{"id":417541,"date":"2026-07-30T04:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417541\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T04:01:41","slug":"sharks-sign-forward-macklin-celebrini-to-a-five-year-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417541\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks sign forward Macklin Celebrini to a five-year contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Jose Sharks\u00a0(@SanJoseSharks<\/a>) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the\u00a0club has signed\u00a0forward\u00a0Macklin\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0to a\u00a0five-year contract extension worth\u00a0$18.8 million AAV.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn just two seasons as a teenager in the National Hockey League and on the International stage, Macklin has established himself as one of the premier players in the world,\u201d said Grier.\u202f\u201cWe are extremely excited to have him secured and committed as the centerpiece of a core of talented players in San Jose.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we continue our goal of building a team capable of annually competing for the Stanley Cup, we want to thank Macklin and his representatives for a respectful negotiation\u202fprocess, and\u202facknowledge the flexibility they have provided to the team in how we allocate future dollars towards the team being constructed around Macklin.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI also want to thank Hasso Plattner for his continued commitment and steadfast dedication to providing the financial resources to put the best team possible on the ice for our passionate fans, who deserve a winner in San Jose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t be happier to sign an extension today,\u201d\u202fCelebrini\u202fsaid. \u201cThe 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\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom our very first conversation, it was clear that Mike and Mr. Plattner were fully committed to Macklin\u2019s future in San Jose,\u201d said Pat Brisson, Co-Head of Hockey at CAA Sports,\u202fCelebrini\u2019s\u202fagency. \u201cMacklin is not only an exceptional player, but also an outstanding person, and we\u2019re proud to support him as he continues his journey with the Sharks.\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Celebrini,\u00a020,\u00a0finished fourth in the NHL\u00a0with\u00a0115 points, tied for fourth with 45 goals and\u00a0was\u00a0seventh with 70 assists in the regular season, helping San Jose claim the\u00a0second-biggest season-over-season improvement in both wins (+19) and standings points (+34) in team history, the\u00a0league\u2019s 10th-biggest year-over-year improvement in points and tied for eighth-biggest leap in year-over-year wins\u00a0in the past 30 years\u00a0(not counting the shortened 2012-13 to full 2013-14 seasons).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The second-year centerman, who ranked third\u00a0in the NHL\u00a0in even-strength goals (37) and\u00a0tied for third\u00a0in even-strength points (82),\u00a0set the\u00a0Sharks\u00a0franchise scoring record with his final point of the campaign, a goal that capped a three-point effort in the final game of the regular season. He completed the campaign factoring into 46.2-percent of all Sharks goals, the second-best such mark in the league this season and\u00a0best ever\u00a0by an NHL\u00a0teenager\u00a0or any\u00a0San Jose skater.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Sharks went 26-6-2\u00a0on\u00a0the season when\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0scored a goal, were 37-18-5 when he registered at least one point and boasted a record of 26-3-2 in his multi-point efforts.\u00a0His\u00a082 even-strength points and 37 even-strength goals were the most ever in a single campaign by a Shark,\u00a0his 18 three-point efforts tied Thornton for most by a skater in\u00a0any of\u00a0the team\u2019s 35 seasons\u00a0and his\u00a031 multi-point contests tied for\u00a0the second-most games with two or more points in a season in Sharks history.\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0finished 56 points ahead of the team\u2019s next-closest scorer, the widest gap for any\u00a0NHL\u00a0team\u2019s top scorer to its\u00a0second-ranked\u00a0since 1990-91.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Of the team\u2019s 37 wins in regulation or overtime (excluding shootouts), Macklin was credited with the game-winning goal or assisted on the winning goal 19 times (51.4%), and in the team\u2019s 12 wins that went into extra time (OT or shootout), he was a factor in eight of those wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n

By the end of the season, he led the Sharks in nearly every\u00a0offensive\u00a0statistical category:\u00a0goals, assists, points, plus\/minus (plus-8), points-per-game (1.40), even-strength goals\u00a0and points,\u00a0power-play goals (eight),\u00a0power-play points (33), overtime goals (2), game-winning goals,\u00a0and\u00a0shots (287).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

His accomplishments during the 2025-26 campaign were historic among NHL teens, with\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0joining Gretzky (1979-80) as the only players under 20 years old to claim a 40-plus goal, 70-plus assist season.\u00a0His point total was the third-best among teens in a single season in league history, trailing only Crosby (120 in 2005-06) and Gretzky (137 in 1979-80), and he joined the duo as the only three teens in league history to finish in the top five of a season\u2019s scoring rankings.\u00a0He now ranks fourth in career assists (108) ever by an\u00a0NHL skater before turning 20, fifth in scoring (178\u00a0points) and seventh in\u00a0career goals (70) in the age group.\u00a0His 13-game point streak from December 11 through January 10 (nine goals, 18 assists) was the second-longest in Sharks history and the second-longest ever by a teenager in the NHL.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The centerman was named NHL Third Star\u00a0of\u00a0December after finishing fourth in the league with 25 points, third at 1.79 points-per-game played. He was the league\u2019s First Star of the Week on Oct. 27 after posting 10 points (five goals, five assists) over four games in the preceding week, highlighted by a hat trick in a five-point effort at the New York Rangers on Oct. 23, the team\u2019s first win of the season, and was selected as the league\u2019s Third Star on Nov. 23 after tallying seven points (four goals, three assists) over four games, including two game-winning goals.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This past year,\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0also\u00a0represented\u00a0his nation at the highest levels of international\u00a0play,\u00a0appearing for\u00a0Team Canada at both the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics and the World Championship.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the Olympics,\u00a0he\u00a0became the youngest NHL player to be named to Team Canada\u2019s roster, and\u00a0led the tournament in goals, and finished second behind Connor McDavid.\u00a0Celebrini\u2019s\u00a0performance at the tournament was the best showing by a teenager,\u00a0en-route to a Silver Medal finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n

At the World Championship,\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0was named as the\u00a0Captain for Canada and became the\u00a0second\u00a0youngest captain for the\u00a0Senior Men\u2019s team at\u00a0major\u00a0an international tournament.\u00a0He posted\u00a014 points across 10 games and by the end of the tournament was named the Best Forward and the\u00a0tournament All-Star Team.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Celebrini\u00a0was named the IIHF Male Player\u00a0of the Year\u00a0for 2025-26, was a Ted Lindsay\u00a0Memorial Trophy Finalist, and\u00a0was voted Sharks Player of the Year by Bay Area media for the second consecutive season\u00a0after earning the\u00a0same\u00a0award as well as Sharks Rookie of the Year in 2024-25.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the course of his career,\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0has registered 178 points (70 goals, 108 assists) in 152 career games with San Jose.\u00a0He was the first teenager\u00a0in franchise history to score 30 goals in a\u00a0season, and\u00a0was a finalist for the Calder Memorial Trophy in 2024-25, owning the franchise record for\u00a0most assists and points by a rookie.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The six-foot, 190-pound native of North Vancouver, British Columbia was selected by the Sharks in the 2024 NHL Draft, the team\u2019s first-ever first-overall\u00a0selection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks\u00a0(@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Mike Grier announced today that the\u00a0club has signed\u00a0forward\u00a0Macklin\u00a0Celebrini\u00a0to a\u00a0five-year contract extension worth\u00a0$18.8 million…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-417541","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\/417541","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=417541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}