How much would the Olympic hockey team costs?

If several NHL owners nervous Friday watch Olympic hockey semifinal, it is with good reason. More than $300 million value of hockey players participate in the tournament, risking injuries for reasons of national pride.

Not surprisingly, leads the way with a combined "settlement" of nearly $128 million Canada. The Canadians, a team from all NHL stars, make more money than the combined price of the entire Slovak and Finnish teams, two others remaining troops in the tournament. (Note: the five Finns and nine Slovaks currently playing in the NHL, we used your latest NHL content.)

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Things to break position down position, the difference is even clearer. The Canadian forward corps alone earned only about $5 million less than Team USA's precocious who is also the NHL player. In fact, review the Canadian line of Mike Richards (5.75 million USD), Rick Nash (5.4 million$) and Jonathan Toews ($2.8 million) more than the trio play the goalkeeper for the U.S. ($ 12.02.) (M) generated. And Canada's seven man defensive unit ($ 32.63 million) deserves more than all the Slovak forwards, despite the presence of profiles NHL star Marian Gaborik (US$ 7.5 million) and Marian Hossa (5.23 million US dollars).

To make Team Canada's price tag in perspective, it is virtually identical to the NFL salary cap, despite of football larger rosters and revenue. However the team over 73.4 million dollars less than what the New York made Yankees player pays last summer. Kevin Greenstein

Here is an estimated look at how much would cost the final four Olympic hockey teams in combined NHL content.

Players no longer playing in the NHL was their recent salary UsedPrinted in the Wall Street Journal, page W4

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