Re: Around the League: 2013 - 2014 Season
Sure they are all over-paid. I just don't think phil should of gotten that much. he's a 6.5-7mil player imo.
How many guys in the league are making 7.5 plus a year?
It may have been a rhetorical question, but according to CapGeek.com for the 2013-2014 season:
Salary:
1. Weber, Shea » $14,000,000
2. Crosby, Sidney » $12,000,000
3. Parise, Zach » $12,000,000
4. Suter, Ryan » $12,000,000
5. Staal, Eric » $9,250,000
6. Ovechkin, Alex » $9,000,000
7. Richards, Brad » $9,000,000
8. Chara, Zdeno » $8,000,000
9. Stamkos, Steven » $8,000,000
10. Hossa, Marian » $7,900,000
11. Nash, Rick » $7,800,000
12. Keith, Duncan » $7,650,000
13. Richards, Mike » $7,600,000
14. Zetterberg, Henrik » $7,500,000
15. Malkin, Evgeni » $7,500,000
16. Kopitar, Anze » $7,500,000
17. Gaborik, Marian » $7,500,000
CapGeek listed (5. Kovalchuk, Ilya » $11,300,000) but I omitted him since he's not playing in the NHL this season.
Cap Hit:
1. Ovechkin, Alex » $9,538,462
2. Malkin, Evgeni » $8,700,000
3. Crosby, Sidney » $8,700,000
4. Perry, Corey » $8,625,000
5. Staal, Eric » $8,250,000
6. Getzlaf, Ryan » $8,250,000
7. Weber, Shea » $7,857,143
8. Nash, Rick » $7,800,000
9. Parise, Zach » $7,538,462
10. Suter, Ryan » $7,538,462
11. Heatley, Dany » $7,500,000
12. Gaborik, Marian » $7,500,000
13. Stamkos, Steven » $7,500,000