Highest-Paid NHL Players By Team
We listed the top 50 highest-paid NHL players on Wednesday for the 2024-25 season. That list is a good tool for pointing out what stars are actually getting paid and identifying some inefficient spending habits among the richer deals, but it didn’t include every team. Five clubs – the Ducks, Islanders, Flyers, Sharks, and Kraken – didn’t have anyone in that top 50, essentially a list of players making over $10MM in guaranteed salary this season.
Our list of the highest-paid players for 2024-25 is also limited in its long-term scope. Predators free-agent signing Brady Skjei, for example, cracked the top 50 and will earn eight figures this season. But he’s on a front-loaded contract and will fall off the list next year with a significant salary reduction coming in the second season of his fresh seven-year deal.
Today, we’re shifting our focus to the highest-paid players by team. This will allow us to check in on the clubs that weren’t represented on our initial list and identify some of the league’s most lucrative multiyear commitments – we’ve included each club’s highest-paid player for the current season (by 2024-25 total salary) and its highest-paid player in total (by total guaranteed base salary and signing bonuses still unpaid).
Anaheim Ducks
2024-25: Cam Fowler ($7.5MM)
Total: Troy Terry (six years, $42MM)
Boston Bruins
2024-25: David Pastrňák ($13MM)
Total: David Pastrňák (seven years, $77MM)
Buffalo Sabres
2024-25: Rasmus Dahlin ($13MM)
Total: Rasmus Dahlin (eight years, $88MM)
Calgary Flames
2024-25: Jonathan Huberdeau ($10.5MM)
Total: Jonathan Huberdeau (seven years, $73.5MM)
Carolina Hurricanes
2024-25: Sebastian Aho ($12MM)
Total: Sebastian Aho (eight years, $78MM)
Chicago Blackhawks
2024-25: Seth Jones ($12.5MM)
Total: Seth Jones (six years, $53.5MM)
Colorado Avalanche
2024-25: Nathan MacKinnon ($16.5MM)
Total: Nathan MacKinnon (seven years, $84.3MM)
Columbus Blue Jackets
2024-25: Zach Werenski ($11.5MM)
Total: Johnny Gaudreau (five years, $48.75MM)
Dallas Stars
2024-25: Roope Hintz ($11.25MM)
Total: Roope Hintz (seven years, $56.1MM)
Detroit Red Wings
2024-25: Dylan Larkin ($11MM)
Total: Dylan Larkin (seven years, $59.6MM)
Edmonton Oilers
2024-25: Darnell Nurse ($12MM)
Total: Darnell Nurse (six years, $51.6MM)
Florida Panthers
2024-25: Aleksander Barkov ($12MM)
Total: Sam Reinhart (eight years, $69MM)
Los Angeles Kings
2024-25: Drew Doughty ($11MM)
Total: Kevin Fiala (five years, $40.5MM)
Minnesota Wild
2024-25: Kirill Kaprizov ($10MM)
Total: Brock Faber (nine years, $68.925MM)
Note: this figure includes the final season of Faber’s entry-level contract in 2024-25 before his eight-year, $68MM extension kicks in the following season. As part of the last year of his ELC, Faber can earn up to $250K in additional performance bonuses.
Montreal Canadiens
2024-25: Nick Suzuki ($10MM)
Total: Juraj Slafkovsky (nine years, $61.75MM)
Note: this figure includes the final season of Slafkovsky’s entry-level contract in 2024-25 before his eight-year, $60.8MM extension kicks in the following season. As part of the last year of his ELC, Slafkovsky can earn up to $3.5MM in additional performance bonuses.
Nashville Predators
2024-25: Filip Forsberg / Brady Skjei ($10MM)
Total: Juuse Saros (nine years, $66.92MM)
Note: Saros is still owed $5MM as part of his current contract in 2024-25 before his eight-year, $61.92MM extension kicks in the following season.
New Jersey Devils
2024-25: Dougie Hamilton ($12.6MM)
Total: Timo Meier (seven years, $58.4MM)
New York Islanders
2024-25: Mathew Barzal ($9.15MM)
Total: Ilya Sorokin (eight years, $66MM)
New York Rangers
2024-25: Adam Fox ($12MM)
Total: Mika Zibanejad (six years, $50MM)
Ottawa Senators
2024-25: Brady Tkachuk ($10.5MM)
Total: Jake Sanderson (eight years, $64.4MM)
Philadelphia Flyers
2024-25: Sean Couturier ($9MM)
Total: Travis Konecny (nine years, $77MM)
Note: Konecny is still owed $7MM as part of his current contract in 2024-25 before his eight-year, $70MM extension kicks in the following season.
Pittsburgh Penguins
2024-25: Erik Karlsson ($11MM)
Note: the Penguins only owe Karlsson $9,565,215 (86.9565%) of his salary. The other 13.0435% was retained by the Sharks in an Aug. 2023 trade.
Total: Erik Karlsson (three years, $27.5MM)
Note: the Penguins will only pay Karlsson $23,913,038 (86.9565%) of his salary due to the aforementioned salary retention by the Sharks.
San Jose Sharks
2024-25: Logan Couture / Marc-Édouard Vlasic ($7MM)
Total: Tyler Toffoli (four years, $24MM)
Seattle Kraken
2024-25: Vince Dunn / Brandon Montour ($8MM)
Total: Matthew Beniers / Brandon Montour (seven years, $50MM)
St. Louis Blues
2024-25: Jordan Kyrou / Robert Thomas ($10.9MM)
Total: Jordan Kyrou / Robert Thomas (seven years, $56MM)
Tampa Bay Lightning
2024-25: Jake Guentzel ($13,263,157)
Total: Jake Guentzel (seven years, $63MM)
Toronto Maple Leafs
2024-25: Auston Matthews ($16.7MM)
Total: William Nylander (eight years, $92MM)
Utah Hockey Club
2024-25: Mikhail Sergachev ($11.05MM)
Total: Mikhail Sergachev (seven years, $56.95MM)
Vancouver Canucks
2024-25: Elias Pettersson ($14.5MM)
Total: Elias Pettersson (eight years, $92.8MM)
Vegas Golden Knights
2024-25: Alex Pietrangelo ($12.5MM)
Total: Noah Hanifin (eight years, $58.8MM)
Washington Capitals
2024-25: Pierre-Luc Dubois ($11.25MM)
Total: Pierre-Luc Dubois (seven years, $59MM)
Winnipeg Jets
2024-25: Connor Hellebuyck / Mark Scheifele ($10MM)
Total: Connor Hellebuyck / Mark Scheifele (seven years, $59.5MM)
Information from PuckPedia was used in the creation of this post.
Images courtesy of USA Today Sports.
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