{"id":420045,"date":"2026-07-31T22:25:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420045\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T22:25:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:25:15","slug":"san-jose-sharks-re-sign-collin-graf-to-three-year-12-75m-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/420045\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks re-sign Collin Graf to three-year, $12.75M contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/team-page\/san-jose-sharks\/28\" target=\"_blank\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> have re-signed forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/collin-graf\/8484911\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/collin-graf\/8484911\" target=\"_blank\">Collin Graf<\/a> to a three-year, $12.75 million contract with an AAV of $4.25 million. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\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 said GM Mike Grier. \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<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 23-year-old recorded 21 goals and 46 points in 81 games last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In 121 career games, all with the Sharks, Graf has totalled 26 goals and 59 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 6-foot-1 winger was originally signed by the Sharks in 2024 as an undrafted free agent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The move comes days after the club signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/macklin-celebrini\/8484801\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.tsn.ca\/nhl\/player\/macklin-celebrini\/8484801\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a> to a five-year, $94 million contract with an AAV of $18.8 million. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Jose Sharks have re-signed forward Collin Graf to a three-year, $12.75 million contract with an AAV&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[6013,167882,88,90,89,9685],"class_list":["post-420045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-apple-news","tag-collin-graf-sports-hockey-player-player-nhl-api-8484911","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-sharks-sports-hockey-team-team-nhl-api-28"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420045","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=420045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}