{"id":419830,"date":"2026-07-31T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419830\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T18:56:07","slug":"breaking-sharks-re-sign-collin-graf-to-3-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/419830\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sharks Re-Sign Collin Graf To 3-Year Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Jose Sharks announced that<\/a> they have re-signed forward Collin Graf<\/a> to a three-year $12.75 million contract.<\/p>\n

The #SJSharks<\/a> have re-signed Collin Graf to a three-year deal with an AAV of $4.25 million<\/p>\n

\u2014 Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) July 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Graf, 23, had a breakout campaign in 25-26, scoring 21 goals and 46 points. The undrafted winger flourished in a penalty kill role and showcased great chemistry with Macklin Celebrini<\/a> and Will Smith<\/a> on the Sharks\u2019 top line.<\/p>\n

\u201cCollin was a big part of our team\u2019s improvement this past season, being an effective penalty killer for us and his versatility in the lineup was extremely valuable,\u201d San Jose Sharks GM Mike Grier<\/a> said. \u201cHis hard working attitude and work ethic is a big reason why his game took another stride last year, and he continues to be an important person in our young group of players. We\u2019re happy we are able to keep him a Shark for the next several seasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graf has played 121 games at the NHL level for the Sharks after signing out of Quinnipiac in 2024. A late growth spurt helped put the winger on the map to becoming an NHL player after going undrafted. His role in the 26-27 season is a bit unclear, but he could start on the top line again.<\/p>\n

During Grier\u2019s media availability about the Celebrini extension, the San Jose Sharks GM said the team was \u201cpretty close\u201d to signing Graf. Per Grier, the two sides had been in contract negotiations for roughly a month.<\/p>\n

Mike Grier says the #SJSharks<\/a> have been in talks with other RFAs Collin Graf and Will Smith over the course of the last month. Says they are \u201cpretty close\u201d with Graf\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Max Miller (@Real_Max_Miller) July 29, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Graf will be an RFA when the contract expires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks announced that they have re-signed forward Collin Graf to a three-year $12.75 million contract.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3524,4388,1035,4401,88,90,89,98,69804,3939,755,3578],"class_list":["post-419830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-collin-graf","tag-contract-extension","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-mike-grier","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sharks-contracts","tag-sharks-line-combinations","tag-sj-sharks","tag-will-smith"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419830","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=419830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}