List of team payrolls in the NHL
Year Team payroll % change Median salary Top paid player ( s ) Highest salary
1999-2000 $ 33,300,000 4.72%
2000-01 $ 32,450,000 -2.55% $ 912,500 Pavel Bure $ 9,000,000
2001-02 $ 29,919,400 -7.80% $ 925,000 Sandis Ozolinsh $ 5,000,000
2002-03 $ 21,473,000 -28.23% $ 925,000 Viktor Kozlov $ 2,100,000
2003-04 $ 26,127,500 21.68% $ 902,500 Valeri Bure $ 3,100,000
2005-06 $ 26,500,510 1.43% $ 830,000 Roberto Luongo $ 3,200,000
2006-07 $ 37,606,280 41.91% $ 1,042,100 Todd Bertuzzi $ 5,269,080
2007-08 $ 39,749,200 5.70% $ 984,200 Tomas Vokoun $ 5,300,000
Eastern Conference -- Atlantic Division
These are the salaries for the Florida Panthers .
Here are several tables of National Hockey League team payrolls for each team in the NHL. For simplicity, players traded mid-season are considered to be on the payroll of the team acquiring that player.