The Winnipeg Jets announced an eight-year, $49 million contract extension for Mark Scheifele on Friday, which will make him one of the highest-paid young centers in the sport.
Scheifele, 23, was a restricted free agent. He posted 61 points (29 goals, 32 assists) in 71 games played last season.
The Jets nonetheless missed the playoffs for the fourth time in five seasons since moving from Atlanta. They finished 12th in the Western Conference and were near the bottom of the league—if not at it—in every major category.
"There’s still so many times when I have a chance to make a play and I don’t," Scheifele said in March, per Ed Tait of the Winnipeg Free Press.