{"id":493887,"date":"2026-07-21T15:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=493887"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:03:22","slug":"john-marino-contract-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/21\/john-marino-contract-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Mammoth Re-Sign John Marino to Long-Term Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2026\/07\/09\/barrett-hayton-offer-sheet-3\/\" target=\"_self\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> announced Tuesday that they re-signed defenceman <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/marinjo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Marino<\/a> to an eight-year contract extension, with an average annual value of $6.75 million. According to <a  href=\"https:\/\/puckpedia.com\/player\/john-marino\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Puckpedia<\/a>, the deal also comes with strong trade protection. It includes a no-movement clause i<span>n year one, a no-trade clause in years 2-4, a 16-team no trade list in years 5-6, and an eight-team no trade list in years 7-8. <\/span>Entering the final season of his current contract, Marino will now remain in Utah for years to come.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"max-width: 1200px\"><smartframe-embed class=\"smartframe_wp_element\" customer-id=\"b0c95bc04383cef69c6b47df872135cf\" image-id=\"WmOBD9LuFJWK\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 3900px; aspect-ratio: 3900\/2610;\" ><\/smartframe-embed><\/p>\n<p>Credit Image: \u00a9 Anthony Nesmith\/Cal Sport Media<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">8\ufe0f\u20e3 more years of Johnny! <\/p>\n<p>We have signed defenseman John Marino to an eight-year contract extension. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FJG2S916Th\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/FJG2S916Th<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Utah Mammoth (@utahmammoth) <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/utahmammoth\/status\/2079597477800665462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>John Marino Signs Extension to Stay With the Utah Mammoth<\/h2>\n<p>After sending <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/durzise01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Durzi<\/a> as part of the <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/trochvi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vincent Trocheck<\/a> trade with the New York Rangers, the Mammoth needed to solidify the top-four in their defence. Although Marino already averaged 20:12 of ice time last season, he&#8217;ll likely see an uptick in minutes anyway. He could also receive time on Utah&#8217;s second power play unit.<\/p>\n<p>The final lineup won\u2019t be confirmed until opening night, but here\u2019s a look at the expected top-four. It will likely include the likes of\u00a0<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sergami01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikhail Sergachev<\/a>, <a  target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/w\/weegama01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-07-21_hr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacKenzie Weegar<\/a>, Nate Schmidt, and Marino.<\/p>\n<p>Marino isn&#8217;t a physical presence on the blueline, but he brings the same style as Durzi. He can play on both ends of the ice and is a great puck-mover, with an active stick. The 29-year old had a career-high 36 points in 80 games. If all goes well, expect Marino to follow up last season with another career year.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Bill Armstrong really took care of business this offseason. He brought in Vincent Trocheck, who was linked to the Mammoth for months. He signed Anders Lee, who was captain of the New York Islanders, and now locked up Marino. Trocheck and Lee are important veterans to have on a young Utah team that hopes to go beyond the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs next season.<\/p>\n<p>Once the deal starts, Marino will be the second-highest paid defenceman on the Mammoth.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo Credit: Marc DesRosiers-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Utah Mammoth announced Tuesday that they re-signed defenceman John Marino to an eight-year contract extension, with an average annual value of $6.75 million. According to Puckpedia, the deal also comes with strong trade protection. It includes a no-movement clause in year one, a no-trade clause in years 2-4, a 16-team no trade list in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5373,"featured_media":461885,"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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,4547,34,4548],"tags":[4522],"class_list":["post-493887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mammoth","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-john-marino"],"modified_by":"Levi Pike, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493887","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\/5373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493887"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493923,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493887\/revisions\/493923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}