David Pastrnak contract details: Bruins forward agrees to eight-year extension to stay in Boston
The Bruins are keeping their top offensive talent for the long term.
David Pastrnak has agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Boston until 2031. He was originally slated to be a full free agent after the season before reaching an agreement to remain with the Bruins.
Pastrnak, 26, has been with the Bruins since the team made him a first-round pick in 2014. He made his NHL debut in the 2014-15 season and scored 10 goals for Boston.
Since then he has become one of the top scorers in the league. He led the NHL with 48 goals in the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season and has scored 42 in the 2022-23 season — the second-highest in the league behind only Conor McDavid.
Retaining Pastrnak was vital for the Bruins, who own and paid well for an aging core of Patrice Bergeron, 37, David Krejci, 36, and Brad Marchand, 34.
Here’s how much Pastrnak will earn over the life of his contract.
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Contract details by David Pastrnak
- length: Extension by 8 years
- AAV: $11.25 million
- Free agency: Unlimited in 2031
Pastrnak’s deal with the Bruins will see an annual cap of $11.25 million. He will earn $90 million over the life of the deal.
The overtime begins during the 2023-24 NHL season and continues through the 2030-31 season, which marks Pastrnak’s 17th year in the NHL.
Pastrnak will become the highest-paid player in the Bruins squad starting next season. This title was previously owned by Charlie McAvoy who has an AAV of $9.5 million.
By now, Pastrnak had finished second on the team with an AAV of about $6.67 million, according to CapFriendly.com.
Pastrnak’s new contract will be one of the biggest in the NHL. According to Spotrac.com, he will have the sixth-highest cap hit starting next season. His contract will also be sixth in the entire league in terms of total value behind Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Erik Karlson.
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Career statistics of David Pastrnak
As previously mentioned, Pastrnak has been one of the NHL’s top scorers in recent seasons and has consistently been the Bruins’ biggest threat throughout his nine-year career. He has six 30-goal seasons under his belt and has crossed the 40 threshold in three of the last four years. The only time he didn’t was during the 2020-21 campaign curtailed by the pandemic.
As such, Pastrnak is expected to be a routine 40-goal threat throughout the life of his contract and may be in contention for his first 100-point season. Below is a look at his career stats from his nine years in Boston so far.
| season | games | Goals | assists | Points |
| 2014-15 | 46 | 10 | 17 | 27 |
| 2015-16 | 51 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
| 2016-17 | 75 | 34 | 36 | 70 |
| 2017-18 | 82 | 35 | 45 | 80 |
| 2018-19 | 66 | 38 | 43 | 81 |
| 2019-20 | 70 | 48 | 47 | 95 |
| 2020-21 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| 2021-22 | 72 | 40 | 37 | 77 |
| 2022-23 | 60 | 42 | 38 | 80 |