Overview
- The team announced a four-year extension at a $7.5 million AAV that runs through the 2029–30 season and doubles Pinto’s current $3.75 million cap hit.
- The deal reportedly includes a 10-team no-trade list in the final two years.
- By signing now, Pinto avoids restricted free agency and the contract buys two years of what would have been his UFA eligibility.
- Pinto’s start this season—eight goals and 14 points in 17 games with a career-high 19:23 average ice time and heavy penalty-kill usage—underpinned Ottawa’s push to finalize terms.
- Ottawa further stabilizes its core, with Tim Stutzle, Dylan Cozens and Pinto under contract through 2029–30 after earlier talks reportedly included a rejected eight-year, $52 million offer.