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INDEPTH: NHL LABOUR STRIFE
Top earners A look at the highest-paid players in the NHL and their paycuts heading into the 2005-06 season
CBC Sports Online | Last updated July 14, 2004

As part of the new collective bargaining agreement, the players' union has agreed to a 24-per-cent salary rollback on all existing player contracts. Here's what the rollback means for the NHL's top earners:

PLAYER
2004-05
2005-06*
Jagr, Jaromir 11,000,000 8,360,000
Lidstrom, Nicklas 10,000,000 7,600,000
Yashin, Alexei 10,000,000 7,600,000
Tkachuk, Keith 9,000,000 7,600,000
Sundin, Mats 8,000,000 6,840,000
LeClair, John 9,000,000 6,840,000
Guerin, Bill 8,866,445 6,738,498
Holik, Bobby 8,850,000 6,726,000
Sakic, Joe 8,740,939 6,664,797
Blake, Rob 8,349,375 6,364,112
Fedorov, Sergei 6,000,000 6,080,000
Joseph, Curtis 8,000,000 6,080,000
Weight, Doug 7,000,000 5,700,000
Nolan, Owen 6,500,000 5,627,047
Bertuzzi, Todd 7,133,333 5,269,333
Brodeur, Martin 6,891,103 5,237,238
Hatcher, Derian 5,000,000 4,940,000
Kolzig, Olaf 6,250,000 4,940,000
Roenick, Jeremy 7,000,000 4,940,000
Alfredsson, Daniel 5,430,660 4,662,894


- Due to the lockout, all healthy players didn't receive any money during the 2004-05 season

* includes proposed 24-per-cent salary rollback
All figures in US dollars

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