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| 1 | Dany Heatley | $10,000,000 | $12,013,934 | $4,500,000 | 82% |
| 2 | Alex Ovechkin | $9,000,000 | $10,812,541 | $8,015,800 | 814% |
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | $9,000,000 | $10,812,541 | $8,150,000 | 959% |
| 4 | Miikka Kiprusoff | $8,500,000 | $10,211,844 | $4,900,000 | 136% |
| 5 | Scott Gomez | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | -$2,000,000 | -20% |
| 5 | Daniel Briere | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | -$2,000,000 | -20% |
| 5 | Thomas Vanek | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | -$2,000,000 | -20% |
| 5 | Kimmo Timonen | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | $0 | 0% |
| 5 | Wade Redden | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | $1,500,000 | 23% |
| 5 | Jason Spezza | $8,000,000 | $9,611,147 | $3,000,000 | 60% |
| 11 | Brad Richards | $7,800,000 | $9,370,869 | $0 | 0% |
| 12 | Henrik Lundqvist | $7,750,000 | $9,310,799 | $3,500,000 | 82% |
| 13 | Zdeno Chara | $7,500,000 | $9,010,451 | $0 | 0% |
| 13 | Marian Gaborik | $7,500,000 | $9,010,451 | $1,000,000 | 15% |
| 13 | Ilya Kovalchuk | $7,500,000 | $9,010,451 | $2,000,000 | 36% |
| 16 | Nicklas Lidstrom | $7,450,000 | $8,950,381 | -$150,000 | -2% |
| 16 | Marian Hossa | $7,450,000 | $8,950,381 | $450,000 | 6% |
| 18 | Ryan Smyth | $7,250,000 | $8,710,102 | -$250,000 | -3% |
| 19 | Gary Bettman NHL Commissioner |
$7,230,000 | $8,686,074 | $0 | 0% |
| 20 | Joe Thornton | $7,200,000 | $8,650,033 | $530,000 | 8% |
| 21 | Vincent Lecavalier | $7,166,666 | $8,609,985 | -$1 | 0% |
| 22 | Brian Campbell | $7,142,857 | $8,581,381 | $5,392,857 | 308% |
| 23 | Chris Drury | $7,100,000 | $8,529,893 | $0 | 0% |
| 24 | Jaromir Jagr | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | -$1,360,000 | -16% |
| 24 | Jarome Iginla | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | $0 | 0% |
| 24 | Roberto Luongo | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | $500,000 | 8% |
| 24 | Michal Rozsival | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | $4,700,000 | 204% |
| 24 | Lubomir Visnovsky | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | $4,948,000 | 241% |
| 24 | Dion Phaneuf | $7,000,000 | $8,409,754 | $6,057,600 | 643% |
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