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Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers - Right Wingers

Listed below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Hits for right wingers heading into the 2010-11 NHL Season. We’ve used the salary cap number over the total salary for this season, due to the front loading of contracts. If a free agent signs and makes the list, we’ll update accordingly, but that is unlikely to happen.

Take a look at Top 30 salary cap numbers by position:

Centers | Left Wingers | Right Wingers | Defenseman | Goaltenders

Rk. Player Team Age 2010-11 Cap Hit 2010-11 Salary
1 Jarome Iginla Calgary 32 $7,000,000 $7,000,000
2 Daniel Briere Philadelphia 32 $6,500,000 $7,000,000
3 Patrick Kane Chicago 21 $6,300,000 $6,500,000
4 Phil Kessel Toronto 22 $5,400,000 $6,000,000
5 Corey Perry Anaheim 25 $5,325,000 $5,375,000
6 Jason Pominville Buffalo 27 $5,300,000 $5,500,000
7 Martin St. Louis Tampa Bay 35 $5,250,000 $4,000,000
8 Marian Hossa Chicago 31 $5,233,000 $7,900,000
9 Brian Rolston New Jersey 37 $5,062,000 $5,000,000
T10 Brian Gionta Montreal 31 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
Alexei Kovalev Ottawa 37 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
12 Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa 37 $4,875,000 $7,000,000
13 Shane Doan Phoenix 33 $4,550,000 $4,550,000
14 Teemu Selanne Anaheim 40 $4,500,000 $3,250,000
15 Joffrey Lupul Anaheim 26 $4,250,000 $4,250,000
16 Scott Hartnell Philadelphia 28 $4,200,000 $4,200,000
17 Ales Hemsky Edmonton 26 $4,100,000 $4,500,000
T18 Michael Ryder Boston 30 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
Jean-Pierre Dumont Nashville 32 $4,000,000 $4,000,000
20 Steve Sullivan Nashville 35 $3,750,000 $3,750,000
21 Ryane Clowe San Jose 27 $3,625,000 $3,500,000
22 Justin Williams Los Angeles 28 $3,500,000 $3,500,000
23 Dainius Zubrus New Jersey 32 $3,400,000 $3,400,000
24 Dustin Brown Los Angeles 25 $3,175,000 $3,500,000
25 Kris Versteeg Toronto 24 $3,083,000 $3,083,000
T26 Dustin Byfuglien Atlanta 25 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Ales Kotalik Calgary 31 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Milan Hejduk Colorado 34 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Radim Vrbata Phoenix 29 $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Colby Armstrong Toronto 27 $3,000,000 $3,000,000

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Boucher back Saturday? Rob Blake leaning to retirement … Nabokov would like to stay in San Jose … Yzerman needs to lock up Stamkos

  • Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Though it was speculated that his season was over after suffering sprained ligaments in both knees on May 10th, Brian Boucher returned to practice with the hope of dressing for game 1 on Saturday. He’ll travel with the team to Chicago on Friday. Though he’s experiencing a bit of pain, and it will continue for another month or so, doctors have said the injury has healed.
  • David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Signs are pointing to Rob Blake retiring from hockey according to a ’source’ close to the situation. “You need time to unwind after the season and different things,” Blake said.
  • David Pollak of the San Jose Mercury News: Evgeni Nabokov would like to return to the San Jose Sharks next season, but he realizes that decision may not be up to him. “Let’s face it, the mission is not accomplished yet,” he said of the Sharks’ goal of winning the Stanley Cup.  “I want to be a part of it, but I don’t know if it’s up to me.” Patrick Marleau is also a UFA and has said that he and his family like living in San Jose. When asked if he’d take a ‘hometown discount’, Marleau said “I’m not going to get in to that.”
  • Elliotte Friedman of CBCSports: Steve Yzerman is reported to now be the highest paid VP/GM in the league at $2.5 million a season for 5 years. Glen Sather reportedly makes more, but he is also the president. One of Yzerman’s important tasks will be locking Steven Stamkos up long term, next season will be his last on his entry level deal, and will make $875,000 base salary this year with a cap hit of $3.725 million with all bonuses included. Comparables for Stamkos will be: Crosby/Malkin - 5 years, $43.5 million, $8.7 million cap hit. Anze Kopitar - 7 years, $47.6 million, $6.8 million cap hit. Nicklas Backstom - 10 years, $67 million, $6.7 million cap hit. Paul Stastney - 5 years, $33 million, $6.6 cap hit. Toews/Kane - 5 years, $31.5 million, $6.3 million cap hit. Mike Richards - 12 years, $69 million, $5.75 million. Look for Stamkos to sign for below the Crosby/Malkin average ($8.7 million), but higher than Kopitar ($6.8 million).
  • Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun: Trading Jarome Iginla makes no sense for the Calgary Flames, on and off the ice. If they could be guaranteed to get a franchise player in return (top 2 pick in the draft), then it might be possible, but that probably won’t happen.
  • Kevin Allen of the USA Today: After the St. Louis Blues organizational meetings wrap up on June 12th, the Blues GM Doug Armstrong wants to meet with UFA Chris Mason in person. Mason is 34-years old and made $3 million last season.
  • Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: According to Maxim Afinogenov’s agent Don Meehan, he’s received a one-year contract offer from the Atlanta Thrashers. Afinogenov’s was second in team scoring with 61 points after signing a one-year deal worth $800,000 last season. After some discussions, Colby Armstrong will not receive a contract offer from the Thrashers. He made $2.4 million last season.
  • Rich Hammond of LA Kings Insider: Kings GM Dean Lombardi was on the 1260-AM and asked if Alexander Frolov will be back or whether they’ll move on, here’s part of his response.

    LOMBARDI: “When you talk about building today, it’s certainly different from prior to the lockout. You really get tied in with, `Do you like the player?’ Yes, but do you like him at `X’ price? Because you now have to get the right price, if you’re going to be able to keep your core together. So would we like to keep him? Yes. But if the price is prohibitive, and maybe would prevent us from filling other holes and making sure we keep Doughty and Johnson and all these kids coming through, then you have to walk away. I think you’re probably right on Fro. He’s a good player. I guess at times, like you say, you think he’s capable of more, but he’s still a productive player. But you still now have to really be astute in how you attach a price tag to that, or you’re going to get yourself in trouble down the road, and then all this building we’ve done makes no sense if we can’t keep these young players that have come through our system. So I’m not too optimistic, given what he’s looking for. The other thing we’re confronting here, don’t forget, is the KHL, and they’re offering an awful lot of money, tax-free. It’s almost like the WHL days, where the difference in dollars is huge.”

  • AP in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta native and film-maker, Stephen Rollins, hasn’t made an offer to buy the the Atlanta Thrashers, but he did admit to being interested in becoming a majority owner in the club. He has talked to one of the owners about his interest.

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Lidstrom Retiring After Season? Jarome Wants Out? Jagr Staying in Russia

  • James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: Rumors are spreading throughout Joe Louis Arena that All-World defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom could retire after season. I wonder who’s whispering this though? “It’s going to come sooner or later,” Lidstrom said, chuckling at all the attention his milestone birthday is getting of late. “I’m getting up there in age, people are watching me closely and think something’s going to happen, but … nothing’s really changed. I know what I have to do. I feel the same out there.”
  • Elliotte Friedman of CBC.ca: Word around the league is that Jarome Iginla may be wanting to get out of Calgary. I can’t really blame him if he does. The face of the organization for so many years, has needed a #1 center to play with him, and what does the organization do for him lately? Trade for, and re-sign for 4 years, Matt Stajan …. ughhhh! Friedman thinks the Oilers could get a decent return for Ales Hemsky, who has 2 years left at a $4.1 million cap hit ($4.5 million next year, $5 million in 11-12).
  • Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Talk about some tough injuries to overcome. The Flyers will be without Jeff Carter and Simon Gagne for awhile, both will have surgery on their fractured right foot. Gagne will be gone for at least 3 weeks, while Carter will out for at least 6 weeks.
  • Sport-Express.ru: The 38-year old Jaromir Jagr has had contract negotiations with his former KHL team, Omsk. Jagr is looking for a 2 year deal. It is not know as of yet if NHL teams, including the often rumored Edmonton Oilers are not interested in signing Jagr. I wonder if this is just a way Jagr can put some pressure on NHL teams to hurry up and make an offer.
  • Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators defenseman Anton Volchenkov has already turned down a 5-year contract extension from the Ottawa Senators, could get a contract in the range of $5 million on the open market this off-season. One team who might be interested is the Washington Capitals. I’m not sure how that contract would fit in to their salary cap situation.
  • Mark Whicker of the OC Register: Potential free agent targets for the Anaheim Ducks given their salary cap space: Raffi Torres, Tomas Plekanek, Marek Svatos, Alex Tanguay, Eric Nystrom, Matt Lombardi, Brad Winchester, and Ilya Kovalchuk.
  • Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Despite have 10 defenseman prospects in the system that are 22 years old or younger, the Blue Jackets may still look to drafting a Dman with the 4th overal pick. One reason would be that only John Moore may be a legit NHL defenseman. The other, could be that currently the 3rd to 6th rated draft eligible prospects are defenseman; Eric Gudbranson, Cam Fowler, and Brandon Gormley. MyNHLdraft.com has the Blue Jackets selecting Cam Fowler.

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Salary Cap Going Up? Marleau to LA? Hudler Returing to Red Wings

  • Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: It appears that the NHL salary cap could be going up next season. A ‘team source’ told Simmons next year’s cap will be close to $59 million, League officials say it’ll be closer to $57. Either way, I’m glad it’s not in $50-51 million range that they talked about earlier in the season.
  • Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Allen doesn’t think (myself as well) that any NHL team will offer Ilya Kovalchuk the $10 million that Atlanta was offering. He thinks there will be about 3 or 4 teams that will offer him a long term, big numbered contract, maybe in the $8 million range. If the Sharks choke again in the playoffs, will they let Patrick Marleau walk at the end of the season? The Kings have been in the market for adding a big name scorer, Marleau is one of the top free agents this year, and has a history the Kings GM Dean Lombardi (former Sharks GM).
  • Michael Russo of the Star-Tribune: Minnesota Wild back-up goalie, Josh Harding, had successful hip surgery this past week, and may now hope to land the Wild a center this summer. GM Chuck Fletcher doesn’t think the surgery will lessen his chances of moving him.
  • Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: Both Jarome Iginla and Martin St. Louis could find themselves on the trade block this summer. Iginla (33) has 3 years left at $7 million, St. Louis (35) has 1 year at $4 million ($5.25 cap hit). Boston might have trouble fitting either salary in. Dupont thinks Iginla could be huge deal for Toronto, who would likely have to send at least Mikhail Grabovski and Kaberle the other way.

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Jarome Open to a Trade? Michalek Done for Playoffs … Potential Flame Targets

  • Randy Sportak of the Calgary Sun: The below statement doesn’t need much commentary to go along with it … From Jarome Iginla …

    “If they don’t want me here and want to move in a different direction, I would look at it,” he said after completing all the medicals and end-of-season interviews with the team brass. “You want to play where you are wanted and have people believe in you.

    “If they do that, we would look at it. It wouldn’t be personal. My family has been treated very well. I want to be part of the solution here and I believe I can be. If that is what it came to, I wouldn’t take it personally. The organization has treated me well.”

  • Allen Panzeri of hte Ottawa Citizen: Already without Filip Kuba and Alex Kovalev, the Ottawa Senators will now be without winger Milan Michalek for the remainder of the playoffs. During Game 1 versus the Penguins, Michalek tore his ACL in his left knee. Michalek missed 9 games at the end of the regular season with a partially torn ACL. Surgery will be in about 2 weeks and he should be ready for training camp.
  • George Richards of the Miami Herald: The Florida Panthers currently sit in the #3 slot at the 2010 NHL draft. The Panthers could make a pitch to Boston to move up one spot in the draft, or move down collecting more picks.
  • The Calgary Sun: Some free agents that the Calgary Flames may target; Eric Nystrom (Cal.), Alex Auld (NYR), Tomas Holmstrom (Det), Adam Burish (Chi), Scott Nichol (SJ), Colby Armstrong (Atl), and Matt Cooke (Pitt).
  • QMI Agency, The Toronto Sun: There is a rumor coming out Quebec that the New York Islanders were being bought by media giant, Quebecor. Quebecor CEO quickly denied that there have been any talks with with the Islanders, but did say they do have an interest in bringing a team back to Quebec City.
  • Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: A group of agents is pushing for former Toronto Maple Leafs assistant GM, Jeff Jackson, to become on of the top guys in the NHLPA.
  • Jim Kelly of Sportsnet.ca: Rumors are floating around that Brendan Shanahan could be taking for the Executive VP of NHL Operations, a position currently held by disciplinarian, Colin Campbell. Though Kelly doesn’t put much stock in it because:

    1) Shanahan is woefully inexperienced in the inner workings of the oft-times Byzantine world of the NHL and 2) what person in his right mind wants to be exposed to scathing criticism from both inside and outside the league for rulings that on many occasions King Solomon himself couldn’t cleanly decide.

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Would the Oilers trade their top pick? Duchense Injured … Oilers to buyout Moreau?

  • Damien Cox of the Toronto Star: Say what you want about Cox’s idea’s …. Would Boston and Calgary go for a Jarome Iginla and the Leafs 1st round pick trade? Would the Oilers consider trading down if someone would take a bad contract? Horcoff, Penner, Souray, Gilbert, Hemsky, and Khabibulin almost take up half their salary cap.
  • Adrian Dater of the Denver Post: Avalanche rookie and potential Calder winner, Matt Duchense, sustained a ‘torso injury’ in the  5-2 loss to the Blackhawks. Duchense went to the hospital for further evaluation.
  • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: There is the possibility that the Oilers will buy out Ethan Moreau after the season. Moreau will be 35 at training camp next fall, and has one your left at $2 million. They will continue to try and trade him, but a buyout may be the last resort.

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Changes coming in Calgary … Rynnas has a list of teams to visit … Mueller out Indefinitely.

  • George Johnson of the Calgary Herald: Flames GM Darryl Sutter’s blueprint and makeover has failed … again. His status in the organization, as well as team president Ken King, will be in question. It’s been rumored for awhile that Sutter is on the hotseat, and I personally think Sutter will be gone. There will also be the debate if Jarome Iginla should be dealt, he scored only 1 goal in the last 2 weeks.
  • Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: The Canucks get some good news in that defenseman Christian Ehrhoff will be ready for the playoffs after injurying his left knee. But that good news will be over shadowed by Ryan Johnson breaking his foot blocking a shot, and will be out 4 to 6 weeks.
  • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Finnish free agent goalie Jussi Rynnas has already met with Dallas and talked to Edmonton’s assistant GM on Saturday. Rynnas has meetings with Anaheim, Philadelphia, and Montreal scheduled.
  • Stephen Harris of the Boston Herald: Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference will not be back for any regular season games. He’s been out since March 25th with a hernia injury, and is skating, but the area is still pretty swollen. They are hoping he can return for the playoffs.

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Oilers Want Leafs Pick … Would Calgary trade Jarome? More on Philly’s Goaltending Options … Caps Wanted Kaberle?

  • Kevin Paul Dupont of the Boston Globe: The Edmonton Oilers reportedly offered the Boston Bruins, Dustin Penner and Tom Gilbert for the 1st round pick that belonged to the Maple Leafs. The Oilers may try again at Draft time with Ales Hemsky, Sam Gagner or Andrew Cogliano.
  • Allan Maki of the Globe and Mail: Would the Calgary Flames consider asking Jarome Iginla to waive his no-trade clause? Iginla is 33, and Power Forward bodies begin to breakdown faster. Iginla is still effective, but how long can he keep his robust style up. He could fetch a good return, but he is the face of the Flames. “Iginla could end up being the Flames’ Mats Sundin,” an NHL source said. “He wants to stay. He wants to be part of the solution. But what if he has to be traded to make the team better? That’s the question Calgary is left with.”
  • Chuck Gormley of the Courier Post: What would it take for the Flyers to trade for Carey Price? If the price for Price isn’t too high, could make sense. They can also look to the free agent route; Marty Turco, Evgeni Nabokov, Jose Theodore, Vesa Toskala, and Chris Mason. They could also look at re-signing Michael Leighton. 28 year old Johan Backlund (21-17-2) was played well for Adirondack but would have to be re-signed. Finnish free agent Jussi Rynnas may also be worth the risk if the price is right.
  • Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch: Nikita Filatov’s KHL season is over, and it doesn’t look like he’ll be heading back to Columbus to finish their season. There is a chance his days in Columbus are over for good. Unhappy with being a healthy scratch for 6 games, and seeing limited action in 13 games at the beginning of the season, Filatov basically walked out on the team. Some feel he would have a negative impact in the dressing room if they brought him back this year or next. Portzline thinks the Blue Jackets will trade him at the draft for a proven, reliable player.
  • Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star: It was rumored at the NHL trade deadline that Washington offered Tomas Fleischmann, Karl Alzner and a pick for Tomas Kaberle.
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    More Flames talk, Moving Price over Halak? Some injury updates

  • Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail: Flames GM Darryl Sutter is trying to be patient when I comes to making a significant move. With his luxury of having numerous quality defenseman, one could be peddled from some scoring help for Jarome Iginla.
  • Eric Francis of the Calgary Sun: Despite looking for scoring help, Darryl Sutter doesn’t see himself in the middle of the Ilya Kovalchuk sweepstakes. Also noted “We’ve talked to Bourque and Olli (Jokinen) off and on all year, but it’s not to the point we’re going to talk about finalizing any sort of deal,” said the Flames GM.”
  • Elliotte Friedman of CBC Sports:
    • Friedman thinks that the Canadiens should consider trading Carey Price. The return for Price would be greater than Jaroslav Halak.
    • Sheldon Souray has given the Oilers a list of teams he’ll waive his no-trade clause for. In a perfect world for Souray, the Kings and/or Ducks would come calling.
    • Trade talks are begining to heat up amongst teams, as one GM said “I got six calls on Friday. I hadn’t got that many in weeks.”
  • Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Penguins could have an interst in Ray Whitney, but the attributes that make him attractive to the Pens, also makes him attactive to other teams, therefore driving up the price.
  • Chris McCosky of the Detroit News: Red Wings defenseman Niklas Kronwall will return tonight after being out since Nov. 21st with a sprained knee. Tomas Holmstrom hopes to begin practicing today or tomorrow. Jason Williams has been skating for a couple weeks.
  • Allen Panzeri of the Ottawa Citizen: Senators goalie, Pascal Leclaire, has begun skating on his own, and hopes to be back in the next few weeks.

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    Phaneuf on the block despite what Sutter says? Flames looking for a #1 center, Devils looking to trade

  • Larry Brooks of the NY Post: An NHL GM told the Post that the Calgary Flames are ‘desperate’ to trade Dion Phaneuf. Flames GM Darryl Sutter scouted the Rangers-Flyers game on Thursday. The Rangers couldn’t make a move for Phaneuf without unloading Redden and/or Rozsival’s contract, and I don’t see the Flames wanting Redden. If they took Rozsival, the rest of the package would have to be really good. The Flames would be looking for a center, so Brandon Dubinsky would probably be the main player involved.
  • Eric Duhatschek of the Globe and Mail: Duhatschek wondering a few things. Would the Thrashers be interested in Ponikarovsky if they trade Kovalchuk, potentially for a 1st rounder? Would the Penguins be interested in Nikolai Kulemin and would the Leafs trade him (Kulemin has a Malkin connection)? The LA Kings may be the only trade destination for Teemu Selanne, who will most likely retire at the end of the season. Colby Armstrong or Alex Tanguay to the Flames? (Not really his thoughts on Armstrong and Tanguay, as they were mentioned last week in a couple articles)  Dallas Stars starting goalie for next could be Halak, Lehtonen or former Star, Dan Ellis.
  • E.J. Hradek of ESPN: The Flames need a number 1 center for Jarome, and they might have to trade one of their top 4 Dman to get it.
  • Adam Jahns of the Chicago Sun: Blackhawks GM Stan Bowman thinks Huet and Niemi are good enough to lead them to the Cup. The Hawks have plenty of skill up front and on the blue line, but they still might look to add something.
  • Jason Botchford of the Vancouver Province: I wrote yesterday that Canucks GM Mike Gillis was scouting the Blues-Canadiens game earlier this week, and that he could be interested in several Blues. Botchford brings up that he might have been looking at some Canadiens, Josh Gorges and Ryan O’Bryne and some of their pricier blueline veterans. Another possibility could be Tomas Plekanec, a UFA who’ll want big money. I don’t see the Canadiens trading Plekanec, especially if they are close to a playoff spot.
  • Mark Everson of the NY Post: The New Jersey Devils have struggled scoring lately, and might be looking to make a deal. The names Scott Niedermayer and Saku Koivu come up again. Dion Phaneuf and Jarome Iginla don’t appear to be untouchable according to Everson. Zach Parise would be the only Devil that is not available. Saying that Jarome Iginla is tradable is a  big statement to make, and I don’t believe it one bit.
  • Damien Cox of the Toronto Star: Trade Deadline deals but Brian Burke. He’ll be looking for draft picks, and not Kovalchuk.
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