NHL Team Payrolls By Year
| Team | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | NYR | $66,064,200 | $56,705,000 | $45,050,760 | $41,474,800 | $76,488,716 | $76,477,085 | $64,793,530 | $56,887,037 |
| Calgary | $63,100,000 | $50,934,900 | $45,831,400 | $36,589,140 | $36,402,575 | $32,217,000 | $26,915,000 | $26,542,500 |
| Philadelphia | $60,472,500 | $56,973,200 | $43,749,445 | $42,566,760 | $68,175,247 | $65,222,633 | $56,435,000 | $40,932,500 |
| Ottawa | $59,778,117 | $49,997,370 | $43,630,310 | $36,909,094 | $39,590,000 | $34,340,000 | $27,220,750 | $29,086,250 |
| Montreal | $58,908,000 | $42,313,500 | $43,559,307 | $32,994,940 | $38,857,000 | $41,972,360 | $41,277,373 | $26,529,200 |
| Pittsburgh | $56,589,460 | $41,384,200 | $26,293,273 | $23,122,650 | $23,400,000 | $24,407,500 | $34,130,770 | $33,677,333 |
| Detroit (sucks) | $56,400,000 | $44,633,000 | $39,872,000 | $39,578,300 | $77,856,109 | $68,410,506 | $66,643,750 | $55,107,500 |
| San Jose | $55,811,667 | $41,454,800 | $43,856,000 | $31,005,400 | $34,455,000 | $37,539,200 | $48,550,000 | $42,070,000 |
| New Jersey | $55,654,200 | $47,622,511 | $49,608,766 | $44,895,949 | $48,931,658 | $56,072,626 | $43,118,026 | $39,151,118 |
| Dallas | $55,625,000 | $49,420,000 | $43,877,000 | $40,651,480 | $68,578,885 | $69,570,169 | $48,710,352 | $50,050,000 |
| Edmonton | $54,067,381 | $46,915,659 | $42,280,000 | $38,469,340 | $33,375,000 | $27,932,500 | $24,317,250 | $25,050,000 |
| Vancouver | $53,144,000 | $45,710,000 | $42,877,000 | $43,711,344 | $42,074,500 | $34,075,000 | $29,984,579 | $24,703,750 |
| Minnesota | $52,861,000 | $46,183,000 | $39,471,000 | $25,158,000 | $27,200,500 | $20,743,750 | $16,783,576 | $11,737,500 |
| Columbus | $52,342,500 | $28,010,000 | $36,910,000 | $30,093,235 | $34,000,000 | $26,740,040 | $20,013,500 | $18,287,400 |
| Buffalo | $52,225,700 | $45,954,400 | $39,991,400 | $28,515,120 | $32,954,250 | $28,254,166 | $28,891,666 | $38,690,416 |
| Colorado | $51,940,000 | $61,290,750 | $37,999,700 | $41,044,829 | $63,382,458 | $62,860,926 | $59,523,921 | $51,692,500 |
| Chicago | $51,548,557 | $34,800,540 | $38,499,600 | $30,141,200 | $30,867,502 | $35,290,000 | $41,462,500 | $29,700,000 |
| Boston | $51,535,000 | $49,501,600 | $43,735,700 | $36,662,100 | $46,569,000 | $44,050,000 | $41,862,500 | $31,875,576 |
| Florida | $51,392,500 | $39,749,200 | $37,606,280 | $26,500,510 | $26,127,500 | $21,273,000 | $29,919,400 | $32,450,000 |
| Anaheim | $49,838,000 | $50,769,200 | $40,461,433 | $32,060,233 | $53,296,750 | $45,519,500 | $35,009,000 | $28,430,000 |
| Carolina | $49,075,000 | $49,948,600 | $39,970,800 | $35,308,700 | $35,908,738 | $33,131,287 | $31,994,900 | $32,473,250 |
| Toronto | $48,835,000 | $46,445,180 | $43,257,920 | $36,796,580 | $62,458,140 | $65,054,900 | $51,565,958 | $41,003,187 |
| St. Louis | $45,483,333 | $39,047,833 | $33,679,600 | $28,480,800 | $61,675,000 | $68,710,000 | $57,405,000 | $47,092,500 |
| Nashville | $44,155,000 | $30,273,340 | $43,011,660 | $31,649,440 | $21,932,500 | $23,932,500 | $18,700,000 | $18,437,500 |
| Tampa Bay | $43,501,666 | $38,954,167 | $41,886,667 | $39,157,379 | $34,065,379 | $29,483,439 | $27,345,896 | $17,989,000 |
| Phoenix | $39,102,500 | $35,694,750 | $37,030,600 | $30,354,345 | $39,249,750 | $35,917,435 | $31,854,433 | $34,626,833 |
| Los Angeles | $36,112,500 | $40,502,000 | $40,680,000 | $37,856,150 | $53,833,800 | $37,412,434 | $39,656,488 | $34,557,500 |
| Atlanta | $34,262,500 | $36,580,000 | $37,607,700 | $37,170,200 | $28,547,000 | $22,972,500 | $15,220,000 | $17,818,175 |
| NYI | $33,267,500 | $39,007,720 | $37,759,720 | $31,447,520 | $40,865,500 | $37,010,935 | $33,658,024 | $23,354,760 |
* Team Payrolls from 2000-2008 retrieved from USA Today on November 19, 2009
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