After the Kovalchuk contract rejection by the NHL for circumventing the cap, we’ve put together a chart showing the salary numbers for contracts that have been called in to question for being front-loaded, but were allowed to go through.
- Johan Franzen, Red Wings, 11 years, $43.5M ($3.9M cap hit), Signed April 2009
Henrik Zetterberg, Red Wings, 12 years, $73M ($6M cap hit), Signed January 2009
Marian Hossa, Blackhawks, 12 years, $62.8M ($5.23M cap hit), Signed July 2009
Roberto Luongo, Canucks, 12 years, $64M ($5.3M cap hit), Signed September 2009
Chris Pronger, Flyers, 7-year extension, $34.9M ($5M cap hit), Signed July 2009
Marc Savard, Bruins, 7-year extension, $28.05M ($4M cap hit), Signed Dec. 2009
Players current age is in brackets.
| Season | Kovalchuk (27) | Pronger (35) | Savard (32) | Hossa (31) | Luongo (31) | Franzen (30) | Zetterberg (29) |
| 2010-11 | $6 mill | $7.6 mill | $7 mill | $7.9 mill | $10 mill | $5 mill | $7.75 mill |
| 2011-12 | $6 mill | $7.6 mill | $7 mill | $7.9 mill | $6.716 mill | $5.25 mill | $7.75 mill |
| 2012-13 | $11.5 mill | $7.2 mill | $6.5 mill | $7.9 mill | $6.714 mill | $5.25 mill | $7.75 mill |
| 2013-14 | $11.5 mill | $7 mill | $5 mill | $7.9 mill | $6.714 mill | $5 mill | $7.5 mill |
| 2014-15 | $11.5 mill | $4 mill | $1.5 mill | $7.9 mill | $6.714 mill | $5 mill | $7.5 mill |
| 2015-16 | $11.5 mill | $525,000 | $525,000 | $7.9 mill | $6.714 mill | $5 mill | $7.5 mill |
| 2016-17 | $11.5 mill | $525,000 | $525,000 | $4 mill | $6.714 mill | $3.5 mill | $7 mill |
| 2017-18 | $10.5 mill | $1 mill | $6.714 mill | $2 mill | $3.5 mill | ||
| 2018-19 | $8.5 mill | $1 mill | $3.382 mill | $1 mill | $1 mill | ||
| 2019-20 | $6.5 mill | $750,000 | $1.618 mill | $1 mill | $1 mill | ||
| 2020-21 | $3.5 mill | $750,000 | $1 mill | ||||
| 2021-22 | $750,000 | $1 mill | |||||
| 2022-23 | $550,000 | ||||||
| 2023-24 | $550,000 | ||||||
| 2024-25 | $550,000 | ||||||
| 2025-26 | $550,000 | ||||||
| 2026-27 | $550,000 |
Salaries from NHLnumbers.com
