Top hockey players are cashing in on rising NHL revenues after a summer spending spree

Sep 28, 2026, 4:18 PM ET|Comments (0)

from TSN,

Agents Matt and Ryan Keator called to tell Carlsson the Philadelphia Flyers were prepared to sign him to a $90 million offer sheet that would make him the NHL’s highest-paid player at $18 million per year. The proposalchanged hockey economics even before the Anaheim Ducks matched it to keep Carlsson, who became the face of rising salaries across the league.

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