Who is the highest paid player in the NHL & Why?

Answer 1

MAXIMUM PLAYER SALARY

Is there a maximum an individual player may earn?

Yes. No player may be eligible to contract for or receive in excess of 20% of the Club's upper limit in total annual compensation (NHL salary plus signing, roster, reporting and all performance bonuses). In 2005-06, no player will be permitted to contract for total compensation in excess of $7.8 million in any year of his contract.

Average NHL Player Salary
1990-91 to 2005-06

Season Average Salary
1990-91 $271,000
1991-92 $368,000
1992-93 $467,000
1993-94 $572,000
1994-95 $733,000
1995-96 $892,000
1996-97 $984,000
1997-98 $1,167,713
1998-99 $1,288,974
1999-00 $1,356,380
2000-01 $1,434,885
2001-02 $1,642,590
2002-03 $1,790,209
2003-04 $1,830,126
2004-05 Lockout
2005-06 $1,460,000


Jaromir Jagr $8,360,000.00

heres all players salary 2006-07 season: http://www.nhlpa.com/thePlayers/index.asp

Answer 2

Jagr because he was overpayed prior to the Salary Cap. So since the salaries were only cut what 20% or whatever the concession was he is still going to get a large amount. I think you can blame the Capitals owner for that one. I think when the Penguins traded him to the Capitals they were the ones that redid the contract to pay him so much. The Rangers just ended up absorbing the contract costs. Either that or the Rangers were behind it, I just know it wasn't the Penguins.

Answer 3

Jaromir Jagr of the manhattan Rangers is the utmost paid participant with a income of $8,360,000. the 2d maximum income is going to Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit purple Wings with $7,600,000 a 12 months.

Answer 4

It's Jaromir Jagr. Performance wise it's Khabibulin. He gets paid a lot of money to play but underachieving/injured.

Answer 5

Alexei Yashin at 7.6 million. What a joke New York Islanders have no idea what there doing with their money

Answer 6

I belive it's Jagr well besides if it is or not he is a GOD