{"id":492245,"date":"2026-06-21T20:31:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=492245"},"modified":"2026-06-21T20:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T00:42:36","slug":"bobby-mcmann-contract-nhl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/21\/bobby-mcmann-contract-nhl\/","title":{"rendered":"Bobby McMann Contract Details Setting the Tone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcmanbo02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby McMann<\/a> contract news announced today was set to create quite the buzz. However, as fate would have it, it was likely outdone by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/21\/nhl-rumours-senators-trade\/\" target=\"_self\">Brady Tkachuk trade<\/a> earlier today. But for the signing, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/03\/06\/toronto-maple-leafs-trade-middle-six-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">Bobby McMann was one of the more highly coveted unrestricted free agent<\/a> forwards as we approached the NHL&#8217;s free agent frenzy. Now, he will call the Seattle Kraken home for the next while. The deal for McMann is a six-year contract, with an average annual value of $5.75 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBYTUl0ZxC\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 6240px; aspect-ratio: 6240\/4160;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p><span>Credit Image: \u00a9 Alex Cave\/ZUMA Press Wire<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Today&#8217;s Bobby McMann Contract News was Overshadowed by Another Trade<\/h2>\n<p>McMann was only acquired from the Toronto Maple Leafs this past season. He is a guy who had to battle to get to this point of his career, and now he has really cashed in. Furthermore, McMann had to go through the ECHL to make it, and was an undrafted product of the NCAA&#8217;s Colgate University.<\/p>\n<p>As the Bobby McMann contract signing is done, there is one potential hang-up with McMann&#8217;s career projection, and one question yet to be solved. Can he be a 30-goal type guy on a strong team? Of course, McMann is banking on himself to be just that guy. And why wouldn&#8217;t he?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Seattle Kraken have signed Bobby McMann to a six year contract extension, the team announced. The deal carries an AAV of $5.75 million. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dk0ZmmzFfs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Dk0ZmmzFfs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TSN (@TSN_Sports) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TSN_Sports\/status\/2068846649367986680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Four times in his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/06\/20\/nhl-rumours-nico-hischier\/\" target=\"_self\">professional hockey career<\/a> he has been a 20-goal scorer. The first two seasons were in the AHL and now the past two seasons in the NHL. It certainly has arrived, and this contract supports that thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, he&#8217;s 30 years old, but he is also a bit fresher than others of his age. You can expect big numbers from him for the next three or four years, based on the eye test.<\/p>\n<p>McMann is strong, fast, and adds some scoring punch. If he can find consistent power play and top six scoring, there&#8217;s no reason to think he can&#8217;t be a great asset for a playoff contender throughout the years of this deal.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Bob Frid-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bobby McMann contract news announced today was set to create quite the buzz. However, as fate would have it, it was likely outdone by the Brady Tkachuk trade earlier today. But for the signing, Bobby McMann was one of the more highly coveted unrestricted free agent forwards as we approached the NHL&#8217;s free agent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4222,"featured_media":484136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5369,4547,34,4548],"tags":[7434,662],"class_list":["post-492245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-seattle-kraken","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-bobby-mcmann","tag-nhl-free-agency"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492245"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492358,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492245\/revisions\/492358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}