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| Rank | Player | NHL Salary ($US) | In today's $ | +/- ($) | +/- (%) |
| 1 | Vincent Lecavalier | $10,000,000 | $11,920,746 | $2,833,334 | 40% |
| 2 | Alex Ovechkin | $9,000,000 | $10,728,671 | ||
| 2 | Sidney Crosby | $9,000,000 | $10,728,671 | ||
| 2 | Evgeni Malkin | $9,000,000 | $10,728,671 | $8,015,800 | 814% |
| 5 | Chris Drury | $8,050,000 | $9,596,200 | $950,000 | 13% |
| 6 | Dany Heatley | $8,000,000 | $9,536,597 | -$2,000,000 | -20% |
| 6 | Scott Gomez | $8,000,000 | $9,536,597 | ||
| 6 | Daniel Briere | $8,000,000 | $9,536,597 | ||
| 6 | Wade Redden | $8,000,000 | $9,536,597 | ||
| 6 | Jason Spezza | $8,000,000 | $9,536,597 | ||
| 11 | Marian Hossa | $7,900,000 | $9,417,389 | $450,000 | 6% |
| 12 | Brad Richards | $7,800,000 | $9,298,182 | ||
| 13 | Zdeno Chara | $7,500,000 | $8,940,559 | ||
| 13 | Marian Gaborik | $7,500,000 | $8,940,559 | ||
| 13 | Ilya Kovalchuk | $7,500,000 | $8,940,559 | ||
| 13 | Roberto Luongo | $7,500,000 | $8,940,559 | $500,000 | 7% |
| 17 | Nicklas Lidstrom | $7,450,000 | $8,880,956 | ||
| 18 | Henrik Zetterberg | $7,400,000 | $8,821,352 | $4,500,000 | 155% |
| 19 | Joe Thornton | $7,200,000 | $8,582,937 | ||
| 20 | Brian Campbell | $7,142,857 | $8,514,818 | ||
| 21 | Miikka Kiprusoff | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | -$1,500,000 | -18% |
| 21 | Kimmo Timonen | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | -$1,000,000 | -13% |
| 21 | Jarome Iginla | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | ||
| 21 | Lubomir Visnovsky | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | ||
| 21 | Rick Nash | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | $500,000 | 8% |
| 21 | Daniel Alfredsson | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | $1,534,603 | 28% |
| 21 | Jay Bouwmeester | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | $2,125,000 | 44% |
| 21 | Shawn Horcoff | $7,000,000 | $8,344,522 | $3,400,000 | 94% |
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