if he will ever be a fast player in terms of playing fast or burst frequency. I am sure there's tons of productive players of similar paces of play as him. I have the nhl edge data dump actually and was going to see how different fwd point tiers compare in terms of top speed and burst frequency.
Idk about slow thinker though, I also disagree with elite thinker/IQ that ppl bring up.
I do agree he needs to show more and has been put in position - for the most part - to be productive. Obviously last year he had some time in the 4th and in the PB but was trending down in production from Dec onward.
I think if they could've gotten a long term deal done they should've went that route. I think most have the projection that he'd out perform a long term deal say in the 5M range. However, it's obviously not my money and the Jets may have had different ideas.