Modern hockey players receive large salaries. There is enough money for a luxurious life even after the end of a career. Even a newcomer to the KHL club can expect to earn 5 million rubles a year.
Soviet hockey players played, by and large, for the idea. They received a salary that was enough for a comfortable, but not luxurious life. The best were given apartments, cars without queue. The players rejoiced at the victories and the general attention of the fans, and after the end of their sports careers, they were forced to continue working as coaches, functionaries or look for themselves in another field.
Modern hockey - money and fame
Modern Russian hockey players feel more comfortable and, after hanging their skates on a nail, can afford not to work, living in a luxurious house, driving a car, the cost of which is equal to the annual budget of rural settlements.
After the end of the Sochi Olympics, Vladimir Putin expressed surprise at the high salaries of athletes who play in the KHL Kontinental Hockey League clubs. He also urged to think over a system under which there will be a salary ceiling.
Salary in the KHL
Last season, 1 060.3 million rubles were spent on the salaries of players in AK "Bars", in SKA (St. Petersburg) - 1,023.5 million rubles, in CSKA - 761, 3 million rubles, in Neftekhimik “Nizhnekamsk "- 393, 8 million rubles, in" Spartak " Moscow "- 295, 6 million rubles. The statistics show the inequality of players' salaries depending on the representation of the team. It turns out that the Kazan AK "Bars" can contain three teams "Spartak". At the same time, the salary is divided between about thirty players.
As for directly the highest salaries of hockey players, 7 players of the same AK "Barsa" earned over 60 million rubles for the season. Similar earnings are observed for many leaders in other teams.
The smallest fees in the KHL are 5 million rubles. But that's not all. Every player can count on bonuses for wins, goals scored, utility rates, and more. All this is written in contracts.
NHL salaries
If we talk about the NHL (National Hockey League), where most of the players seek to leave, then salaries are much higher there. For example, Brad Richards last season was able to earn about 12 million dollars, and our compatriot Evgeny Malkin - 9 million rubles. But these are the highest paid players on which the team's game is based. In any case, even newcomers, when signing the first contract, can count on a salary of $ 1.2 million.
Is this attitude to the work of hockey players justified? After playing a few years at a high level, they become rich. The same Maxim Sushinsky, who once played at Metallurg Magnitogorsk, now drives a car worth 15 million rubles, when a coach at a sports school receives a salary of 10-15 thousand rubles and goes to trainings on foot.
