On Monday it became clear that Swedish NHL star and future Olympic player Adrian Kempe had signed a new giant contract with the Los Angeles Kings.
It is valid from next season and is worth just over $10 million per year and a total of $85 million over eight years, equivalent to just under 806 million kronor. This places him in fifth place among the highest-paid Swedes in the North American ice hockey league, according to figures from the website Spotrac.com .
"I'm really proud of myself, really happy to have this trust and to feel that the club wants me for such a long time. It feels incredibly good, I'm very happy and very proud to represent this organization for eight more years," the 29-year-old forward said at a digital press conference with Swedish media on Wednesday.
Kempe's current contract, worth just under half that per season, expires after this season. The Swede was drafted by the LA Kings in 2014 and has been with the club since moving to California from Örnsköldsvik and Modo in the SHL.
That's something I've had in the back of my mind too. I want to be loyal and I'm proud to play for one and the same club.
Elias Pettersson is the highest-paid Swede in the NHL. The center signed an eight-year contract with Vancouver last year, worth the equivalent of 879.5 million kronor.
Minnesota's Russian forward Kirill Kaprizov is the highest-paid NHL player with his eight-year contract worth 1.28 billion kronor, which begins next year.
