David Pastrnak contract details: Bruins forward agrees to eight-year extension to stay in Boston

The Bruins are keeping their top offensive talent long-term.

David Pastrnak agreed to a contract extension that will keep him in Boston through 2031. He was originally set to be an unrestricted free agent following the season before reaching an agreement to stay 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 during the 2014-15 season and scored 10 goals for Boston.

Since then, he has developed into one of the league’s top scorers. He led the NHL in goals during the pandemic-shortened 2019-20 season with 48 and has notched 42 — second-most in the league behind only Conor McDavid — during the 2022-23 season.

Keeping Pastrnak was critical for the Bruins, who possess an aging core comprised of Patrice Bergeron (37), David Krejci (36) and Brad Marchand (34), and they paid handsomely to do so.

Here’s just how much Pastrnak will be making over the duration of his contract.

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David Pastrnak contract details

• Length: 8-year extension
• AAV: $11.25 million
• Free agency: Unrestricted in 2031

Pastrnak’s deal with the Bruins will carry an annual cap hit of $11.25 million. He will make $90 million over the duration of the deal.

The extension will begin during the 2023-24 NHL season and will run through the 2030-31 season, which will mark Pastrnak’s 17th year in the NHL.

Pastrnak will become the highest-paid player on the Bruins roster as of next season. That title had previously belonged to Charlie McAvoy, who has an AAV of $9.5 million.

Meanwhile, Pastrnak had ranked second on the team with an AAV of about $6.67 million, per CapFriendly.com.

Pastrnak’s new contract will be one of the NHL’s largest. He will have the sixth-highest cap hit beginning next season, per Spotrac.com. His contract will also be the sixth-largest league-wide in terms of total value behind Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid and Erik Karlson.

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David Pastrnak career stats

As mentioned, Pastrnak has been one of the NHL’s top scorers in recent seasons and has routinely been the biggest scoring threat for the Bruins during his nine-year career. He has six 30-goal seasons to his name and has crossed the threshold of 40 in three of the last four years. The lone time he didn’t was during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 campaign.

As such, Pastrnak will be expected to be a routine 40-goal threat during the duration of his contract and could eventually challenge for his first 100-point season. Below is a look at his career stats from his nine years in Boston thus far.