The 25 most paid players in the NHL (Part 3)
Alexander ovechkin, 10 million
The player’s thirteen-year contract, which is over $ 124 million and signed in 2008, remains the biggest in the NHL. However, unlike the players who signed their contracts after that, he cannot raise the annual salary ceiling, so he keeps at 9.5 million per year.
Yevgeny Kuznetsov, 10 million
The hockey player is a limited free agent this summer, but he has signed a long-term contract with the Washington Capital, making him the second largest player in the club. Like the club currently has eight players with a salary ceiling of at least five million and these players receive 70% of the club’s 75 million ceiling.
Jakub Voracek, 10 million
The hockey player’s salary for the current season is $ 8.25 million, just slightly lower than Claude Giroux, the highest-paid Philadelphia Flyers, with a salary of 8.27 million. .
Corey Perry, 10 million
He played all of his 12 seasons with Anaheim Dax, now his contract goes on for another four years, until he is 35 years old.
Sidney Crosby, 10, 9 million
The hockey player was one of the last to use the loophole in the old contract system, signing a deal worth $ 104.4 million. His contract is up to 12 years and will not expire until the hockey player turns 38. His paychecks are distributed over a large number of years, and its ceiling never exceeds 9 million. This practice is no longer in use, as the term of the contract is limited to 8 years.
Shi Weber, 12 million
Like Crosby, the hockey player also signed a contract just before introducing the new rules, so his deal was designed for about 14 years. This is the last season with higher wages. Starting next season, his wages start to drop, reaching a million dollars in the 2023/24 season, when he will be 38 years old.
Angry Kopitar, 13 million
The player signed a long-term contract during the 2015/16 season, just before he became an unlimited free-player. And even though the player contract contains a transfer ban for the first four years, by 2020 this ban is significantly relaxed.
Jamie Benn, 13 million
The $ 9 million hockey player salary is the third highest among the winger. He is second only to Ovechkin and Kane.
Jonathan Tavez, 13, 8 million
The hockey player and teammate Patrick Kane signed an identical eight-year contract for $ 84 million before the 2014/15 season. Their salary of 10.5 million USD is the highest in the NHL.
Patrick Kane, 13, 8 million
Kane and Tavez are the highest-paid players at the NHL for the second consecutive season. However, this season will not be repeated next season, because Connor McDadid’s 100 million contract has already been activated and Carey’s 84 million contract with Montreal Canadiens is commencing.