In his Opening Bell commentary, sport business analyst Tom Mayenknecht, a principal in Emblematica Brand Builders and host of The Sport Market, speaks to the reality that three of the five richest annual contracts (AAV) in the NHL belong to players with Canadian-based franchises: #1 Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs ($13.25M), #3 Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers ($12.5M) and now #5 Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks ($11.6M). The other two are #2 Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche ($12.6M) and #5 Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers ($11.642M).
In his Opening Bell commentary, sport business analyst Tom Mayenknecht, a principal in Emblematica Brand Builders and host of The Sport Market, speaks to the reality that three of the five richest annual contracts (AAV) in the NHL belong to players with Canadian-based franchises: #1 Auston Matthews of the Toronto Maple Leafs ($13.25M), #3 Connor McDavid of the Edmonton Oilers ($12.5M) and now #5 Elias Pettersson of the Vancouver Canucks ($11.6M). The other two are #2 Nathan MacKinnon of the Colorado Avalanche ($12.6M) and #5 Artemi Panarin of the New York Rangers ($11.642M).