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Puck Pedia: The Winnipeg Jets have re-signed RFA defenseman Neal Pionk to a four-year contract with a $5.875 million salary cap hit. The deal buys two years of unrestricted free agency and has a modified no-trade for the final two years of the deal.

2021-22: $3.5 million salary
2022-23: $6.5 million salary
2023-24: $7.5 million salary
2024-25: $6.0 million salary

Neal Pionk, signed 4x$5.9M by WPG, is a top-pair offensive defenceman who has done what was previously thought to be impossible: improving immensely after joining the Jets blueline.