FREE PRESS STAFF and NEWS SERVICES • July 3, 2008 New Red Wings forward Marian Hossa will be second only to captain Nicklas Lidstrom in salary next season. The top five salaries on the team for 2008-09, in millions: Nicklas Lidstrom D $7.45 million Marian Hossa RW $7.4 million Pavel Datsyuk C $6.7 million Brian Rafalski D $6 million Brad Stuart D $3.75 million NHL’S TOP SALARIES Fourteen players will make more money than Hossa and Lidstrom next season. The players and their salaries, in millions: PLAYER TEAM SALARY LW Dany Heatley OTT $10 million LW Alex Ovechkin WAS $9 million C Sidney Crosby PIT $9 million G Miikka Kiprusoff CAL $8.5 million C Daniel Briere PHI $8 million C Scott Gomez NYR $8 million C Jason Spezza OTT $8 million D Kimmo Timonen PHI $8 million LW Thomas Vanek BUF $8 million C Brad Richards DAL $7.8 million...
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