NHL: Sharks lock up Collin Graf on three-year extension

San Jose bets on a winger who hasn’t arrived yet

Three years. $12.75 million. That is the deal Collin Graf just signed with the San Jose Sharks, and it says plenty about how the club sees him.

Roughly $4.25 million a season is real money for a forward still learning the league. San Jose isn’t paying for what Graf is right now. They are paying for what they think he becomes.

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A rebuild that keeps adding young pieces

The Sharks are doing this the slow way. Season after difficult season, they have stacked prospects around a core that is only starting to take shape. Graf slots right into that.

There is a message in it too. Buy into the rebuild, and the front office takes care of you. In a room full of young players trying to prove they belong, that lands.

Now Graf has to earn it

The contract is signed. The hard part starts. He has to turn that faith into points, shift after shift, and prove San Jose right. The club decided it wasn’t willing to wait around and watch him walk.

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