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Goal 6: Macklin Celebrini !!!!!!!!!!!! Single Season Franchise Point Leader !!!!!!!!!!!! Assists: John Klingberg & Will Smith Hockey San Jose Sharks vs. Winnipeg Jets : April 16, 2026

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i feel like a lot of people are downplaying mack’s leadership abilities on ice and in trainings like that is the most important part… yes, off ice stuff matters too but mack is literally leading/driving plays on ice and he is always giving instructions to other players… just listen to how the other players talk about mack and how much they respect him as a hockey player

In light of Mack keeping the C while Sidney Motherfucking Crosby is alive, well, and also at Worlds, I have to say: I agree. And the fact that the players voted for it themselves makes it even more insane and more special.

Personally, if I were Mack, I would be dying of mortification at the idea of having to boss Captain Canada around. But our Boyking is equal parts confident and ambitious, and that’s why people admire him so much.

I think people will be talking about Mack for decades. Imagine the documentary a few years from now, after we’ve won a Cup or two: his childhood, his early hockey days, his time at Shattuck and Chicago Steel, the first time he noticed Will across the ice during their BC/BU days, the exposé on whether they secretly met or spoke before summer camp (👀), and the whole mythos of him getting back up after losing gold at the Olympics and coming up just short of a wildcard spot in his Sophomore year.

And through it all, despite being 19 years old and approximately three apples tall, he still somehow managed to command the respect of his peers, NHL giants, and Captain Canada himself. History book behaviour I fear.

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@datadomNY: Which NHL forwards were the most impactful relative to their teammates over the past three seasons? Here's the top 30 sorted by 5v5 relative goals percentage and a look at their four most common linemates during that stretch. (minimum 1500 5v5 minutes played)

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Goal 2: Will Smith Hockey (and mack tying jumbo for franchise point record) Assists: Macklin Celebrini & John Klingberg San Jose Sharks vs. Winnipeg Jets : April 16, 2026

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Welcome to the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Club, Mack.

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YAYAYAYAYYAY

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Mack hit all his bonuses this year — both Schedule A & B — and is taking home an extra $3.5M

That's crazy! (Here's Will's break-down on performance bonuses)

So to summarize from the other post, the "A" bonuses are stat-based. You get $250k for each milestone you hit up to $1 million.

Then "B" bonuses are for essentially being a top-ten player or winning one of the big awards (Hart, Conn Smythe, etc).

As a forward, if you're top-ten in the league for points, goals, assists, or points per game played, you automatically get $2.5 million (or whatever your contract allows for. Had Will been a top-ten player, he would've gotten $2.2 million)

Put another way: "A" bonuses are individual milestones and how you ranked against your team while "B" bonuses are how you ranked against the league.

So for Mack's stats this season:

B - [Top 10 in Points] 4th in the league

A - [60] 115 points

B - [Top 10 in Goals] 7th in the league (tied with 3 other players)

A - [20] 40 goals

B - [Top 10 in Assists] 6th in the league

A - [35] 70 assists

B - [Top 10 in Points/Game] 5th in the league

A - [0.73 in Points/Game] 1.4

A - [Top 6 in TOI/Game] 1st - 21:19

A - [Top 3 in +/-] 1st: +8

B - Likely not winning any of the big awards but it doesn't matter because achieving even a single "B" got him the $2.5mil

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will's 100th point goal