Question: What's the average NHL salary?
Answer: For the 2007-08 season, the average NHL salary was just over $1.9 million, a record high.
Historical comparisons:
2005-06 average NHL salary: $1.46 million.
2003-04: $1.83 million.
1997-98: $1.17 million.
1994-95: $572,000.
1990-91: $271,000.