In last night’s 4-1 Jets win over the Red Wings winger Cole Perfetti played a total of 10:40 and the most he’s played this season is 14:52 in the season opener. In seven games for Winnipeg this season he has one goal and three assists.
On the 32 Thoughts Podcast Jeff Marek and Elliotte Friedman discussed the usage of the 2020 1st rounder.
Starts at the 38:07 mark and goes until around the 45 minute mark.
One quote from Friedman:
“You have to make sure the agent and the player are on board with what you’re doing. The only thing the Jets can really do here is say to Perfetti this is our plan and this is where this is going. When you’re winning games it’s really difficult for the player to argue with the plan but you also have to put him in a situation where you’re saying to him ‘Hey we want this to change eventually. We want you to play more.’ He’s a first round pick, they’ve got a lot invested in him. He wants to play more, so if we want this to change and you want this to change, here’s the things you have to do and that’s it. You have to make sure the player understands what it’s going to take to change this and there’s a path to changing it because right now they’re winning games so you can’t really argue with it. But you have to give him a path to changing this. That’s the way I look at it.”
