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The Swiss national ice hockey team leads the way in this year’s World Cup. Thanks to a 4-2 win over the Czech Republic on Sunday, coach Patrick Fischer’s team became the winner of the group before Tuesday’s final qualifying match against hosts Latvia. Only the Latvian match, meaningless for Switzerland, was lost in extra time, the starting position before the quarter-finals against Germany is excellent.
Supplements from overseas played a large part in Switzerland’s high-altitude flight. Of the six total NHL players on the national roster, two stand out for their impact on the scoreboard: Denis Malgin (26) is currently Switzerland’s top scorer with two goals and four assists. And Nino Niederreiter (30) is currently Nati’s most accurate player, scoring four goals in the World Cup already.
More than 7 million per year for Fiala and Hischier
Four Swiss attackers and two defenders from the NHL are among the big stars of this year’s World Cup, which featured relatively few players from the world’s strongest ice hockey league. A glance at the sometimes wasteful wage bills they collect shows this.
Kevin Fiala is the highest-paid Swiss World Cup squad member. The 26-year-old of Czech descent, St. That’s an average of $7,875 million per year. Nico Hischier gets just a little bit less with the New Jersey Devils. His seven-year contract from 2020 guarantees Valaisan an average of $7.27 million per year.
Nino Niederreiter was traded to the Winnipeg Jets last February. The Canadian NHL franchise has inherited a two-year contract, which Bündner signed with the Nashville Predators only in the summer of 2022. He goes on to earn $4 million a year from this. Jonas Siegenthaler has played for the Devils from New Jersey for a relatively moderate salary this season. Hischier’s clubmate received $1.125 million. However, the Zurich player, who has become one of the best defenders in the league from next season, will earn an average of 3.4 million dollars a year until 2028.
National superstars draw millions
The two Swiss NHL players who were on the ice at the World Cup don’t stand out from their Swiss league counterparts with the money they receive. Denis Malgin’s expiring contract with the Colorado Avalanche earns him a minimum wage of $750,000 per year. And Janis Jérôme Moser, 22, receives an entry-level salary of $925,000 currently in the desert with the Arizona Coyotes.
Unlike the NHL, wages are not disclosed in Switzerland’s top ice hockey league. As such, exactly how much National League players earn is a closely guarded secret. However, experts assume that national superstars in the current World Cup squad, such as SCB defender Romain Loeffel (32) or Friborg-Gottéron forward Christoph Bertschy (29) earn between 600,000 and 900,000 francs per year. The annual gross salary for key NL players, who are mostly seen as a complement to the national team or a hope for the future, is between 350,000 and 500,000 francs.
Finn, the biggest star of the World Cup
Only a few World Cup drivers can match the salaries of the best Swiss crackers in the NHL. Even Czech Dominik Kubalík (27), the tournament’s top scorer with a background at HC Ambrì-Piotta in Leventina, receives “only” $2 million a year from the Detroit Red Wings. NHL “ice buddies” have only been eclipsed by possibly the biggest star of the World Cup: Mikko Rantanen (26). For co-hosts and owners forward Finland, he earns an average of $9.25 million a year thanks to his seven-year contract with Colorado Avalanche.
The fact that Swiss NHL players are among the highest-paid players at this World Cup – in addition to their removal from Russia – has a lot to do with the long absence of ice hockey superstars. There are several reasons for this: First, the most important league in the world does not take a break during a World Cup, but also holds the playoffs. Second, NHL franchises withdrawing from the Stanley Cup race are also not releasing their players. And third, national federations have to insure NHL players themselves during the World Cup, sometimes for time they can’t afford – and therefore do without a squad.
Source :Blick
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