Here are the top 5 highest-paid NHL hockey players in the world.

5. Panarin artist

Club: New York Special Forces

Ampoule: forward

Annual salary: $ 6,005,386

Artemy Panarin, photo: globallookpress.com

Artemy Panarin arrived at NHL 2015. The Russian is an untrained hockey player, so he can sign with any club in the tournament. As a result, Panarin became a player in Chicago and won the Calder Cup in his first season at the NHL – the award for the best new player in the tournament.

In 2017, Chicago traded a Russian for Columbus. Panarin no longer plays with class players Patrick Kane and Jonathan Taves, but scored more points: 169 for two seasons in Columbus compared to 151 for two seasons in Chicago.

In the past four years, Panarin has become the ninth player in the league for utility (+65) and the goal of victory (25), the eighth for points (320), and the fourth for the points in similar components equivalent (240).

In the summer of 2019, Panarin became a free agent and signed a contract with the New York Rangers. According to the annual salary, the Russians became the second person in the tournament – 11 642 857 dollars. But due to the high-income tax in New York (48.42%), Panarin only occupies the fifth line in our list of the highest-paid players in the world.

4. Leon Dreisaitl

Club: Edmonton Oil

Ampoule: forward

Annual salary: $ 6,006,667

Leon Dreisaitle’s contract is one of the most controversial in the tournament. Edmonton chose the German striker under the third overall figure in the 2014 draft. In the same year, Dreisaitl spent his first season at NHL.

In three years, the hockey player has scored 137 points (50 goals and 87 assists) after 191 matches. Dreisaytl plays an important role in the Oilers, but not a club leader. In the summer of 2017, the team’s leadership provided Germany with one of the largest contracts in the NHL.

In six years, Dreisaytl will make $ 68 million. His average annual salary before taxes is $ 11,333,333. In the summer of 2017, Dreisaitl became the highest-paid player of the tournament at the time.

Many experts believe that Dreisaytl does not deserve such a large salary. Only last season, the striker began to show a game worthy of his contract. He became fourth in the league in terms of points (105) and second in terms of goals (50).