Highest paid NHL players for 2010-11

The dust has pretty much settled on big contracts except for Ilya Kovalchuk and the Devils who need to straighten out the terms of their contract. Below are the top salaries for the 2010-11 season. If the Kovaclhuk's contract looks similar to the one rejected by the league then he will not move into the list below in the first year of his contract.

As you can see the cap hit can be quite different than the actually amount paid as a result of front-loading contracts. Pronger's, Keith's and Hossa's contracts were really pushing the envelope until the Kovalchuk bomb was dropped.

Player	2010-11 Salary	Years	Cap Hit
Vincent Lecavalier	$10,000,000	11	$7,727,273
Roberto Luongo	$10,000,000	12	$6,750,000
Evgeni Malkin	$9,000,000	5	$8,700,000
Sidney Crosby	$9,000,000	5	$8,700,000
Alex Ovechkin	$9,000,000	13	$9,538,462
Jason Spezza	$8,000,000	7	$7,000,000
Dany Heatley	$8,000,000	6	$7,500,000
Scott Gomez	$8,000,000	7	$7,357,143
Chris Drury	$8,000,000	5	$7,050,000
Keith Duncan	$8,000,000	13	$5,538,462
Marian Hossa	$7,900,000	12	$5,275,000
Brad Richards	$7,800,000	5	$7,800,000
Henrik Zetterberg	$7,750,000	12	$6,083,333
Henrik Linqvist	$7,750,000	6	$6,875,000
Chris Proger	$7,600,000	7	$4,921,429
Henrik Linqvist	$7,750,000	6	$6,875,000
Chris Pronger	$7,600,000	7	$4,921,429