The following are the 10 top paid NHL players for the 2009-10 season. The cap hit is indicated in brackets as well as those who were in the top last season. Those dropping out of the top 10 are: Timmo Timonem, Tomas Vanek, Brad Richards and Henrik Lundqvist. Whats most interesting about the list is the number of bad contracts. Glen Sather and Brian Murray handed out half of these contracts and crippled their teams.
1. Vincent Lecavalier $10.0 ($7.727)
2. Daniel Alfredsson $9.1 ($5.4)
3. Sidney Crosby $9.0 ($8.7) - ranked 2nd in 08/09
_ Evgeni Malkin $9.0 ($8.7)
_ Alex Ovechkin $9.0 ($9.538) - ranked 2nd in 08/09
6. Chris Drury $8.05 ($7.05)
7. Daniel Briere $8.0 ($6.5) - ranked 2nd in 08/09
_ Scott Gomez $8.0 ($7.357) - ranked 4th in 08/09
_ Dany Heatley $8.0 ($7.5) - ranked 1st in 08/09
_ Wade Redden $8.0 ($6.5)
_ Jason Spezza $8.0 ($7.0) - ranked 4th in 08/09
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