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2008-2009 - Top 25 Salaries
  vs previous season
Rank Player NHL Salary ($US) In today's  $  +/- ($) +/- (%)  
1 Dany Heatley $10,000,000 $14,068,741 $4,500,000 82%
2 Alex Ovechkin $9,000,000 $12,661,867 $8,015,800 814%
2 Sidney Crosby $9,000,000 $12,661,867 $5,300,000 143%
4 Miikka Kiprusoff $8,500,000 $11,958,430 $4,900,000 136%
5 Daniel Briere $8,000,000 $11,254,993 -$2,000,000 -20%
5 Glen Sather $8,000,000 $11,254,993 $5,000,000 167%
5 Jason Spezza $8,000,000 $11,254,993 $3,000,000 60%
5 Kimmo Timonen $8,000,000 $11,254,993    
5 Scott Gomez $8,000,000 $11,254,993 -$2,000,000 -20%
5 Thomas Vanek $8,000,000 $11,254,993 -$2,000,000 -20%
5 Wade Redden $8,000,000 $11,254,993 $1,500,000 23%
12 Brad Richards $7,800,000 $10,973,618    
13 Henrik Lundqvist $7,750,000 $10,903,275 $3,500,000 82%
14 Ilya Kovalchuk $7,500,000 $10,551,556 $2,000,000 36%
14 Marian Gaborik $7,500,000 $10,551,556 $1,000,000 15%
14 Zdeno Chara $7,500,000 $10,551,556    
17 Marian Hossa $7,450,000 $10,481,212 $450,000 6%
17 Nicklas Lidstrom $7,450,000 $10,481,212 -$150,000 -2%
19 Ryan Smyth $7,250,000 $10,199,837 -$250,000 -3%
20 Gary Bettman $7,230,000 $10,171,700 $130,000 2%
21 Joe Thornton $7,200,000 $10,129,494 $530,000 8%
22 Vincent Lecavalier $7,166,666 $10,082,597 -$1 0%
23 Brian Campbell $7,142,857 $10,049,101 $5,392,857 308%
24 Chris Drury $7,100,000 $9,988,806    
25 Dion Phaneuf $7,000,000 $9,848,119 $6,057,600 643%
25 Jarome Iginla $7,000,000 $9,848,119    
25 Jaromir Jagr $7,000,000 $9,848,119 -$1,360,000 -16%
25 Lubomir Visnovsky $7,000,000 $9,848,119 $4,948,000 241%
25 Michal Rozsival $7,000,000 $9,848,119 $4,700,000 204%
25 Roberto Luongo $7,000,000 $9,848,119 $500,000 8%