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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I am interested to know what the highest paid 2011 draftees are. All I know is that RNH makes 6 million a year, and he had signed a 6 year deal? Curious what the other alumni from the 2011 draft are making at the top end. I would expect Gaudreau's contact to surpass all of them, but would be interested in a comparison.
All I know is that it will still be peanuts in comparison to one of Jagr's past contracts (17.4 million - NHL salary record). Found it pretty interesting as to how quickly salaries rose at the top end throughout the years.
http://www.puckreport.com/2013/01/nh...s-by-year.html |
Saad also makes $6 million per year.
Dougie Hamilton looks to be the top paid Dman at $5.75 million per.
Landeskog makes roughly $5.6m per.
So yes, I would expect Gaudreau to surpass all of those guys and the Flames will end up having the highest paid Dman from that draft and the highest paid forward, which is fitting as they are the best PPG forward and Dman from that draft to this point.