A Fun List of NHL Players with Higher Cap Hits than Ilya Kovalchuk
- Rick Nash - $7.8 million through 2018
- Vincent Lecavalier - $7.727 million through 2020
- Scott Gomez - $7.357 million through 2014
- Thomas Vanek - $7.142 million through 2014
- Chris Drury - $7.05 million through 2012