- McCarron signed a six-year, $19.8 million extension with a $3.3 million cap hit
- The deal kicks in for the 2026-27 season and runs through 2031-32
- Read below for the full breakdown and why six years of term raised eyebrows
Michael McCarron finally got his term.
Minnesota signed the 6-foot-6 center to a six-year, $19.8 million extension on Tuesday, and the team did not exactly hide how it felt about keeping him around:
Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman confirmed the breakdown at $3.3 million per season:
The agreement had been building for a while, with Minnesota closing in on the long-term deal earlier this week.
McCarron came over from Nashville just before the trade deadline, with the Wild flipping a 2028 second-round pick to land him. He has spent most of his career in the bottom six, which is the part that makes six years of term stand out.
His 17 points this season between the two teams were the second-highest total of his career. Across parts of nine NHL seasons with Montreal, Nashville, and Minnesota, he has 36 goals and 43 assists in 381 games.
What McCarron brings does not show up cleanly on a stat sheet. He is one of the biggest bodies in the league, he plays a heavy game, he kills penalties, and he can slide between center and wing.
Six years is still a long runway for that profile. McCarron’s previous longest contract was his entry-level deal back in 2013, so this is brand new ground for him.
He earned more trust as the playoffs went on, pushing his ice time to just under 15 minutes a night and chipping in two goals and two assists over 11 games. He made noise off the puck too, ripping Colorado’s Josh Manson as a dirty player during the first round.
Now he is signed through 2032, the longest commitment of his career, on a team that decided his size was worth the term.
