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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 San Jose Sharks teenage sensation Macklin Celebrini<\/a> is open to signing a contract extension this summer after breaking the franchise record for points in a season in just his second year in the NHL.<\/p>\n

Celebrini has one year remaining on the three-year, $2.925 million entry-level contract he signed after being drafted first overall in 2024. He is eligible to become a restricted free agent after next season but can sign an extension any time after July 1.<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) \u2014 San Jose Sharks teenage sensation Macklin Celebrini is open to signing a contract…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5127],"tags":[1363,53505,53617,53504,2456,45203,1360,37437,96,144,508,155,5948,146,55198,4007,3572,40634,5,6,1460,5937,20985,5936,1352,1458,1832,1358,40627,1781,501,835,747,10339,517,285,20980,20982,4585,1365,33859,1833,1364,1355,1357,4,466,5949,292,5945,5950,1335,1366,13998,519,168,5306,5305,1354,1834,1361,24377,1780,44061,768,22353,43,5946,1783,4584,1362,2583,14,104,92,2706,1353,1356,279,7135],"class_list":{"0":"post-555914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose-sharks","8":"tag-american-ice-hockey-trophies-and-awards","9":"tag-canada-united-states-cultural-relations","10":"tag-canada-united-states-relations","11":"tag-canada-united-states-sports-relations","12":"tag-canadian-hockey-league","13":"tag-canadian-ice-hockey-centres","14":"tag-canadian-ice-hockey-trophies-and-awards","15":"tag-canadian-sports-trophies-and-awards","16":"tag-chicago-blackhawks","17":"tag-colorado-avalanche","18":"tag-connor-bedard","19":"tag-connor-mcdavid","20":"tag-divisions-of-sports-leagues","21":"tag-edmonton-oilers","22":"tag-first-overall-nhl-draft-picks","23":"tag-free-agent","24":"tag-hart-memorial-trophy","25":"tag-hart-memorial-trophy-winners","26":"tag-hockey","27":"tag-ice-hockey","28":"tag-ice-hockey-competitions","29":"tag-ice-hockey-events","30":"tag-ice-hockey-games","31":"tag-ice-hockey-governing-bodies","32":"tag-ice-hockey-leagues","33":"tag-ice-hockey-people","34":"tag-ice-hockey-players","35":"tag-ice-hockey-teams","36":"tag-ice-hockey-trophies-and-awards","37":"tag-joe-thornton","38":"tag-macklin-celebrini","39":"tag-men","40":"tag-mike-grier","41":"tag-most-valuable-player","42":"tag-nathan-mackinnon","43":"tag-national-hockey-league","44":"tag-national-hockey-league-all-star-games","45":"tag-national-hockey-league-all-stars","46":"tag-national-hockey-league-divisions","47":"tag-national-hockey-league-draft-picks","48":"tag-national-hockey-league-drafts","49":"tag-national-hockey-league-personnel","50":"tag-national-hockey-league-players","51":"tag-national-hockey-league-teams","52":"tag-national-hockey-league-trophies-and-awards","53":"tag-nhl","54":"tag-nhl-entry-draft","55":"tag-nhl-first-round-draft-picks","56":"tag-nhl-hockey","57":"tag-nhl-seasons","58":"tag-nhl-team-seasons","59":"tag-nikita-kucherov","60":"tag-north-american-sports-trophies-and-awards","61":"tag-oeg-inc","62":"tag-san-jose","63":"tag-san-jose-sharks","64":"tag-sanjose","65":"tag-sanjosesharks","66":"tag-seasons-in-american-ice-hockey","67":"tag-seasons-in-american-sport","68":"tag-seasons-in-canadian-ice-hockey","69":"tag-seasons-in-ice-hockey","70":"tag-sharks","71":"tag-sharks-macklin-celebrini","72":"tag-sidney-crosby","73":"tag-sport-industry","74":"tag-sports","75":"tag-sports-clubs-and-teams","76":"tag-sports-competitions","77":"tag-sports-management-companies","78":"tag-sports-organizations","79":"tag-sports-transactions","80":"tag-stanley-cup","81":"tag-stanley-cup-playoffs","82":"tag-tampa-bay-lightning","83":"tag-teens","84":"tag-top-level-sports-leagues","85":"tag-top-tier-ice-hockey-leagues","86":"tag-wayne-gretzky","87":"tag-western-conference-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}