NHL
NHL Colleges: Minnesota
Ranking colleges/universities by active NHL players & earnings.
* denotes active player
| Rank | Player | Pos | Team | Current Contract | Current AAV | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Kessel* | RW |
 TOR |
5 yr, $27,000,000 | $5,400,000 | $93,002,866 |
| 2 | Blake Wheeler* | RW |
 BOS |
1 yr, $2,200,000 | $2,200,000 | $89,101,220 |
| 3 | Thomas Vanek | LW |
 BUF |
7 yr, $50,000,000 | $7,142,857 | $85,134,987 |
| 4 | Erik Johnson* | D |
 STL |
2 yr, $5,200,000 | $2,600,000 | $71,902,439 |
| 5 | Kyle Okposo | RW |
 NYI |
3 yr, $5,100,000 | $1,700,000 | $60,715,732 |
| 6 | Alex Goligoski | D |
 PIT |
3 yr, $5,500,000 | $1,833,333 | $60,224,137 |
| 7 | Paul Martin | D |
PIT |
5 yr, $25,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $60,150,000 |
| 8 | Nick Leddy* | D |
 CHI |
3 yr, $3,350,000 | $1,116,667 | $59,316,829 |
| 9 | Nate Schmidt* | D |
 WAS |
2 yr, $2,700,000 | $1,350,000 | $46,975,978 |
| 10 | Brady Skjei* | D |
 NYR |
3 yr, $2,775,000 | $925,000 | $43,482,784 |
| 11 | Nick Bjugstad* | C |
 FLA |
3 yr, $3,300,000 | $1,100,000 | $32,957,500 |
| 12 | Keith Ballard | D |
FLA |
6 yr, $25,200,000 | $4,200,000 | $30,009,737 |
| 13 | Erik Haula* | C |
 MIN |
2 yr, $3,500,000 | $1,750,000 | $25,600,000 |
| 14 | Jordan Leopold | D |
BUF |
3 yr, $9,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $21,206,096 |
| 15 | Mike Reilly* | D |
MIN |
2 yr, $4,050,000 | $2,025,000 | $20,870,731 |
| 16 | Casey Mittelstadt* | C |
BUF |
3 yr, $4,475,000 | $1,491,667 | $15,428,730 |
| 17 | Justin Holl* | D |
TOR |
1 yr, $742,500 | $742,500 | $14,906,480 |
| 18 | Travis Boyd* | LW |
WAS |
2 yr, $1,410,000 | $705,000 | $9,003,423 |
| 19 | Hudson Fasching* | RW |
BUF |
3 yr, $4,050,000 | $1,350,000 | $5,369,043 |
| 20 | Jordan Schroeder | C |
 VAN |
3 yr, $3,075,000 | $1,025,000 | $5,331,025 |
| 21 | Stu Bickel | D |
NYR |
1 yr, $600,000 | $600,000 | $4,663,985 |
| 22 | Vinni Lettieri | C |
NYR |
2 yr, $1,850,000 | $925,000 | $3,542,244 |
| 23 | Ryan Collins | D |
 CBJ |
3 yr, $2,775,000 | $925,000 | $2,642,500 |
| 24 | Jake Bischoff | D |
 VGK |
2 yr, $1,850,000 | $925,000 | $2,487,727 |
| 25 | Kyle Rau | C |
FLA |
2 yr, $1,717,500 | $858,750 | $2,458,601 |
| 26 | Michael Brodzinski | D |
 SJS |
3 yr, $2,775,000 | $925,000 | $2,335,000 |
| 27 | Adam Wilcox | G |
 TBL |
2 yr, $1,617,500 | $808,750 | $2,325,575 |
| 28 | Seth Helgeson | D |
 NJD |
2 yr, $1,190,000 | $595,000 | $2,282,478 |
| 29 | Scott Reedy | C |
SJS |
2 yr, $185,000 | $92,500 | $1,998,750 |
| 30 | Aaron Ness | D |
NYI |
3 yr, $2,375,000 | $791,667 | $1,779,616 |
| 31 | Mat Robson | G |
MIN |
2 yr, $2,775,000 | $1,387,500 | $1,107,020 |
| 32 | Justin Kloos | C |
 ANA |
2 yr, $1,850,000 | $925,000 | $1,051,302 |
| 33 | Ryan Stoa | LW |
 COL |
1 yr, $803,250 | $803,250 | $25,385 |
