[Bleacher Nation] - Macklin Celebrini Signs Record-Setting Contract

This has been a crazy summer for young NHL players. And it just cranked up another notch on Wednesday morning with one of the league’s brightest young stars getting the biggest payday yet. When Leo Carlsson, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, signed an offer sheet that carries a then-record-setting $18M AAV (yes, I said then…), it changed the business for a lot of young players. Then Connor Bedard that has a $15M AAV with the Blackhawks; he was the first overall pick in f