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Soviet hockey players played, by and large, foridea. They received a salary, which was enough for a comfortable, but not luxurious life. The best gave out apartments, cars without a queue. The players were happy with the victories and the general attention of the fans, and after completing their sports career they were forced to continue working as trainers, functionaries or to look for themselves in another field.

Modern hockey - money and fame

Modern Russian hockey players feel themselvesmore comfortable and after hanging on a nail skates, can afford not to work, living in a chic house, riding a car, the cost of which is equal to the annual budget of rural settlements. After the Olympics in Sochi, Vladimir Putin expressed surprise at the high salary fees for athletes playing in the KHL clubs "Continental Hockey League". He also called for thinking over a system in which there would be a salary ceiling.

Salary in the KHL

Last season, the salary for players in AK Barçawas spent 1 060.3 million rubles, 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 shows the inequality of the players' salaries, depending on the representation of the team. It turns out that the Kazan AK "Bars" can contain three teams "Spartacus." Thus the salary is divided between approximately thirty players. As for the very largest salaries of hockey players, 7 players of the same AK "Barca" earned over 60 million rubles for the season. Similar earnings are observed in many leaders in other teams. The smallest fees in the KHL - 5 million rubles. But that is not all. Each player can count on bonuses for wins, goals scored, scores of usefulness and much more. All this is prescribed in contracts.

Salaries in the NHL

If we talk about the NHL (National HockeyLeague), where most of the players are eager to leave, then salaries are an order of magnitude higher. For example, Brad Richards last season was able to earn about 12 million dollars, and our compatriot Eugene Malkin - 9 million rubles. But these are the highest paid players on which the team play. In any case, even beginners can count on a salary of $ 1.2 million when signing the first contract. Is this attitude to the work of hockey players justified? After playing several years at a high level, they become rich. The same Maxim Sushinsky, who once played in Magnitogorsk Metallurg, is now driving a car worth 15 million rubles, when a coach in a sports school receives a salary of 10-15 thousand rubles and goes for training on foot.