{"id":690241,"date":"2026-06-07T18:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690241\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T18:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T18:41:10","slug":"sharks-combine-notebook-celebrini-negotiations-have-begun-how-to-improve-blueline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/690241\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharks Combine Notebook: Celebrini Negotiations Have Begun, How To Improve Blueline? (+)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BUFFALO \u2014\u00a0The most significant contract negotiation in San Jose Sharks history has begun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Sharks GM Mike Grier and agent Pat Brisson were spotted chatting together at the Combine by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mndamico\" rel=\"nofollow\">Marco D\u2019Amico<\/a>, and San Jose Hockey Now can confirm that discussions about Macklin Celebrini\u2019s contract extension have taken place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The 19-year-old superstar is eligible for up to an eight-year extension this Jul. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">There\u2019s no word on how deep into negotiations that the Sharks and Celebrini\u2019s camp are.<\/p>\n<p>But chances are, this is a top-priority item on Grier\u2019s off-season agenda, as it should be.<\/p>\n<p>So what will the extension look like? Chatter at the Combine with various sources suggested that these SJHN estimates for <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjosehockeynow.com\/san-jose-sharks-macklin-celebrini-extension-comps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Macklin Celebrini<\/a>\u2018s new contract were in the ballpark.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, San Jose has to improve the team around their fledging perennial MVP candidate, too.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what SJHN heard at the Combine about Mario Ferraro\u2019s status as a free agent, and thoughts on how the Sharks could upgrade the defense this off-season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BUFFALO \u2014\u00a0The most significant contract negotiation in San Jose Sharks history has begun. Sharks GM Mike Grier and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[271664,10784,831,271666,234865,4272,78526,6523,4273,78556,385,4275,112779,835,6531,99,6536],"class_list":["post-690241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-darnell-nurse","tag-extension","tag-featured","tag-filip-hronek","tag-john-carlson","tag-macklin-celebrini","tag-marcus-pettersson","tag-mario-ferraro","tag-mike-grier","tag-morgan-rielly","tag-nhl","tag-ryan-reaves","tag-ryan-shea","tag-san-jose-sharks","tag-sjhn","tag-sports","tag-vincent-desharnais"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=690241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}