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Originally Posted by turbocarrera
The following are the 10 top paid NHL players for the 2008-09 season. It doesn't include players signed to contract extensions that don't kick until the 2009-10 season (Lacavalier, Eric Staal). The cap hit is indicated in brackets.
1. Dany Heatley $10.0 (7.0)
2. Alex Ovechkin $9.0 ($9,538)
__Sidney Crosby $9.0 ($8.7)
4. Timmo Timonem $8.0 ($6.333)
__Daniel Briere $8.0 ($6.5)
__Tomas Vanek $8.0 ($7.143)
__Jason Spezza $8.0 ($7.0)
__Scott Gomez $8.0 ($7.357)
9. Brad Richards $7.8 ($7.8)
10. Henrik Lundqvist $7.75 ($6.875)
Only one goalie in the top ten and he's not even the highest on his team. The market has spoken and it says, "Goalies are not the most important position".  |
Who draws the most fans has NOTHING to do with who is the most important to victory.
Sheesh, isn't that much obvious?
But go ahead, keep arguing with the absolutely accepted conventional wisdom of virtually every hockey expert who has ever lived.
Me, i take their word for it.
