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Gabe Vilardi Locked in Long-Term After Career-Best Season with Winnipeg Jets
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, CANADA, JUL 21 – Gabriel Vilardi signed a six-year, $45 million deal after a career-best season with 61 points, helping the Winnipeg Jets win their first Presidents' Trophy, team says.
- Last Friday, Gabriel Vilardi signed a six-year, $45 million contract, a deal he called `inevitable`.
- Following the franchise's first Presidents' Trophy, Winnipeg finished with 116 points, driven by a career-best season from Vilardi with 27 goals, 34 assists, and 71 games.
- On Zoom, Gabriel Vilardi said the deal lets his family be `set`, adding 'Everything went pretty smoothly from what I heard'.
- Despite the extension, general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff said locking Vilardi in long-term was a top priority, and Vilardi will remain arbitration-eligible in the 2027 offseason.
- Looking ahead, Vilardi expects to compete 'in our window here of four or five years' while earning US$7.5 million annually through the 2030-31 NHL season.
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Jets' Vilardi glad to have avoided arbitration, calls extension 'inevitable'
Gabriel Vilardi said his contract extension was "inevitable" and he was glad to avoid arbitration. The Winnipeg Jets forward, a restricted free agent, signed a six-year, US$45 million contract last Friday.
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