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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks are both seeking to nearly double their current salaries with a deal that would bring them both $12 million per season, reports&amp;nbsp;TSN's Bob McKenzie.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The forwards are both represented by agent Pat Brisson, and currently have matching contracts that pay them $6.3 million a season, according to ESPN's Katie Strang.&amp;nbsp;Brisson recently opened extension negotiations with the club by asking to make his clients the NHL's only players averaging over $10 million a season.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kane and Toews&amp;nbsp;have led Chicago to two Stanley Cups and accounted for 37 points in the team's recent run to the Western Conference final.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The leagues current highest paid player is currently Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, who make an average of $9.5 million a year on his current contract, according to CapGeek.com.\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It's believed Kane-Toews initial ask of CHI on extension is around $12M/yr each. They'll end up lower but still could be $10M+ AAV players.\r\n\u2014 Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 26, 2014\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ovechkin ($9.53M) and Malkin ($9.50M) currently top the list. RT @TSNBobMcKenzie Double digit AAV for superstars may be new norm.\r\n\u2014 CapGeek (@capgeek) June 26, 2014\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;-Brendan Maloy&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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