Top 5 Most Expensive Player contracts in 2022 NHL Draft
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Every summer, once the Stanley Cup Playoffs are over, teams run towards free agencies. It’s the time when they get enormous amounts of money that are handed down during this period.
Either the team uses it to sign extensions with their star players or they use it to look for new players to bolster their rosters, by using methods of money persuasion in landing a free agent.
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Top 5 Most Expensive NHL Players
The wave of new contracts all falls into place during the free agency and the heartbeat of all free agents most likely beat likely us, waiting for their turn to be chosen by their new teams.
So here we will talk about five top players who have enlisted their names as the most expensive players with contracts in 2022. Some names that you may have heard every so often, while there may be some players whose names you may not have thought of before. So let the countdown begin!
5. Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Drew Doughty is Los Angeles Kings defenceman and alternate captain for the team. He signed a high ticket contract with the Kings on June 20, 2018, worth $88 million with $20 million as a signing bonus, $88 million guaranteed, with an annual average value of $11 million.
In 2022-23 he will be earning a base salary of $7 million with a signing bonus of $4 million and a cap hit of $11 million. In his 15 NHL seasons, he has made $99,929,878 million with signing bonus of $20,262,500 million.
4. Erik Karlsson, San Jose Sharks
Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson is the defenceman and the alternate captain for the Sharks. He signed an 8-year contract with the team worth $92 million with an included $53 million signing bonus, $92 million guaranteed while carrying an annual average value of $11.5 million.
In 2022-23 he will be earning a base salary of $2 million with a signing bonus of $10 million, and a cap hit of $11.5 million. In his 14 NHL seasons, he has managed to gather an amount of $99,929,878 million with a signing bonus of $41,262,500 million.
3. Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Connor McDavid is the ice hockey center and captain for the Edmonton Oilers. He signed a massive 8-year contract worth $100 million, including $100 million guaranteed, with an annual average value of $12.5 million, as per spotrac.com.
In 2022-23 he will be earning a base salary of $1 million and a signing bonus of $11 million while carrying a cap hit of $12.5 million. During his 12 NHL seasons, he has a total salary of $74,625,000 million with a signing bonus of $62,277,500 million with an incentive of $2,850,000 million.
2. Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Sidney Crosby is the center and captain for the Penguins. He signed a gigantic contract of $104.4 million for 12 years, with $104.4 million guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $8.7 million.
In 2022-23 he will be earning a base salary of $3 million while carrying a cap hit of $8.7 million. He has played 18 NHL seasons and gathered $149,890,244 million with a signing bonus of $255,000 million, and an incentive of $8,550,000 million.
1. Shea Weber, Vegas Golden Knights
Shea Weber is the defenceman of the Vegas Golden Knights. He signed a 14-year contract with the team on July 24, 2012. The deal was worth $110 million including a signing bonus of $68 million, with $110 million guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $7,857,143.
In 2022-23 he will be earning a base salary of $3 million while carrying a cap hit of $7,857,143 million. In over 18 NHL seasons he made $129,831,000 million with $68 million as a signing bonus.
This is the end of our countdown, some other NHL players other than these top 5 will be Carey Price, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Artemi Panarin, Aleksander Barkov, etc.
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