NHL’s best contracts: no Canadiens player in The Athletic top-15

You may have heard of Dom Luszczyszyn.He’s a columnist for The Athletic who uses statistical models to analyze players and contracts, andit was he who, a few years ago, ranked Nick Suzuki among the worst contracts in the league. Let’ s just say that it was never one of the worst contracts… and the captain’s last few years prove it.On this subject, Luszczyszyn analyzes NHL contracts every year according to his model. He calculates the surplus value a player brings to his club in relation to his annual salary.Obviously, this does not take into account entry-level contracts. Andas for the summer of 2025, the columnist’s top-10 list doesn’t include a single player from the Canadiens. There are five honorable mentions… so you could say in the top-15, in fact.