The NHL is filled with expensive contracts. With the salary cap entering the 2022-23 NHL season set at $82.5 million, teams have to be smart with how they use their money to succeed.
So far, no NHL team has won a Stanley Cup with a player who was signed to a deal worth more than $10 million dollars, and with the increases in the salary cap that we have seen in the past, teams will want to be that first group to win with a player making north of ten million.
The 2022 offseason saw a lot of players sign on big deals. Matthew Barzal signed for $9.15 million in New York and Jason Robertson signed for $7.75 million in Dallas.
Teams are signing their players to bigger deals than before, paying off on the ice for teams that make smart signings.
The most expensive contract on every NHL team in 2022
This list changes often. The player in this spot right now for some teams already won’t be on the list when the 2022-23 NHL season comes around thanks to extensions that have already been made or based off the fact that this is the final year of their deal.
Let’s take a look at the highest-paid player on every NHL team. With the NHL being composed of 32 teams, some of these players and organizations are in drastically different positions. Their highest-paid players are hopefully the best player on the roster, but going through the list, I can’t say that is always the case.