List below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers for Left Wingers heading into the 2011-12 NHL season. Due to front-loading contracts (back-loaded in some cases), and teams having to deal with the salary cap, a players cap number takes precedence over their actual salary.
Rk. | Player | Team | 2011-12 Cap Number | 2011-12 Salary |
1 | Alexander Ovechkin | WAS | $9,538,000 | $9,000,000 |
2 | Rick Nash | CLB | $7,800,000 | $7,500,000 |
3 | Marian Gaborik | NYR | $7,500,000 | $7,500,000 |
Dany Heatley | MIN | $7,500,000 | $8,000,000 | |
5 | Thomas Vanek | BUF | $7,143,000 | $6,400,000 |
6 | Alexander Semin | WAS | $6,700,000 | $6,700,000 |
7 | Ilya Kovalchuk | NJD | $6,667,000 | $6,000,000 |
8 | Ryan Smyth | EDM | $6,250,000 | $4,500,000 |
9 | Daniel Sedin | VAN | $6,100,000 | $6,100,000 |
10 | Henrik Zetterberg | DET | $6,083,000 | $7,750,000 |
11 | Patrik Elias | NJD | $6,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
Zach Parise | NJD | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |
Mike Cammalleri | MTL | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | |
14 | Bobby Ryan | ANA | $5,100,000 | $5,562,000 |
15 | Martin Havlat | SJS | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
16 | Kristian Huselius | CLB | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 |
17 | Ryan Malone | TBL | $4,500,000 | $5,500,000 |
Martin Erat | NAS | $4,500,000 | $6,000,000 | |
Erik Cole | MTL | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
Ville Leino | BUF | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
21 | Andrew Ladd | WPG | $4,400,000 | $4,000,000 |
22 | Milan Michalek | OTT | $4,333,000 | $4,500,000 |
23 | Loui Eriksson | DAL | $4,250,000 | $4,100,000 |
David Booth | FLA | $4,250,000 | $4,500,000 | |
Dustin Penner | LAK | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 | |
26 | Scott Hartnell | PHI | $4,200,000 | $3,700,000 |
27 | Brenden Morrow | DAL | $4,100,000 | $4,100,000 |
28 | Milan Lucic | BOS | $4,083,000 | $4,000,000 |
29 | Jason Blake | ANA | $4,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
30 | Wojtek Wolski | NYR | $3,800,000 | $4,000,000 |