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| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | In today's $ | +/- ($) | +/- (%) |
| 1 | Patrick Kane | $13,800,000 | $14,562,288 | $0 | 0% |
| 1 | Jonathan Toews | $13,800,000 | $14,562,288 | $0 | 0% |
| 3 | Anze Kopitar | $13,000,000 | $13,718,097 | -$1,000,000 | -7% |
| 3 | Jamie Benn | $13,000,000 | $13,718,097 | $7,250,000 | 126% |
| 5 | Shea Weber | $12,000,000 | $12,662,859 | $0 | 0% |
| 6 | P.K. Subban | $11,000,000 | $11,607,621 | $0 | 0% |
| 7 | Sidney Crosby | $10,900,000 | $11,502,097 | $0 | 0% |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | $10,000,000 | $10,552,383 | $0 | 0% |
| 8 | Corey Perry | $10,000,000 | $10,552,383 | $0 | 0% |
| 8 | Jakub Voracek | $10,000,000 | $10,552,383 | $0 | 0% |
| 8 | Brent Burns | $10,000,000 | $10,552,383 | $4,240,000 | 74% |
| 8 | Evgeny Kuznetsov | $10,000,000 | $10,552,383 | $6,600,000 | 194% |
| 13 | Gary Bettman NHL Commissioner |
$9,600,000 | $10,130,287 | $0 | 0% |
| 14 | Evgeni Malkin | $9,500,000 | $10,024,763 | $0 | 0% |
| 14 | Steven Stamkos | $9,500,000 | $10,024,763 | $0 | 0% |
| 16 | Mikko Koivu | $9,180,000 | $9,687,087 | $3,780,000 | 70% |
| 17 | Ryan Getzlaf | $9,025,000 | $9,523,525 | -$225,000 | -2% |
| 18 | Ryan O'Reilly | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | -$2,000,000 | -18% |
| 18 | Henrik Lundqvist | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | -$500,000 | -5% |
| 18 | Phil Kessel | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $0 | 0% |
| 18 | Zach Parise | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $0 | 0% |
| 18 | Ryan Suter | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $0 | 0% |
| 18 | Claude Giroux | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $0 | 0% |
| 18 | Brent Seabrook | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $0 | 0% |
| 18 | Leon Draisaitl | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $8,075,000 | 873% |
| 18 | Aaron Ekblad | $9,000,000 | $9,497,144 | $8,075,000 | 873% |
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