The 25 most paid players in the NHL (Part 1)

If we are talking about how much the top NHL players make, it is worth noting that the league is still in a transition state. 

Before a new collective agreement was signed, teams would use a loophole that would allow players to make more money than usual if the pay cap was met. This loophole resulted in a rather irregular salary, so the results were corrected. 

However, some of NHL’s top players are still playing under signed contracts before the law comes into effect. This year’s list of the highest-paid NHL players includes eleven center strikers, eight winger, five defenders and just one goalkeeper. Here are hockey players making at least $ 8.5 million this season. Which of them are the highest paid?

Patrick Marlo, 8, 5 million dollars

After spending 18 seasons at the San Jose Sharks, the 38-year-old hockey player moved to Toronto Maple Leafs. And although the club was not trying to sign an experienced veteran, management had to agree to a three-year contract.

Patrice Bergeron, 8, 75 million

In 2013, the hockey player signed a new eight-year contract for $ 55 million which means he will most likely spend his entire career at Boston Bruins, as he will 36 years old when his contract ended.

Ryan O’Reilly, 9 million

He’s only 26 years old, and he spent his ninth season at the NHL. This will also be the second year of his seven-year contract with Buffalo Sabres, signed in 2015 and calculated at $ 52.5 million.

Henrik Lundquist, 9 million

Even with the restrictions recently introduced, the goalkeeper’s 7-year contract, which is charged over $ 59.5 million, proves that clubs still prefer to make such deals. Of the nearly sixty million forty that will be paid out to players during the first four seasons.

Zach Parise, 9 million

Minnesota Wild has proven that NHL likes giving equal contracts to their teammates by offering this hockey player and next player on the identical list of thirteen-year contracts in 2012. Each of them is designed for 98 million dollars.