Overview
- Colorado announced an eight-year extension for Martin Necas worth $92 million, carrying an $11.5 million average annual value and beginning in 2026-27 through 2033-34.
- The contract is heavily front-loaded with roughly $60 million in signing bonuses and includes a full no-movement clause for the first seven seasons, per multiple reports.
- Necas, acquired in last season’s Mikko Rantanen trade, has produced at a top-line level in Denver with 83 points in 2024-25 and a 2025-26 start of seven goals and 13 points in 11 games.
- The deal preserves Colorado’s internal salary hierarchy beneath Nathan MacKinnon’s $12.6 million cap hit and tightens a 2026-27 cap picture projected at $16.125 million for nine open roster spots, per PuckPedia.
- The extension removes a leading name from the shrinking 2026 UFA class, and insiders say Logan Cooley’s $10 million AAV deal helped move talks to the $11.5 million figure that closed this agreement.