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10 Highest Paid NHL Players in 2016-2017
Heading into the 2016-2017 NHL season, there are 10 players with a cap hit of $8.5 million or higher. Only one of them, Henrik Lundqvist, is a goaltender. Only one, P.K. Subban, is a defence player, and he also happens to be the only one switching teams this offseason, from the Montreal Canadiens to the Nashville Predators. The Chicago Blackhawks & Pittsburgh Penguins are the only teams with two players on the list.
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Top 10 Highest Paid NHL Players in 2015-2016
In the Top 10 of NHL biggest earners, there are two teams with more than one player on the list. The Minnesota Wild with Ryan Suter and Zach Parise, and the Pittsburgh Penguins with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby.