This is how much money every Montreal Canadiens player will make this season
National Hockey League players are paid handsomely, and the Montreal Canadiens’ roster is no exception.
The team’s best and highest paid player is goaltender Carey Price, whose $15 million salary in 2018-19 ranks only behind Toronto’s John Tavares ($15.9 million) in the entire league. The former Hart Trophy winner will make more than double any of his Habs teammates this season.
Price, who carries just a $10.5 million cap hit, is beginning the first year of an eight-year, $84 million contract extension.
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Well below Price in terms of salary this season is new captain Shea Weber, whose pay ($6 million) is actually lower than his cap hit of $7.86 million.
While Price and Weber being at the top of the table makes sense, there are plenty of other players whose salary doesn’t match up with their production.
The team’s third-highest paid player, Karl Alzner, has already been a healthy scratch this season for instance. He will make $6 million this season.
Meanwhile, Montreal’s leading scorer from last year, Brendan Gallagher, is a bargain making just $3 million.
Here’s the full roster, including injured players, sorted by 2018-19 salary:
| Name | Position | Cap hit | Salary |
| Carey Price | Goaltender | $10.5 million | $15 million |
| Shea Weber | Defenceman | $7.86 million | $6 million |
| Karl Alzner | Defenceman | $4.63 million | $6 million |
| Jonathan Drouin | Forward | $5.5 million | $5.5 million |
| Jeff Petry | Defenceman | $5.5 million | $5 million |
| Tomas Tatar | Forward | $4.8 million | $4.98 million |
| Andrew Shaw | Forward | $3.9 million | $4 million |
| Max Domi | Forward | $3.15 million | $3.15 million |
| Brendan Gallagher | Forward | $3.75 million | $3 million |
| Phillip Danault | Forward | $3.08 million | $3 million |
| Tomas Plekanec | Forward | $2.25 million | $2.25 million |
| David Schlemko | Defenceman | $2.1 million | $1.85 million |
| Joel Armia | Forward | $1.85 million | $1.85 million |
| Matthew Peca | Forward | $1.3 million | $1.3 million |
| Jordie Benn | Defenceman | $1.1 million | $1.1 million |
| Paul Byron | Forward | $1.17 million | $1 million |
| Nicolas Deslauriers | Forward | $950,000 | $950,000 |
| Antti Niemi | Goaltender | $950,000 | $950,000 |
| Jesperi Kotkaniemi | Forward | $925,000 | $925,000 |
| Artturi Lehkonen | Forward | $839,166 | $925,000 |
| Jacob De La Rose | Forward | $900,000 | $850,000 |
| Noah Juulsen | Defenceman | $863,333 | $832,500 |
| Nikita Scherbak | Forward | $863,333 | $832,500 |
| Mike Reilly | Defenceman | $725,000 | $775,000 |
| Victor Mete | Defenceman | $748,333 | $742,500 |
| Xavier Ouellet | Defenceman | $700,000 | $700,000 |
| Charles Hudon | Forward | $650,000 | $650,000 |