If it comes about how much the top players in the NHL are making, it is worth noting that the league is still in transition. Before the new collective bargaining agreement was signed, teams used a loophole that would allow players to earn more than they would normally receive if the salary caps were met. This loophole led to some rather unusual salaries, so it was corrected as a result. However, some of the top players in the NHL are still playing on contracts prior to the entry into force of the new rules. The list of the highest paid NHL players this year includes eleven center forwards, eight wing players, five defenders and just one goalkeeper. Here are the hockey players who will make at least $ 8.5 million this season. Who is the highest paid among them?
Patrick Marlowe, $ 8.5 million
After spending 18 seasons with the San Jose Sharks, the 38-year-old moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Although the club did not have to try to sign the experienced veteran, the management had to agree to a three-year contract.
Patrice Bergeron, 8.75 million
In 2013, the hockey player signed a new 8-year contract worth $ 55 million, which means he is likely to spend his entire career with the Boston Bruins, as he will be 36 when his contract ends. ...
Ryan O "Riley, 9 million
He is only 26 years old and is already in his ninth season in the NHL. It will also mark the second year of his $ 52.5 million seven-year deal with the Buffalo Sabers in 2015.
Henrik Lundqvist $ 9 million
Even with the recently introduced restrictions, the goalkeeper's seven-year, $ 59.5 million contract proves that clubs love to do these deals anyway. Of the nearly sixty million, forty will be paid to the player during the first four seasons.
Zach Parise, 9 million
The Minnesota Wild proved that the NHL loves to give the same contracts to teammates by offering this hockey player and the next player on the list identical 13-year contracts in 2012. Each of them is designed for $ 98 million.
Ryan Suter $ 9 million
Like subsequent hockey players, this player managed to sign a contract before the new rules were introduced. During the last two seasons, during which he will be 38 and 39 years old, respectively, he will earn one million dollars.
Claude Giroud, 9 million
This player still has five years of a valid contract, which contains a condition prohibiting him from moving to another club. This means he will be with the Philadelphia Flyers until at least 33 years of age.
Leon Dreiseitl, 9 million
The Edmonton Oilers signed this player long before he turned 22, and after moving to the center he is likely to be one of the team's key players for a long time.
Phil Kessel $ 9 million
This is one of the key players " Pittsburgh Penguins", Whose contract is designed for as long as eight years. Under this contract, he will receive $ 64 million.
Brent Seabrook $ 9 million
The hockey player still has seven years of his contract, but he will only receive $ 6.9 million a year until he reaches the age of 38.
Aaron Ekblad, 9 million
The contract of this defender has caused quite serious confusion in the system of contracts of hockey players playing in this position. The bar was raised too high for most players.
Ryan Getzlaf, $ 9.25 million
The hockey player's contract is for eight years, and it includes a clause prohibiting his sale until the very end of the agreement.
Stephen Stamkos, 9.5 million
This player has signed a new contract with Tampa Bay Lightning”Even considering that he could earn much more if he became a free agent. Unfortunately, however, he only played 17 games in his first season under his new contract, suffering a knee injury and being eliminated before the end of the season.
Evgeni Malkin, 9.5 million
Sometime after the hockey player signed a new contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, his father caused a storm in the press, stating that his son had turned down a larger offer from the Dallas Stars, although at that time he was still not. free agent. The club denies the fact that its representatives have ever contacted the hockey player.
Alexander Ovechkin, 10 million
The $ 124 million, thirteen-year contract signed in 2008 is still the largest in the NHL. However, unlike players who signed their contracts later, he cannot increase the annual salary ceiling, so it remains at 9.5 million per year.
Evgeny Kuznetsov, 10 million
The ice hockey player was a limited free agent this summer, but has signed a long-term contract with the Washington Capitals, making him the club's second-highest paid player. Also, the club now has eight players with a salary ceiling of at least five million, and these players receive 70 percent of the club's total 75 million ceiling.
Jakub Voracek, 10 million
The hockey player has a salary ceiling of $ 8.25 million this season, just slightly less than the highest paid Philadelphia Flyers player Claude Giroud, who has a salary ceiling of $ 8.275 million.
Corey Perry, 10 million
He played all of his 12 seasons with the Anaheim Ducks and now has a four-year contract until he turns 35.
Sydney Crosby, 10.9 million
The hockey player was one of the last players to exploit a loophole in the old contract system, signing a $ 104.4 million deal. His contract is calculated for 12 years and will not expire until the hockey player turns 38 years old. His salary was spread over a large number of years, and its ceiling never exceeded 9 million. This practice is no longer used as the contract length is limited to 8 years.
Pee-Key Subban, 11 million
The salary ceiling of 9 million is the highest for a defensive player in the NHL. In addition, he is the only defender to make the top 15 with the highest salary ceilings in the NHL.
Shea Weber, 12 million
Like Crosby, this hockey player also signed his contract just before the introduction of the new rules, so his agreement lasts a full 14 years. This is the last season with a higher salary. Starting next season, his salary begins to decline, reaching $ 1 million in the 2023-24 season, when he will be 38 years old.
Anzhe Kopitar, 13 million
This player signed a long-term contract in the 2015/16 season, right before he was supposed to become an unlimited free agent. And although the player's contract stipulates a ban on transfers for the first four years, in 2020 this ban will be significantly relaxed.
Jamie Benn, 13 million
This hockey player's salary ceiling of $ 9.5 million is the third highest among flank players. He is second only to Ovechkin and Kane.
Jonathan Toews, 13.8 million
The hockey player and teammate Patrick Kane signed identical eight-year contracts worth $ 84 million ahead of the 2014/15 season. Their salary ceiling, at $ 10.5 million, is the highest in the NHL.
Patrick Kane, 13.8 million
Kane and Toews are the highest paid players in the NHL for the second straight season. This will not happen again next season, however, as Connor McDavid's 100 millionth contract with the Edmonton Oilers is activated and Cary Price's 84 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens kicks off.
Hockey Is one of the most popular types sport, however, there is still debate about its origin. Officially, Canada is considered its "parent", but researchers in this area do not miss an opportunity to cite a hypothesis or an example where the origin of the game is attributed to an earlier period. For example, in Dutch paintings of the sixteenth century, you can observe the game of people on ice, which is characterized by some of the features of hockey.
However, most people today do not care where this sport came from, they just watch and enjoy the game of their favorite teams, making this sport one of the most expensive. At the moment there are many clubs and players, but only a few are paid fabulous money. They are the ones who are included in top hockey players for which the clubs do not spare fees, and their price in some cases, it can amount to millions of dollars. So who bears the title " the most expensive hockey player in the world».
We present our list of the top 5 most famous, expensive and highest paid athletes.
5th place - Ryan Suter - $ 12.1 million
Player rating:
- 1. Club: Minnesota Wild
- 2. Country: USA
- 3. Role: Defender
- 5. Advertising: 125 thousand dollars.
Suter was born into a family of talented athletes on February 21, 1981: both father and uncle shone at the Olympic Games.
Suter is a professional American sportsman who is the defender of the Minnesota Wild NHL club. Suter joined Minnesota Wild ahead of the 2012-2103 season as a free agent, signing a $ 98 million deal for 13 years. On the ice, Suter earns $ 12 million a year, and last year his advertising contract with Gillette brought him another $ 125,000. The razor maker connected the entire Suter family to advertising, because his father - in 1980, became an Olympic champion, Uncle Gary - a silver medalist at the Olympics.
Suter's Achievements:
- 1. As part of the US national team, Silver medalist at the 2010 Olympic Games.
- 2. In the 2012/2013 season he was nominated for the Norris Trophy.
- 3. World champion among youth teams.
- 4. World champion among junior teams.
- 5. Participant in the NHL All-Star Game.
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4th place - Zach Parise - $ 12.8 million
Player rating:
- 1. Club: Minnesota Wild
- 2. Country: USA
- 3. Position: Forward
- 4. Contract: $ 12 million.
- 5. Advertising: 800 thousand dollars.
Zach Parise is an American sportsman whose role is the left-handed striker of the NHL Minnesota Wild. He has two nicknames: "Attacking Zach" and "Zi-Par".
As part of the US national team, he participated in the 2005, 2007 and 2008 World Championships, including Olympic Games in Vancouver, where he reached the final of the competition. In 2008, he played 7 matches at the World Cup, where he scored 8 points according to the goal + pass system, only Phil Kessel was ahead of him. At the Olympic Games, he scored 8 points in 6 games. In the final of the Olympics, he scored the puck 35 seconds before the siren, leveling. However, his team still lost in overtime. He was a member of all stars in 2009, and in 2014 at the Sochi Olympics he was chosen as the captain of the national team.
In the club, Zach Parise's salary is 12 million dollars a year, and another 800 thousand were brought to him by advertising contracts with the brands Got chocolate milk, Chobani and Ralph Lauren.
Achievements of Zach Parise:
- 1. 2007 - Participant in the NHL Young Stars Match.
- 2. 2009 - Participant in the All-Star Game.
- 3.2010 - Silver medalist of the Olympic Games in Vancouver.
3rd place - Shea Weber - $ 14.1 million
Player rating:
- 1. Club: Nashville Predators
- 2. Country: Canada
- 3. Role: Defender
- 4. Contract: $ 14 million.
- 5. Advertising: 100 thousand dollars.
Shea Michael Weber - born August 14, 1985, quarterback, currently plays for the Nashville Predators, an NHL team. He is her captain. World Champion 2007 and Olympic Champion 2010 and 2014.
Shea Weber has a 14-year contact with the "predators", according to him, during this time he will earn 110 million dollars. In the 2013-2014 season, the contract will bring the club captain $ 14 million, and he will also receive $ 100,000 from advertising contracts.
Shea Weber became famous for his very aggressive style of play. Then, however, the athlete settled down somewhat. He has not lost his aggressiveness even as a defender, but the former "records" in the form of 167 penalty minutes per season in his arsenal no longer exist.
Weber is a member of the Canadian national team, the best defender and captain of the "Nashville Predators" team, captain
Shea Weber's Achievements:
- 1. Champion youth championship the world.
- 2. Winner of the World Championship in Moscow and Switzerland.
- 3. Champion of the Olympic Games in Vancouver and Sochi.
2nd place - Sidney Crosby - $ 16.5 million
Player rating:
- 1. Club: Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2. Country: Canada
- 3. Position: Forward
- 4. Contract: $ 12 million.
- 5. Advertising: $ 4.5 million.
Despite a series of injuries that happened to him in last years, Canada's Olympic captain and the Penguins remain one of the highest paid athletes on the ice. For the 2013-2014 season, under a contract with the club, Crosby will receive $ 12 million. In addition, for advertisers, Sidney Crosby is one of the most profitable athletes. On contracts with Gatorade, Bell, Tim Hortons and Reebok for last year he made another $ 4.5 million. In 2007, Crosby signed a contract with Reebok to create his own clothing line, SC87. Shoes, clothing and hockey equipment are produced under this brand.
Sidney Crosby's achievements:
- 1. Top scorer of the World Championship
- 2. The best striker of the world championship.
- 3. Member of the symbolic team of the world championship.
- 4. Olympic champion.
1st place - Alexander Ovechkin - $ 16.8 million
The undisputed leader of our top 5 is Alexander Ovechkin, earning $ 16.8 million.
Player rating:
- 1. Club: Washington Capitals
- 2. Country: Russia
- 3. Position: Forward
- 4. Contract: $ 9.5 million.
- 5. Advertising: $ 7 million.
Ovechkin made his debut for the national team at the age of 17 as a pupil of HC Dynamo. Thus, he became the youngest player in the Russian national team.
In 2008, the Washington Capitals captain signed a record-breaking $ 124 million contract with the club in NHL history for 13 years. He is paid $ 9.5 million a year on the ice. About $ 7 million more come from advertising contracts with Procter & Gamble, Nike, Verizon, Kraft Canada and Bauer.
Achievements of Alexander Ovechkin:
- 1. Four-time All-Star Competitor.
- 2. Threefold best sniper regular season
- 3. Three-time Most Valuable Player
- 4. Winner of many NHL titles and awards.
- 5. World Champion.
The podium, as you can see, is occupied by a Russian player, but what are the salaries of our, domestic footballers? How much do not top players get, but ordinary ones,
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Today we propose to get acquainted with Top 10 largest NHL contracts in 2012
Even people far from sports know that the highest paid hockey players play mostly in the NHL. Multimillion-dollar contracts are concluded for more than one year. Clubs get a player at their disposal for 7-10, or even 12-15 years.
Breaking such a contract is not easy - the penalty, as a rule, reaches enormous proportions. And, nevertheless, talented hockey players gladly surrender themselves to the power of the managers of the club that pays the most, because the career of a professional player is short.
10.Marian Hossa, $ 68 million contract, 12 years
The Slovak forward has been playing for the Chicago club since 2009. By the way, the younger brother of striker Marcel Gossa is a hockey player of the Continental Hockey League.
9.Mike Richards, $ 69 million, 12 years
8. Duncan Keith, $ 72 million, 13 years
2010 Stanley Cup winner and 2010 Winter Olympics champion for the Canadian national team has been playing for the Chicago Blackhawks since 2005.
7.Henrik Zetterberg (Carl Henrik Zetterberg), $ 73 million, 12 years
Henk holds the titles of Olympic Champion, Stanley Cup Winner and World Champion. The Swede has been playing for the Detroit Red Wings with a short break since 2002.
6.Vincent Lecavalier, $ 85 million, 11 years
Most expensive hockey contracts, as a rule, are concluded for a considerable period. Lecavalier's current contract is the shortest of the ten.
The deadline was likely based on the age of the 32-year-old captain and center-forward of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
5. Zachary Justin "Zach" Parise, $ 98 million, 13 years
Attacking Zach moved to Minnesota from the New Jersey Devils, where he played for the past 6 seasons.
4. Ryan Suter, $ 98 million, 13 years
Suter is a silver medalist at the 2010 Olympics with the US team. This year he moved to Minnesota from the Nashville Predators.
3. Ilya Kovalchuk, $ 100 million, 15 years
The most expensive hockey players, including two Russians, were in the top three of our Top 10. Kovalchuk plays for New Jersey in the super forward rank. Moreover, the club's management offered Ilya a contract for 17 years, but the NHL did not agree with such a period. As a result, the parties came to an agreement, securing Kovalchuk for New Jersey for 15 years.
2.Sidney Patrick Crosby, $ 104.4 million, 12 years
The largest NHL contract awarded this year will go into effect in the summer of 2013. By the way, the Pittsburgh Penguins captain's contract is not insured against early retirement. This means that Crosby will receive a solid salary until 2025, even if he cannot go on the ice.
1.Alexander Ovechkin, $ 124 million, term of 13 years
The most expensive contract was signed until 2021 and brings "Alexander the Great" $ 9.5 million per season. It was Ovechkin's contract, signed in 2008, that became the first in the history of hockey to exceed the 100 million mark. Ovechkin has been with the Washington Capitals since 2005.
And not a single Russian.
The World Cup in Denmark brought together a large number of NHL superstars. The national teams of Canada and the United States have players with huge contracts. But the most expensive Russian players still continue to fight in the Stanley Cup and did not come to Copenhagen. We have compiled the ten most expensive ice hockey players in the world championship by calculating their salaries this season.
10. Jordan Eberle regularly plays for the Canadian national team at the World Championships. The fact is that his club, the New York Islanders, rarely make the playoffs. But as part of the Islanders, Eberle is one of the most expensive players. He makes $ 6 million per season.
9. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins receives $ 6 million at Edmonton.
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins / Photo: © RIA Novosti / Alexey Kudenko
8. Bo Horvat, despite his surname, plays for the Canadian national team. In Vancouver, the forward received $ 6.5 million over the past season.
7. Defender of the St. Louis Blues Colton Pariko received $ 6 and a half million this season at the St. Louis Blues.
6. Defense leader and highest paid player for Sweden and Arizona Coyotes Oliver Ekman-Larsson earned $ 6.5 million as an NHL outsider.
5. Leader of the Calgary Flames Johnny Godreau does not miss an opportunity to play for the US national team. The forward receives $ 6.75 million per season.
4. Buffalo Center Forward Ryan O "Reilly came to play for the Canadians at the sixth world championship. In the "Blades" he is the most expensive striker. O "Reilly's salary is $ 8 million.
3. Florida Defender Aaron Ekblad- the highest paid player in the Panthers. Under the new contract, he will receive an average of $ 7.5 million per season. But in the current championship, the Canadian earned 9 million.
2. Leon Dreiseitl signed a supercontract with Edmonton last summer. The salary of the German striker this season is $ 9 million.
1. American striker "Chicago" Patrick kane with his club partner Jonathan Toews shares the first place in the list of the highest paid hockey players this season NHL. Toews did not fly to Denmark, which means that Kane is the first number in our rating. His salary at Chicago is $ 13.8 million.
0. Connor McDavid despite the second consecutive title top scorer NHL, made less than $ 3 million. This is the rookie's contract, which was in force for the last season. But from next season, the Canadian superforward will receive 12 and a half million.
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Cross clubs, score a goal, get your share of adrenaline, as well as a gigantic amount of money to boot. The richest hockey players live just like that. And who are they, the highest paid hockey players in the world and who is the most expensive hockey player in the world?
The highest paid ice hockey players in the world
Here are the ten most expensive hockey players in the world, based on the average annual contract value, excluding advertising revenue (relevant for the 2015/16 season). You may also be interested in the list of the richest athletes.Ryan Getzlaf
Club: Anaheim DucksPrice: $ 9.25 million per season
The tenth position is occupied by the Canadian hockey player Ryan Getzlaf, the center forward of the Californian Anaheim Ducks. He has been skating since the age of four, at the age of 21 he won the Stanley Cup, and at the age of 24 he became an Olympic champion for the first time. In 2011, he was appointed team captain, and two years later overcame the 500-point milestone.
Eric Staal
Club: New York RangersPrice: $ 9.5 million per season
Has been playing hockey professionally since the age of sixteen. After three years of brilliant play in the junior league (185 matches and 209 points in three seasons), he signed a contract with the Carolina Hurricanes. In 2007 he made his successful debut with the national team at the World Ice Hockey Championship in Moscow. Since February 2016 - the center forward of the New York Rangers. Eric Staal has three younger brothers; each of them also linked their lives with hockey.
Evgeny Malkin
Club: Pittsburgh PenguinsPrice: $ 9.5 million per season
He began skating at the age of three under the guidance of Yuri Tukaserov, coach of the Magnitogorsk HC "Metallurg". At the age of 16, Evgeny Malkin became the winner of the World Junior Championship. In 2006, with a scandal, he broke off relations with Metallurg and became a member of the Pittsburgh Penguins team. In 2014 he was recognized as a two-time world champion after winning a throw in the final with the Finnish national team.
Henrik Lundqvist
Club: New York RangersPrice: $ 10 million per season
After the first season, this Swede was firmly nicknamed "King Henrik" (another nickname of Henrik - the Beast), and after 13 years he became the most expensive goalkeeper in the NHL, having signed a seven-year contract for $ 59.5 million. In the piggy bank of his awards - the title Olympic champion, the most valuable player in the Swedish hockey league, the champion of Sweden (twice!), the silver medalist of the World Championship, and this is only a small part. Plays in a special, aggressive variation of the butterfly style.
Phil Kessel
Club: Pittsburgh PenguinsPrice: $ 10 million per season
In 2006 he became a player Major League NHL (HC "Boston Bruins"). In the 2008/09 season, he was the most productive member of the team, having scored 36 goals. In 2009 he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, and since 2015 has been successfully playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Alexander Ovechkin
Club: Washington CapitalsPrice: $ 10 million per season
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Cindy Crosby
Club: Pittsburgh PenguinsPrice: $ 12 million per season
home hockey team Pittsburgh values its best players, and Cindy Crosby the best is the confirmation. In 2013, he was the highest paid player in the NHL according to Forbes. In the arsenal of his awards is the Stanley Cup (2009), gold medal Olympic Games (2010), and after winning the 2015 World Cup in the Czech Republic, Crosby became the 26th member of the Triple Golden Club.
Patrick kane
Club: Chicago BlackhawksPrice: $ 13.8 million per season
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The winger of the Black Hawks from Chicago and his "modest" track record: three Stanley Cups, Calder Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, repeated NHL All-Star game, second place at the Vancouver Olympics. In addition, he recorded a successful streak of 26 games, setting two new new record: specific club and American NHL hockey players. Fans love him for his absolute self-confidence on the ice, cheerful disposition and (mostly girls) charming smile - Kane can be safely attributed to the most
The outward severity of the Nashville Predators defender is fully confirmed when he takes to the ice. Shea Weber's aggressive style of play makes her an excellent defender and striker. He plays consistently well, perhaps because he completely focuses on training - among all the hockey players on our list, he has the least advertising contracts (total amount - $ 100 thousand).
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