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Utah’s Logan Cooley Declines Reported 8-Year, $77 Million Extension

He starts his contract year with a market buoyed by rapid salary-cap growth.

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Sep 21, 2025; Denver, Colorado, USA; Utah Mammoth center Logan Cooley (92) before the game against the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagn Images

Overview

  • According to insider Frank Seravalli, Cooley’s camp rejected an eight-year offer worth about $76.8–77 million ($9.6 million AAV), which would have been Utah’s highest cap hit.
  • Cooley enters the final season of his entry-level contract and is set for restricted free agency next summer under 10.2(c) rules, making him ineligible for offer sheets.
  • He told the Deseret News he has left negotiations to agents Brian and Scott Bartlett, said he loves Utah, and emphasized focusing on this season.
  • Reporting indicates the Mammoth still view Cooley as a long-term core piece and remain willing to invest to keep him.
  • Coverage frames the decision as a bet on himself in a rising-cap market, with recent precedent deals like Kirill Kaprizov’s $17 million AAV and Luke Hughes and Jackson LaCombe at around $9 million, after Cooley posted 25 goals and 65 points last season.