Time to unveil some old expensive contracts….at the end add your own by all means. This one from January of 2007. Some food for thought to the owners as well.
By no means do I believe this to the best way of measuring the leagues underachievers, but I thought it might be interesting to list the top 10 most expensive (non-injured) NHLers not named to this years NHL All Star game.
Jaromir Jagr NYR ~ 8,360,000
Brad Richards TB ~ 7,800,000
Mats Sundin TOR ~ 7,600,000
Alexei Yashin NYI ~ 7,600,000
Patrik Elias NJ ~ 7,500,000
Bryan McCabe TOR ~ 7,150,000
Ed Jovanovski PHO ~ 7,000,000
Nikolai Khabibulin CHI ~ 6,750,000
Wade Redden OTT ~ 6,500,000
Sergei Federov CMB ~ 6,080,000
Brad Richards TB ~ 7,800,000
Mats Sundin TOR ~ 7,600,000
Alexei Yashin NYI ~ 7,600,000
Patrik Elias NJ ~ 7,500,000
Bryan McCabe TOR ~ 7,150,000
Ed Jovanovski PHO ~ 7,000,000
Nikolai Khabibulin CHI ~ 6,750,000
Wade Redden OTT ~ 6,500,000
Sergei Federov CMB ~ 6,080,000
Interesting observations?
7 of the top 10 play on Eastern Conference teams, including the top 6 in a row.
6 forwards make the list, along with 3 defenders and 1 goaltender.
6 are European, vs 4 North Americans.
Only the Toronto Maple Leafs are represented twice in this list.
Guh!
