Overview
- The contract carries a $7.5 million average annual value through 2029–30 and doubles Pinto’s current $3.75 million cap hit.
- Reported terms include a 10-team no-trade list in the final two seasons of the deal.
- Pinto, 25, has eight goals and 14 points in 17 games while averaging a career‑high 19:23, leading key faceoff and penalty‑kill deployments.
- GM Steve Staios called Pinto an important part of the club’s core, with the agreement avoiding RFA arbitration this summer and delaying UFA eligibility.
- Earlier talks featured a reported eight-year, $52 million offer; with this signing, Ottawa has its top centers, including Tim Stutzle and Dylan Cozens, under contract through 2029–30.