Here are the top 20 Left Wing goal scorers since the beginning of the '09-'10 season, through 12/5/11. Also noted is the cap hit for this season. Matty's 5th on the list, but check out his cap hit compared to his peers. Patrick Sharp and Alexandre Burrows also have a good $ value (Jamie Benn is actually the best value, at app. $820K, but comes in 23rd with 50 goals).
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Player | 09-'10 | 10-'11 | 11-'12 | Total | Cap Hit (M) |
Marleau | 44 | 37 | 10 | 91 | 6.90 |
Ovechkin | 50 | 32 | 8 | 90 | 9.54 |
Sedin, D. | 29 | 41 | 9 | 79 | 6.10 |
Kovalchuk | 41 | 31 | 6 | 78 | 6.67 |
Moulson | 30 | 31 | 13 | 74 | 3.10 |
Heatley | 39 | 26 | 8 | 73 | 7.50 |
Semin | 40 | 28 | 5 | 73 | 6.70 |
Vanek | 28 | 32 | 12 | 72 | 7.10 |
Sharp | 25 | 34 | 13 | 72 | 3.90 |
Burrows | 35 | 26 | 9 | 70 | 2.00 |
Eriksson | 29 | 27 | 10 | 66 | 4.30 |
Neal | 27 | 22 | 14 | 63 | 2.90 |
Bourque, Rene | 27 | 27 | 8 | 62 | 3.33 |
Smyth | 22 | 23 | 12 | 57 | 6.30 |
Michalek, M. | 22 | 18 | 16 | 56 | 4.30 |
Penner | 32 | 23 | 1 | 56 | 4.30 |
Morrow, B. | 20 | 33 | 3 | 56 | 4.10 |
Ladd | 17 | 29 | 8 | 54 | 4.40 |
Jokinen, J. | 30 | 19 | 4 | 53 | 3.00 |
Zetterberg | 23 | 24 | 5 | 52 | 6.10 |