Macklin Celebrini Is Becoming Exactly What The NHL Was Afraid Of… The next generational NHL talent is here — and he’s changing hockey forever. Macklin Celebrini, the rookie phenom of the San Jose Sharks, isn’t just good — he’s redefining what greatness looks like. A Canadian hockey prodigy with elite two-way dominance, superstar IQ, and unreal highlights that are breaking the internet.
This is the story of how a 19-year-old turned the Sharks from rebuilding to relevant — and why NHL executives are terrified of what comes next. When a generational player lands on a team with nothing to lose, the system itself starts to shake.
Why This Matters for the NHL
Celebrini isn’t just another top draft pick — he’s the proof that the league can’t contain true brilliance. His mix of Crosby’s precision, McDavid’s explosiveness, and Bergeron’s discipline is creating a new archetype of NHL superstar. The parity system was built to stop dynasties — but it can’t stop generational greatness.
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sorry you can not say that the Blackhawks were not a better team then the Sharks for each of the rookie years.
Its not pronounced LANE….Its Patrick LY-NAY….if youre going to make videos about hockey that are THIS "involved"….at least get the guy's names right.
San Jose small market? The bay area, small? lmao
“In his first 100 games” Macky hasn’t even played 100 games yet, he just finished his 83rd game on Sunday lol
Laine sucks. Always has. Always will. One word comes to mind when I hear his name. Bust.
Not to mention, he scored within the first minute of his very first NHL game against the blues I was there to witness it 🦈
Why the random, way too loud music?
OK, this is coming from a sharks fan. Macklyn Celebrini is a great talent, but to call the sharks irrelevant is disrespectful to the big fan base that they do have, that has stuck around through the good and bad. Just remember, we did make a Stanley Cup run 10 years ago we could do it again.
Remember, Mack was under sold coming into the league. People didn't expect him to be on the same level as Bedard, he has already far exceeded the expectations he had
FYI, San Jose isn't a small market that the NHL is trying to "figure out". It is between medium and large, and a mature market. It's a city of almost a million people, and much larger than San Francisco (just 40 minutes to its north). Suppose you include the immediate metropolitan area around San Jose. In that case, you get almost 2 million, and the entire Bay Area–of which the Sharks are the sole proprietors of–has 7.6 million people. This is the same market where the 49ers, Warriors, Earthquakes, and Giants play.
As a point of reference, they own a larger market than Boston, but a smaller one than Chicago.
How do you not know how to pronounce “Laine”?
So celebrini can bring a new wave of fans in the 10th largest city in the us? The bay is 7.7 million people. This is exactly what the nhl wants. The warriors and niners (who btw also play in santa clara county) will probably start a decline soon and if the nhl can capitalize they can get not just the south bay but the east bay and peninsula.
What is this AI slop?
Bedard is a bust, one dimensional player, while Celebrini is way more complete, just look at Barkov for example, the best two way player in the league
I don't think it's just one player but he's a good chunk of why this team is going to be a good team… There is so much good young talent on this team.
Lololol San Jose a “small market” 🤦
The Bay Area is not a small market
8:25
Editing error with music.
Leave out Mitch, Bring in Macklin 😉
Echoing my feelings since day one 👏
Can’t hear the second half tho lol
Does Celibrini’s success really diminish Bedard’s success? Is it necessary to compare them to the point that you have to make Bedard seem talentless? Is Celebrini really changing the NHL? He’s not a Bobby Orr. He’s not a Gretzky. He’s no different than many other young players over years who were great .Enough of the incessant hype and click bait. it’s not a competition between Bedard and Celebrini. And frankly it looks like Bedard is having a great season so far and has become a complete player as well. Crosby won a Stanley Cup in his first 3years. I do not see Celebrini doing that . Nor Bedard for that matter. Just let them play the game they both love. I predict successful careers for both.
Celebrini has played with way better linemates than Bedard has and Bedard is still over a point per game player and if you actually watch hockey this season , you wouldn’t notice that, Bedard is not the same player as last year completely different faster, shoots more, gets into scrums, plays defense. Playing on a line with Dach Greene an outdated Hall in the past it’s not the same as having Will Smith as your linemate. I’m telling you wait until Frondell and Kansternov come up. Also, Bedard has the same amount of points in his first 162 games as Patrick Kane. No one is watching the Blackhawks, but Hawks fans and it’s a reason why no one is noticing the change in the Bedard.
You sound like you have sour grapes that he is not on your team. He is amazing to watch and comes across as a humble good person. The Sharks will be back on top in the next few seasons and not only because of Celebrini but because of the supporting players that Mike Grier has put together. He has done an amazing job after the shit show Wilson left him. The future is Teal and you can bank on it. Oh yeah, he's tied with McDavid for most points right now
San Jose is not a small market
The second half of this vid is unwatchable : ya gotta re upload my dude.
Stanley Cup era is loading again in San Jose! 🦈
At 8:24 the music coming in is so loud it mostly obscures your voice. You might want to ramp it down and re-release this video so we can more easily hear what you're saying.
8 minutes, check your sound… music too loud
His nickname should be Celly, Mack is taken
He's got the Gretzky Vibes. Haven't seen a player like this in a while!
San Jose/Bay Area is not small market. 5th largest in country. However, it is accurate to say there aren't a lot of hockey fans. Having said that, the sharks have an extremely loyal fan base. The sharks have been bad for seven years. Sold out to try and win cup. Came close in 2016. After, players got old ad there were a ton of long term contracts causing a mountain of dead money. It had been projected that dead money wouldn't disappear until 2027. Mike Grier has made several good moves to speed that process up. The Sharks deserve this opportunity to be great. They have been handed the smelly end of the stick, more often than not, since the came into existence. So, Let's Go Sharks!
I'm just here to tell you.The san jose area is not a small market. We're in the san francisco bay area we have over 7.5 million people that live in this region. San jose alone has over a million. We are the bay areas and northern california's largest city.By square footage and population. We are the third largest city in california. If you classify that as a small market, then I don't know what a large market is
Hey man! Love the video, but just a suggestion! 8:25 – 12:15 I feel like you had the background music way too loud, you gotta turn that down a bit so it doesn’t drown out your voice completely
This bot glazing is crazy. Do some REAL research on everything.
Celebrini came out his rookie year and completely blew everybody away by how talented he was and how complete of a player he was at just 18 years old. He came out his sophomore season and is blowing everybody away again. As a Sharks fan I often feel the need to pinch myself because it seems impossible we got this player.
Please remove the music and repost. Hard to hear what you had to say.
The video is dumb – nhl doesn’t care about Celebrini being a small market – if they did they would have rigged the nhl draft lottery
Whoever is on the thumbnail is not Macklin Celebrini
bedard is better
CONNOR BEDARD IS BETTER
This is the first time I felt that we got a monster. We can actually hoist Lord Stanley’s Cup. Stay healthy Big Mack. #GoSharks
Remember Wayne Gretzky? This Celebrini is like him but better rookie year.
"MoRe ShOtS pEr 60 ThAn SiDnEy CrOsBy" lmfao wtf kinda stat is that ….. Sid had 102 points in his first season WITH 110 pims… 222 points in his first two seasons…. BRUTAL
The Sharks had several seasons worse than 2023-2024. They lost 71 games in 1992-1993.
If your team thinks that Celebrini is the only threat on the Sharks your team is going to lose, and it is going to get worse as the younger Sharks continue to make the team. But let's take a look at the top two lines. Line 1 younhave Celebrini but you also have his best friend, Will Smith. The two line mate almost have a sixth sence of where each other is going to be on the ice which is why they are often assisting on each other's goals. Your team can put all of their attention on Mack and leave Smith wide open. Then you have Line 2m that on many teams would be Line 1, that consists of Ekland, Wennberg and Kurashev. Ekland is a man on a mission and this line has been lighting up the goal lamp as well. There is definitely room for the Sharks to get better and young stars waiting in the AHL to join.
can't really compare Celebrini to McDavid's early years. McDavid was on a team no superstars, either. But not only that, the front office mismanaged that team for decades up to present day.
It was unfortunate that Erik karlsson didn’t workout for us but in a way it was a good call by DW because now look at this young team. I’d rather have this really good young core instead of making it to the playoffs and not taking lord Stanley to the Bay Area.
I dont need AI to tell me this.