Why Cale Makar became the NHL’s highest paid player – for now
See more Toronto Sun on Google — save as a Preferred Source The floodgates have truly opened for NHL stars signing contracts in this free-flowing salary cap world. And Cale Makar’s pool is now coloured a very deep green. The Colorado Avalanche defenceman is the newest title holder as highest paid in the league, an eight-year extension […]
Cale Makar, a defenseman for the Colorado Avalanche, has signed an eight-year contract extension worth $163.2 million, making him the highest-paid player in the NHL. According to Yahoo Sports, the deal has an annual average value of $20.4 million and runs through the 2034-35 season.
Makar, 27, is coming off a season with 20 goals and 59 assists. He finished second in the Norris Trophy voting, an award for the league's top defenseman, and has won the award twice in his career.
The extension surpasses the eight-year, $136 million deal signed by Minnesota forward Kirill Kaprizov last September, making Makar's deal the richest in NHL history, per Associated Press and Yahoo Sports.
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