{"id":416914,"date":"2026-07-29T19:15:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416914\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T19:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T19:15:52","slug":"breakdown-of-macklin-celebrinis-nhl-record-contract-extension-nbc-sports-bay-area-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416914\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakdown of Macklin Celebrini\u2019s NHL-record contract extension \u2013 NBC Sports Bay Area &#038; California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-six days after turning 20 years old, Sharks superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/celebma01.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsbayarea.com\/nhl\/san-jose-sharks\/macklin-celebrini-contract-extension\/1933080\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">record-setting five-year contract<\/a> Wednesday that carries the highest annual average value of any NHL deal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/signing\/10765\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrini&#8217;s $18.8 million per season<\/a> surpasses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nhl\/contracts\/_\/sort\/average\/dir\/desc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leo Carlsson&#8217;s $18 million<\/a>, which he just signed to remain with the Anaheim Ducks after they matched the Philadelphia Flyers&#8217; offer sheet.<\/p>\n<p>So, what does Celebrini&#8217;s new contract, which kicks in for the 2027-28 NHL season, look like? Puck Pedia provided a detailed breakdown of the deal.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrini 5 year $18.8M Cap Hit <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/SJSharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#SJSharks<\/a> ext:<\/p>\n<p>Year 1: 950K salary &amp; 19.85M Signing Bonus<br \/>Year 2: 950K &amp; 19.85M SB<br \/>Year 3: 1M &amp; 19.8M SB<br \/>Year 4: 1M &amp; 16.1M SB<br \/>Year 5: 1M &amp; 13.5M SB, No Move Clause<\/p>\n<p>Years 1-3 are for $20.8M in compensation, which is the most annual compensation\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PuckPedia\/status\/2082491022941302990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Most of the $94 million in the new contract will be paid to Celebrini in the form of signing bonuses. Only $4.9 million will constitute base salary over the life of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, Celebrini is set to play the 2026-27 season on the <a href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/macklin-celebrini\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">final year of his Entry-Level Contract<\/a>, which will pay him $877,500 in base salary and carries a $97,500 signing bonus and $3.5 million in performance bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini&#8217;s raise is well-deserved, as he broke the Sharks&#8217; single-season points record in the final game of the regular season, recording 115 points.<\/p>\n<p>The Sharks missed the playoffs, but Celebrini gave them a legitimate shot to end the drought last season.<\/p>\n<p>With Will Smith, Michael Misa, Ivar Stenberg and others by his side, Celebrini has a chance to carry the Sharks to lofty heights.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s news is just the beginning for Celebrini.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4l4mpADVRh5IPCdD2uRw1i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Download and follow the San Jose Hockey Now podcast<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forty-six days after turning 20 years old, Sharks superstar Macklin Celebrini signed a record-setting five-year contract Wednesday that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[26,1035,88,90,89],"class_list":["post-416914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-breaking-news","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}