Shane Pinto doesn’t want his contract situation to be a distraction

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: The 24-year-old Shane Pinto is entering the final year of his contract and is coming off a career-high 37 points in 70 games last season, as the Ottawa Senators’ third-line center. He carries a $3.75 million cap hit.

Senators GM Steve Staois said last week that he’s spoken to Pinto’s agent about a possible extension.

“I had discussions with his agent, I guess it was a couple of weeks ago, and I thought it was a positive dialogue,” Staios said. “They felt that getting the season started and not having it as a distraction was the way that they wanted it to go.

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