I was thinking that the 8 game suspension that Chris Pronger was serving might be the most expensive since he will be giving up about $609,000 in salary of his annual salary of $6.25 million. Chris Simon's 30 game suspension only cost him $174,000 since his annual salary is just $475,000.
When you look back at the longer suspensions, naturally Todd Bertuzzi's name jumps out at you. With all the ruckus around the length of his suspension, it was only 20 games because of the lockout. However, 7 of those games were playoff games and players are paid in full by the end of the regular season. So I am guessing Bertuzzi only lost salary for the 13 regular season games he sat out. However, his contract that year was $6.8 million which means he lost out on $1,078,000.
Now that hurts. But not as much as what Steve Moore lost.
12 years ago
