{"id":417359,"date":"2026-07-30T01:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417359\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T01:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T01:07:08","slug":"macklin-celebrini-signs-massive-contract-extension-with-san-jose-sharks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417359\/","title":{"rendered":"Macklin Celebrini Signs Massive Contract Extension with San Jose Sharks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After watching Leo Carlsson get offer sheeted this summer, the San Jose Sharks wasted no time ensuring Macklin Celebrini doesn\u2019t even come close to reaching July 1, 2027, unsigned.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced on Wednesday that Celebrini and the Sharks have agreed to a five-year, $94 million contract extension that will pay the young superstar $18.8 million in average annual value. As of right now, he would be poised to become the highest-paid player in the league beginning in 2027-28.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrini spoke about his new deal and how excited he is to continue building in San Jose.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/sharks\/news\/sharks-sign-forward-macklin-celebrini-to-a-five-year-contract-extension\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Celebrini said<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier to sign an extension today. The faith and support\u202fthat\u202fMr. Plattner, Mike Grier and the entire staff have shown me\u202fthroughout\u202fthe past two seasons is proof that we are building something special here.\u202fMy teammates and I are ready to take another step toward the\u202fultimate goal\u202fof bringing a Stanley Cup to this city and its incredible fans.\u202fI\u202fcan\u2019t\u202fwait to get going,\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Celebrini will play out the third and final year of the three-year, $2.93 million entry-level contract he signed after being drafted by the Sharks in 2024. He racked up 115 points (45 goals, 70 assists) in 82 games during his second NHL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After watching Leo Carlsson get offer sheeted this summer, the San Jose Sharks wasted no time ensuring Macklin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-417359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","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\/417359","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=417359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}