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Worst contracts

Graded players ranked from the largest overpay down. The default list shows the 50 worst non-entry-level skater contracts. Goalie grades are performance-ranked, so goalies only appear when the position filter is set to G.

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Worst NHL contracts by surplus
# Player Team Pos Cap hit Expected Surplus Grade
1 Cutter Gauthier ANA LW $13.5M $7M -$6.5M F
2 Tyler Seguin DAL C $9.9M $5.2M -$4.7M F
3 Victor Hedman TBL D $8M $3.5M -$4.5M F
4 Pavel Dorofeyev NYR RW $11M $6.9M -$4.1M F
5 Adam Fantilli CBJ C $13.8M $9.6M -$4.1M F
6 Erik Karlsson PIT D $11.5M $7.5M -$4M F
7 Brendan Gallagher VAN RW $6.5M $2.8M -$3.7M F
8 Drew Doughty LAK D $11M $7.3M -$3.7M F
9 Jared Spurgeon MIN D $7.6M $4.2M -$3.4M F
10 Nikolaj Ehlers CAR LW $8.5M $5.2M -$3.3M F
11 Jonathan Huberdeau CGY LW $10.5M $7.3M -$3.2M F
12 Pavel Mintyukov ANA D $7.2M $4M -$3.2M F
13 Elias Pettersson VAN C $11.6M $8.4M -$3.2M F
14 Alex Tuch WSH RW $10.5M $7.3M -$3.2M F
15 Jake Walman EDM D $7M $3.9M -$3.1M F
16 Adrian Kempe LAK RW $10.6M $7.5M -$3.1M F
17 Ondrej Palat NYI LW $6M $3M -$3M F
18 Kirill Kaprizov MIN LW $17M $14.1M -$2.9M D
19 Frank Vatrano ANA RW $6M $3.1M -$2.9M D
20 Patrick Kane CHI RW $8M $5.1M -$2.9M D
21 Dougie Hamilton NJD D $9M $6.2M -$2.8M D
22 Darnell Nurse SJS D $9.3M $6.6M -$2.6M D
23 Jason Robertson DAL LW $12M $9.4M -$2.6M D
24 Chris Kreider MTL LW $6.5M $3.9M -$2.6M D
25 Logan Cooley UTA C $10M $7.4M -$2.6M D
26 William Nylander TOR RW $11.5M $8.9M -$2.6M D
27 Brandt Clarke LAK D $7.4M $4.9M -$2.5M D
28 Jordan Kyrou WSH RW $8.1M $5.6M -$2.5M D
29 Dmitry Orlov SJS D $6.5M $4M -$2.5M D
30 John Carlson TBL D $8.5M $6M -$2.5M D
31 Artemi Panarin LAK LW $11M $8.5M -$2.5M D
32 Tomas Hertl VGK C $8.1M $5.7M -$2.4M D
33 Egor Chinakhov PIT RW $6.3M $3.9M -$2.4M D
34 Tyler Toffoli SJS C $6M $3.8M -$2.2M D
35 Jack Eichel VGK C $13.5M $11.3M -$2.2M D
36 A.J. Greer ANA LW $4.3M $2.1M -$2.2M D
37 Gabriel Landeskog COL LW $7M $4.9M -$2.1M D
38 Noah Dobson MTL D $9.5M $7.4M -$2.1M D
39 Sean Couturier PHI C $7.8M $5.6M -$2.1M D
40 Josh Norris BUF C $8M $5.9M -$2.1M D
41 Trent Frederic EDM C $3.9M $1.8M -$2M D
42 Jamie Oleksiak VAN D $5M $3M -$2M D
43 Brayden Point TBL C $9.5M $7.5M -$2M D
44 Mitch Marner VGK RW $12M $10M -$2M D
45 Alex Killorn ANA LW $6.3M $4.3M -$2M D
46 Matthew Tkachuk FLA LW $9.5M $7.6M -$1.9M D
47 Trevor van Riemsdyk PIT D $4M $2.1M -$1.9M D
48 Roope Hintz DAL C $8.5M $6.6M -$1.9M D
49 Pierre-Luc Dubois WSH C $8.5M $6.7M -$1.8M D
50 Steven Stamkos NSH C $8M $6.2M -$1.8M D

Grades are fixed dollar bands on surplus. How the model works.