Top hockey players are cashing in on rising NHL revenues after a summer spending spree

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Rising NHL revenues are contributing to higher player salaries, highlighted by Leo Carlsson’s reported $90 million offer sheet from the Philadelphia Flyers. The Anaheim Ducks matched the offer to retain Carlsson, a development described as a milestone in the league’s evolving salary economics.

Leo Carlsson was in the passenger's seat when his phone rang this summer with some life-changing news. Agents Matt and Ryan Keator called to tell Carlsson the Philadelphia Flyers were prepared to sign him to a $90 million offer sheet that would make him the NHL's highest-paid player at $18 million per year. The proposalchanged hockey economics even before the Anaheim Ducks matched it to keep Carlsson, who became the face of rising salaries across the league.