average nhl salary
Most NHL teams, 17 of them, paid an average salary per player ranging from $1.8 million to $1 million. Only five teams--Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Avalanche, New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks and the Tampa Bay Lightning paid average salaries of under a million dollars per player.he minimum NHL player salary, per the collective bargaining agreement, is $500,000 in 2009-10 and 2010-11. The maximum seasonal salary for players new to the NHL is $900,000 for 2009 and 2010; and $925,000 for 2011 draftees.