What is the average NHL salary?

by James Mirtle on Aug 12, 2008 1:54 PM CDT Comment 5 comments

I'm working on a few things that should be ready for tomorrow, but consider this a small preview:

A few things to note:

this is the average based on players' hits against the cap for players with 10 or more games played (as per nhlscap.com)
the 2008-09 figure will likely drop slightly as more entry-level and league minimum contracts are signed next month
the league's average's salary in 2003-04 was about $1.85-million

There's a more detailed salary analysis to come. Let me know if there's something you'd like to see.
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Personally, I'd be most interested to see this broken down by position.

by Ryan on Aug 12, 2008 4:14 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm just a happy person so I'll take what James gives us. It's not like he is raking in huge dollars with this blog. Thanks in advance.

by Anonymous on Aug 12, 2008 4:23 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Nitpick time: It's generally considered good form to label a graph where one of the axes starts at a different value than zero. That can fool people.

by Comrade J. Michael Neal on Aug 12, 2008 6:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

There are some problems I can't help you with if that graph fooled you.

by James Mirtle on Aug 12, 2008 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Professional athletes are really paid very well especially those sports that are famous and most watched by the public. I am a frustrated professional athlete and it just makes me frustrated seeing that rate.

by pacquiao vs. de la hoya on Aug 12, 2008 10:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

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