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Average salary dropping from '03-04

The Hockey News

Monday, July 19, 2004

Salaries of National Hockey League players who have signed new contracts this summer have decreased by more than five percent, according to data assembled by The Hockey News. Of 72 restricted and unrestricted NHL free agents who agreed to new contracts between the end of the Stanley Cup final and mid-July, 28 (39 percent) are taking pay cuts in 2004-05, 10 (14 percent) will earn the same amount, while 34 (47 percent) are getting raises. The average salary of the 72 players decreased from $1.6 ...

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