Shocking List of The 12 Highest Paid NHL Players..
The NHL has been changing so much over the last decade, for example the salary cap in 2005 was at a large amount of $39 million dollars of cap space per team, fast forwarding to 2022 and the leagues cap hit is now at a high of $82.5 million dollars per team, per season. Gary Bettman and other NHL insiders also have stated that the cap space each team is given will only be going up, and at the rate it has it has gone up a average of 2.5 million per season, meaning in just a few years the cap space could reach over 102.5 million, PER TEAM!
For comparison, Wayne Gretzky was paid 5 million per season on a 3 year contract that he signed with the Edmonton Oilers.. in todays game, we have Tyler Seguin of the Dallas Stars who is making nearly triple that in just one season, at $13 million.
Let's take a look at the 12 highest paid players in todays game, and what there earnings will be for this upcoming season.
1. Tyler Seguin, Dallas Stars: $13 million USD.
2. Artemi Panarin, New York Rangers: $12.5 million USD.
3. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers: $12.5 million CAD.
4. Darnell Nurse, Edmonton Oilers: $12 million CAD.
5. Erik Karlsson, San Jose Sharks: $12 million USD.
6. Aleksander Barkov, Florida Panthers: $12 million USD.
7. Sergei Bobrovsky, Florida Panthers: 12 million USD.
8. Drew Doughy, LA Kings: 11 million USD.
9. Oliver-Ekman Larsson, Vancouver Canucks: $10.5 million CAD.
10. Jeff Skinner, Buffalo Sabres: $10 million USD.
11. Nick Suzuki, Montreal Canadiens: $10 million CAD.
12. Seth Jones, Chicago Blackhawks: $10 million USD.
We can sure see a pattern of the way this era in the NHL's market is heading towards, and it is scary looking into the future on how much players like Connor McDavid will be paid.
| POLL | ||
What is the worst contract out of these highest paid NHL players? | ||
| Seth Jones | 93 | 49.2 % |
| Tyler Seguin | 40 | 21.2 % |
| Jeff Skinner | 32 | 16.9 % |
| Other | 24 | 12.7 % |
| List of polls | ||
