Big Bucks In Sports

CENTER

DEFENSEMAN

RIGHT WING

LEFT WING

BIG SPENDERS
$86.8M

That's how much the Rangers threw at free-agent centers Scott Gomez and Chris Drury. The result: a second-round playoff departure, same as in '07.

BIGGER SPENDERS
The profligate Flyers may have paid too much ($52 million, eight years) for center Daniel Bri�re, but his 16 playoff points helped them become conference finalists.

AVERAGE SALARY BY NATIONALITY
Sabres left wing Thomas Vanek, the lone Austrian in the league, skews the data with his paycheck from last season.

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