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Highest-paid players

CBSSports.com staff

According to the NHL Players Association, 74 players will earn a paycheck of at least $5 million this season. Below is a list of the top 50 highest-paid players in the league. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

Top 50 salaries for 2009-10
Player, Pos. Team 2009-10 salary
Vincent Lecavalier, C Tampa Bay $10 million
Sidney Crosby, C Pittsburgh $9 million
Evgeni Malkin, C Pittsburgh $9 million
Alex Ovechkin, LW Washington $9 million
Chris Drury, C New York Rangers $8.05 million
Daniel Briere, C Philadelphia $8 million
Scott Gomez, C Montreal $8 million
Dany Heatley, LW San Jose $8 million
Wade Redden, D New York Rangers $8 million
Jason Spezza, C Ottawa $8 million
Marian Hossa, RW Chicago $7.9 million
Brad Richards, C Dallas $7.8 million
Zdeno Chara, D Boston $7.5 million
Marian Gaborik, RW New York Rangers $7.5 million
Ilya Kovalchuk, LW Atlanta $7.5 million
Roberto Luongo, G Vancouver $7.5 million
Nicklas Lidstrom, D Detroit $7.45 million
Henrik Zetterberg, C Detroit $7.4 million
Joe Thornton, C San Jose $7.2 million
Brian Campbell, D Chicago $7.14 million
Daniel Alfredsson, RW Ottawa $7 million
Jay Bouwmeester, D Calgary $7 million
Shawn Horcoff, C Edmonton $7 million
Jarome Iginla, RW Calgary $7 million
Miikka Kiprusoff, G Calgary $7 million
Rick Nash, LW Columbus $7 million
Kimmo Timonen, D Philadelphia $7 million
Lubomir Visnovsky, D Edmonton $7 million
Henrik Lundqvist, G New York Rangers $6.875 million
Pavel Datsyuk, C Detroit $6.7 million
Dan Boyle San Jose $6.667 million
Paul Stastny, C Colorado $6.6 million
Corey Perry, RW Anaheim $6.5 million
Dion Phaneuf, D Calgary $6.5 million
Ryan Smyth, LW Los Angeles $6.5 million
Thomas Vanek, LW Buffalo $6.4 million
Patrick Marleau, C San Jose $6.3 million
Ryan Miller, G Buffalo $6.25 million
Chris Pronger, D Philadelphia $6.25 million
Daniel Sedin, LW Vancouver $6.1 million
Henrik Sedin, C Vancouver $6.1 million
Niklas Backstrom, G Minnesota $6 million
Patrik Elias, LW New Jersey $6 million
Jean-Sebastien Gigure, G Anaheim $6 million
Ed Jovanovski, D Phoenix $6 million
Paul Kariya, LW St. Louis $6 million
Anze Kopitar, C Los Angeles $6 million
Ryan Malone, LW Tampa Bay $6 million
Evgeni Nabokov, G San Jose $6 million
Scott Niedermayer, D Anaheim $6 million
Brian Rafalski, D Detroit $6 million
Michal Rozsival, D New York Rangers $6 million
Eric Staal, C Carolina $6 million
Tim Thomas, G Boston $6 million

 
 
 
 
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