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NHL teams

Player Name Team
Position
Compensation
Forsberg, Peter COLORADO AVALANCHE
C
$11,000,000.00
Jagr, Jaromir WASHINGTON CAPITALS
R
$11,000,000.00
Fedorov, Sergei MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
C
$10,000,000.00
Bure, Pavel NEW YORK RANGERS
R
$10,000,000.00
Lidstrom, Nicklas DETROIT RED WINGS
D
$10,000,000.00
Tkachuk, Keith ST. LOUIS BLUES
L
$10,000,000.00
Sakic, Joe COLORADO AVALANCHE
C
$9,880,939.00
Pronger, Chris ST. LOUIS BLUES
D
$9,500,000.00
Blake, Robert COLORADO AVALANCHE
D
$9,326,519.00
LeClair, John PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
L
$9,000,000.00
Modano, Michael DALLAS STARS
C
$9,000,000.00
Sundin, Mats TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
C
$9,000,000.00
Guerin, Bill DALLAS STARS
R
$8,866,445.31
Holik, Robert NEW YORK RANGERS
C
$8,850,000.00
Weight, Doug ST. LOUIS BLUES
C
$8,500,000.00
Yashin, Alexei NEW YORK ISLANDERS
C
$8,400,000.00
Joseph, Curtis DETROIT RED WINGS
G
$8,000,000.00
Allison, Jason LOS ANGELES KINGS
C
$8,000,000.00
Turgeon, Pierre DALLAS STARS
C
$7,500,000.00
Iginla, Jarome CALGARY FLAMES
R
$7,500,000.00
Roenick, Jeremy PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
C
$7,500,000.00
Palffy, Zigmund LOS ANGELES KINGS
R
$7,000,000.00
Belfour, Ed TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
G
$7,000,000.00
Stevens, Scott NEW JERSEY DEVILS
D
$6,916,747.25
Brodeur, Martin NEW JERSEY DEVILS
G
$6,891,103.13
Bertuzzi, Todd VANCOUVER CANUCKS
R
$6,800,000.00
Kovalev, Alex NEW YORK RANGERS
R
$6,600,000.00
Leetch, Brian NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$6,600,000.00
Demitra, Pavol ST. LOUIS BLUES
L
$6,500,000.00
Prospal, Vaclav MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
C
$6,500,000.00
Nolan, Owen TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
R
$6,500,000.00
Shanahan, Brendan DETROIT RED WINGS
L
$6,500,000.00
Kolzig, Olaf WASHINGTON CAPITALS
G
$6,250,000.00
MacInnis, Allan ST. LOUIS BLUES
D
$6,000,000.00
Hasek, Dominik DETROIT RED WINGS
G
$6,000,000.00
Zubov, Sergei DALLAS STARS
D
$6,000,000.00
Chelios, Chris DETROIT RED WINGS
D
$5,936,286.00
Yzerman, Steve DETROIT RED WINGS
C
$5,849,823.00
Amonte, Anthony PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
R
$5,846,914.00
Selanne, Teemu COLORADO AVALANCHE
R
$5,800,000.00
Thornton, Joe BOSTON BRUINS
C
$5,500,000.00
Theodore, Jose MONTREAL CANADIENS
G
$5,500,000.00
Ozolinsh, Sandis MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
D
$5,500,000.00
Lapointe, Martin BOSTON BRUINS
R
$5,500,000.00
Mogilny, Alexander TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
R
$5,500,000.00
Lemieux, Mario PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
C
$5,250,000.00
Naslund, Markus VANCOUVER CANUCKS
L
$5,225,000.00
Alfredsson, Daniel OTTAWA SENATORS
R
$5,050,000.00
Lang, Robert WASHINGTON CAPITALS
C
$5,000,000.00
Hatcher, Derian DETROIT RED WINGS
D
$5,000,000.00
Hull, Brett DETROIT RED WINGS
R
$5,000,000.00
Primeau, Keith PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
C
$5,000,000.00
Brind'Amour, Rod CAROLINA HURRICANES
C
$5,000,000.00
Recchi, Mark PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
R
$5,000,000.00
Nedved, Petr NEW YORK RANGERS
C
$4,750,000.00
Satan, Miroslav BUFFALO SABRES
R
$4,750,000.00
Elias, Patrik NEW JERSEY DEVILS
R
$4,722,249.09
Redden, Wade OTTAWA SENATORS
D
$4,500,000.00
Norstrom, Mattias LOS ANGELES KINGS
D
$4,500,000.00
Jovanovski, Ed VANCOUVER CANUCKS
D
$4,500,000.00
Burke, Sean PHOENIX COYOTES
G
$4,500,000.00
Bondra, Peter WASHINGTON CAPITALS
R
$4,500,000.00
Zhamnov, Alexei CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
C
$4,500,000.00
Fleury, Theoren CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
R
$4,500,000.00
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
G
$4,500,000.00
Francis, Ronald CAROLINA HURRICANES
C
$4,453,738.00
Numminen, Teppo DALLAS STARS
D
$4,443,047.00
Khabibulin, Nikolai TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
G
$4,434,579.44
Straka, Martin PITTSBURGH PENGUINS
C
$4,350,000.00
Foote, Adam COLORADO AVALANCHE
D
$4,300,000.00
Peca, Michael NEW YORK ISLANDERS
C
$4,250,000.00
Koivu, Saku MONTREAL CANADIENS
C
$4,250,000.00
Roberts, Gary TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
L
$4,250,000.00
Turek, Roman CALGARY FLAMES
G
$4,250,000.00
Sykora, Petr MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
R
$4,200,000.00
de Vries, Greg NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$4,200,000.00
Kasparaitis, Darius NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$4,200,000.00
Richter, Mike NEW YORK RANGERS
G
$4,000,000.00
Niedermayer, Scott NEW JERSEY DEVILS
D
$4,000,000.00
Brisebois, Patrice MONTREAL CANADIENS
D
$4,000,000.00
Desjardins, Eric PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
D
$4,000,000.00
Svehla, Robert TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
D
$4,000,000.00
Damphousse, Vincent SAN JOSE SHARKS
C
$4,000,000.00
Salo, Tommy EDMONTON OILERS
G
$3,900,000.00
Murray, Glen BOSTON BRUINS
R
$3,850,000.00
Arnott, Jason DALLAS STARS
C
$3,850,000.00
Schneider, Mathieu DETROIT RED WINGS
D
$3,750,000.00
Zhitnik, Alexei BUFFALO SABRES
D
$3,750,000.00
O'Neill, Jeff CAROLINA HURRICANES
C
$3,700,000.00
Gonchar, Sergei WASHINGTON CAPITALS
D
$3,650,000.00
Samsonov, Sergei BOSTON BRUINS
L
$3,650,000.00
Turco, Marty DALLAS STARS
G
$3,648,166.00
Nabokov, Evgeni SAN JOSE SHARKS
G
$3,625,000.00
Hamrlik, Roman NEW YORK ISLANDERS
D
$3,600,000.00
Dafoe, Byron ATLANTA THRASHERS
G
$3,500,000.00
Ragnarsson, Marcus PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
D
$3,500,000.00
Kozlov, Vyacheslav ATLANTA THRASHERS
L
$3,500,000.00
Miller, Aaron LOS ANGELES KINGS
D
$3,500,000.00
Malakhov, Vladimir NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$3,500,000.00
Bonk, Radek OTTAWA SENATORS
C
$3,500,000.00
Morris, Derek COLORADO AVALANCHE
D
$3,500,000.00
Sydor, Darryl COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
D
$3,500,000.00
McCabe, Bryan TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
D
$3,500,000.00
Young, Scott DALLAS STARS
R
$3,462,278.09
Smyth, Ryan EDMONTON OILERS
L
$3,450,000.00
Drury, Chris BUFFALO SABRES
C
$3,450,000.00
Messier, Mark Douglas NEW YORK RANGERS
C
$3,321,215.94
Dunham, Michael NEW YORK RANGERS
G
$3,300,000.00
Lindros, Eric NEW YORK RANGERS
C
$3,300,000.00
Aucoin, Adrian NEW YORK ISLANDERS
D
$3,250,000.00
Reichel, Robert TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
C
$3,250,000.00
Savage, Brian PHOENIX COYOTES
L
$3,250,000.00
Cassels, Andrew COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
C
$3,225,000.00
Hedican, Bret CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$3,200,000.00
Daze, Eric CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
L
$3,200,000.00
Hejduk, Milan COLORADO AVALANCHE
R
$3,200,000.00
McGillis, Daniel BOSTON BRUINS
D
$3,200,000.00
Rolston, Brian BOSTON BRUINS
C
$3,175,000.00
Thibault, Jocelyn CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
G
$3,100,000.00
Bure, Valeri FLORIDA PANTHERS
R
$3,100,000.00
Karpovtsev, Alexander CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
D
$3,100,000.00
Kapanen, Sami PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
R
$3,000,000.00
Hackett, Jeff PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
G
$3,000,000.00
Ricci, Mike SAN JOSE SHARKS
C
$3,000,000.00
Friesen, Jeff NEW JERSEY DEVILS
L
$3,000,000.00
Jonsson, Kenny NEW YORK ISLANDERS
D
$3,000,000.00
Deadmarsh, Adam LOS ANGELES KINGS
R
$3,000,000.00
Audette, Donald MONTREAL CANADIENS
R
$3,000,000.00
Osgood, Chris ST. LOUIS BLUES
G
$3,000,000.00
Sullivan, Steve CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
R
$3,000,000.00
Weinrich, Eric PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
D
$3,000,000.00
Whitney, Ray DETROIT RED WINGS
L
$3,000,000.00
Rafalski, Brian NEW JERSEY DEVILS
D
$3,000,000.00
Sanderson, Geoff COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
L
$3,000,000.00
Cechmanek, Roman LOS ANGELES KINGS
G
$3,000,000.00
Rucchin, Steve MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
C
$2,975,000.00
Gaborik, Marian MINNESOTA WILD
R
$2,900,000.00
Marchant, Todd COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
C
$2,900,000.00
Niinimaa, Janne NEW YORK ISLANDERS
D
$2,900,000.00
Stumpel, Jozef LOS ANGELES KINGS
C
$2,850,000.00
Tugnutt, Ron DALLAS STARS
G
$2,800,000.00
Poti, Tom NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$2,800,000.00
Doan, Shane PHOENIX COYOTES
R
$2,800,000.00
Carter, Anson NEW YORK RANGERS
C
$2,800,000.00
Perreault, Yanic MONTREAL CANADIENS
C
$2,800,000.00
Barnes, Stu DALLAS STARS
C
$2,800,000.00
Ohlund, Mattias VANCOUVER CANUCKS
D
$2,750,000.00
Richardson, Luke COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
D
$2,750,000.00
Kaberle, Tomas TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
D
$2,750,000.00
Wesley, Glen CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$2,750,000.00
Hossa, Marian OTTAWA SENATORS
R
$2,750,000.00
Stillman, Cory TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
C
$2,750,000.00
O'Donnell, Sean BOSTON BRUINS
D
$2,700,000.00
Langkow, Daymond PHOENIX COYOTES
C
$2,700,000.00
Markov, Daniil CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$2,700,000.00
Nylander, Michael WASHINGTON CAPITALS
C
$2,675,000.00
Smolinski, Bryan OTTAWA SENATORS
C
$2,650,000.00
Lecavalier, Vincent TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
C
$2,625,000.00
Gagne, Simon PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
L
$2,600,000.00
Therien, Chris PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
D
$2,600,000.00
Boucher, Philippe DALLAS STARS
D
$2,600,000.00
Carney, Keith E. MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
D
$2,600,000.00
Lehtinen, Jere DALLAS STARS
L
$2,600,000.00
Lalime, Patrick OTTAWA SENATORS
G
$2,575,000.00
Cloutier, Dan VANCOUVER CANUCKS
G
$2,500,000.00
McLaren, Kyle SAN JOSE SHARKS
D
$2,500,000.00
Brewer, Eric EDMONTON OILERS
D
$2,500,000.00
Rivet, Craig MONTREAL CANADIENS
D
$2,500,000.00
Kubina, Pavel TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
D
$2,500,000.00
Klemm, Jon DALLAS STARS
D
$2,500,000.00
Morrison, Brendan VANCOUVER CANUCKS
C
$2,450,000.00
Gelinas, Martin CALGARY FLAMES
L
$2,400,000.00
Chara, Zdeno OTTAWA SENATORS
D
$2,400,000.00
Richards, Brad TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
C
$2,400,000.00
Marleau, Patrick SAN JOSE SHARKS
C
$2,350,000.00
Parrish, Mark NEW YORK ISLANDERS
R
$2,350,000.00
Weekes, Kevin CAROLINA HURRICANES
G
$2,350,000.00
Smith, Jason EDMONTON OILERS
D
$2,300,000.00
Johnson, Mike PHOENIX COYOTES
R
$2,300,000.00
Boyle, Dan TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
D
$2,300,000.00
Boughner, Bob CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$2,300,000.00
Kozlov, Viktor FLORIDA PANTHERS
C
$2,300,000.00
McCarty, Darren DETROIT RED WINGS
R
$2,250,000.00
Brashear, Donald PHILADELPHIA FLYERS
L
$2,250,000.00
White, John Colin NEW JERSEY DEVILS
D
$2,250,000.00
Roloson, Dwayne MINNESOTA WILD
G
$2,200,000.00
Gratton, Chris PHOENIX COYOTES
C
$2,200,000.00
Renberg, Mikael TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
R
$2,200,000.00
Matvichuk, Richard DALLAS STARS
D
$2,200,000.00
Fernandez, Emmanuel MINNESOTA WILD
G
$2,200,000.00
Biron, Martin BUFFALO SABRES
G
$2,200,000.00
Conroy, Craig CALGARY FLAMES
C
$2,200,000.00
Hrdina, Jan PHOENIX COYOTES
C
$2,200,000.00
McKay, Randy MONTREAL CANADIENS
R
$2,125,000.00
Niedermayer, Rob MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
C
$2,100,000.00
Langenbrunner, Jamie NEW JERSEY DEVILS
R
$2,077,799.27
Hill, Sean CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$2,050,000.00
Juneau, Joe MONTREAL CANADIENS
C
$2,025,000.00
Rathje, Mike SAN JOSE SHARKS
D
$2,025,000.00
Berard, Bryan CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
D
$2,010,000.00
Domi, Tie TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
R
$2,000,000.00
Gill, Hal BOSTON BRUINS
D
$2,000,000.00
Savard, Marc ATLANTA THRASHERS
C
$2,000,000.00
Nieuwendyk, Joe TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
C
$2,000,000.00
Drake, Dallas ST. LOUIS BLUES
R
$2,000,000.00
Lachance, Scott COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
D
$2,000,000.00
Leschyshyn, Curtis OTTAWA SENATORS
D
$2,000,000.00
Linden, Trevor VANCOUVER CANUCKS
C
$2,000,000.00
Mellanby, Scott ST. LOUIS BLUES
R
$2,000,000.00
Maltby, Kirk DETROIT RED WINGS
L
$2,000,000.00
McEachern, Shawn ATLANTA THRASHERS
L
$2,000,000.00
Boucher, Brian PHOENIX COYOTES
G
$2,000,000.00
Marchment, Bryan TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
D
$2,000,000.00
Dvorak, Radek EDMONTON OILERS
R
$2,000,000.00
Ward, Aaron CAROLINA HURRICANES
D
$2,000,000.00
Timonen, Kimmo NASHVILLE PREDATORS
D
$2,000,000.00
Zamuner, Robert BOSTON BRUINS
L
$2,000,000.00
York, Jason NASHVILLE PREDATORS
D
$2,000,000.00
Sturm, Marco SAN JOSE SHARKS
L
$2,000,000.00
Madden, John NEW JERSEY DEVILS
C
$2,000,000.00
York, Michael EDMONTON OILERS
C
$2,000,000.00
Jokinen, Olli FLORIDA PANTHERS
C
$2,000,000.00
Walker, Scott NASHVILLE PREDATORS
R
$1,950,000.00
Sundstrom, Niklas MONTREAL CANADIENS
R
$1,950,000.00
Mironov, Boris NEW YORK RANGERS
D
$1,925,000.00
Isbister, Brad EDMONTON OILERS
L
$1,925,000.00
Staios, Steve EDMONTON OILERS
D
$1,900,000.00
Luongo, Roberto FLORIDA PANTHERS
G
$1,900,000.00
Spacek, Jaroslav COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS
D
$1,900,000.00
Modin, Fredrik TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
L
$1,870,000.00
Zednik, Richard MONTREAL CANADIENS
L
$1,850,000.00
Sillinger, Michael PHOENIX COYOTES
C
$1,800,000.00
Warrener, Rhett CALGARY FLAMES
D
$1,800,000.00
Witt, Brendan WASHINGTON CAPITALS
D
$1,750,000.00
Salei, Ruslan MIGHTY DUCKS OF ANAHEIM
D
$1,750,000.00
Cullen, Matt FLORIDA PANTHERS
C
$1,750,000.00
Stuart, Brad SAN JOSE SHARKS
D
$1,750,000.00
McInnis, Marty BOSTON BRUINS
L
$1,750,000.00
Nikolishin, Andrei COLORADO AVALANCHE
C
$1,750,000.00
McKee, Jay BUFFALO SABRES
D
$1,700,000.00
Kuba, Filip MINNESOTA WILD
D
$1,700,000.00
Lydman, Toni CALGARY FLAMES
D
$1,700,000.00
Phillips, Chris OTTAWA SENATORS
D
$1,675,000.00
Salo, Sami VANCOUVER CANUCKS
D
$1,675,000.00
Malik, Marek VANCOUVER CANUCKS
D
$1,650,000.00
Cullimore, Jassen TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING
D
$1,650,000.00
Rucinsky, Martin NEW YORK RANGERS
L
$1,650,000.00
Grier, Michael WASHINGTON CAPITALS
R
$1,632,000.00
Wiemer, Jason MINNESOTA WILD
C
$1,622,500.00
Varada, Vaclav OTTAWA SENATORS
L
$1,600,000.00
Tucker, Darcy TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
C
$1,600,000.00
Souray, Sheldon MONTREAL CANADIENS
D
$1,600,000.00
Yelle, Stephane CALGARY FLAMES
C
$1,600,000.00
Devereaux, Boyd DETROIT RED WINGS
L
$1,600,000.00
Briere, Daniel BUFFALO SABRES
C
$1,600,000.00
Johnson, Greg NASHVILLE PREDATORS
C
$1,600,000.00
Green, Travis BOSTON BRUINS
C
$1,600,000.00
Marshall, Grant NEW JERSEY DEVILS
R
$1,600,000.00
Korolev, Igor CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS
C
$1,600,000.00
Brown, Curtis BUFFALO SABRES
C
$1,600,000.00

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