Confirmed Signing with Link: [WPG] Neal Pionk signed (4 years, $5.875M AAV)

[5cotland]

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[Agalloch]

How much will cost Copp ? They don't have much cap space and can use Bryan Little's contract on LTIR.

 

[ffh]

Worth every penny.

 

[Snowman]

You've gotta love that for the Jets.

 

[libertarian]

At a time when Darnel Nurse can command 9.25m AAV I guess this is par for the course. I like the term. The AAV? Not so much. Rather Pionk in the 5m range.

Jets have given themselves a 3 year window to win the cup with this core.

Is this core good enough?

 

[MardyBum]

Nice. What I was hoping for. 3-4 year window, 3-4 year contract to keep the crazy dman AAV down.

 

[BStinson]

That leaves around 4M or less for Copp?

 

[howkie]

Fina lly

 

[Auto Pilot]

Great contract. Underrated player. Gets paid less than worse dmen in Chicago and Edmonton.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

WOW!

That's.....amazing.

Great job Chevy!!!

 

[SenzZen]

Happy for Jets fans. Good deal for a good player.

 

[McHelpus]

Great contract. Underrated player. Gets paid less than worse dmen in Chicago and Edmonton.

Wrong

 

[pictman]

I love it ! Its been a good off season for Chevy.

 

[CupofOil]

Great contract. Underrated player. Gets paid less than worse dmen in Chicago and Edmonton.

This is a solid contract for Pionk but this is a ridiculous comment.

 

[SCP Guy]

Fair deal....he is a very good player.....4 years keeps the AAV down...a long term 6-7 year deal would have been in the high 6s so Jets could not fit that in

 

[wpgallday1960]

Very reasonable contract. In 4 years when the cap goes up (hopefully) his $$$ can increase for his next contract.

 

[snowkiddin]

You've gotta love that for the Jets.

It’s almost not fair the Jets get Pionk for that price in a market where Nurse is a $9.25 defenceman and Seth Jones makes even more.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Great contact considering the market for defenseman. After seeing the nurse contract I wouldn't have been surprised to see 7M+

 

[DRW204]

fair, reasonable deal. i wouldn't want to give pionk 6-8 years at 26 YO with really only 1 high-end year under his belt (under some extraordinary circumstances; no divisional crossing, shortened year)

he's been paired w/ some pretty crap partners here..... sbisa, kulikov and derek frickin forbort. he will likely have his best partner next year in dillon, so hopefully he can build on his great season he just had.

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Interesting career so far. 6.5M over 3 years is what I initially guessed. I thought he would push to hit UFA in his 20's and get a big long payday with a slightly shorter contract. That said, given that he hasnt been "paid" yet, it makes sense for him to capitalize and grab the extra year in case of regression or injury.

Obviously the Jets did well here getting the lower AAV over what will likely be the best years of his career.

 

[Kaen]

Looks good as a Jets fan, thought he would be in the ~6M range.

 

[north49er]

That leaves around 4M or less for Copp?

And that would be just about right.....

 

[King Woodballs]

Chevy doing Chevy things
Boom

#InChevyWeTrust

 

[bl02]

At a time when Darnel Nurse can command 9.25m AAV I guess this is par for the course. I like the term. The AAV? Not so much. Rather Pionk in the 5m range.

Jets have given themselves a 3 year window to win the cup with this core.

Is this core good enough?

I thought they were last year being in the North disappointing how they went out. Still like their team but hard to digest how they folded against Montreal when they could have had a legit chance to get to the finals

 

[Kaen]

Chevy doing Chevy things
Boom

#InChevyWeTrust

Let's not get too carried away after the defense we had the last two seasons. That being said, he has done a great job so far this off season.