Modern Use of the Ninth Amendment. Today, the Ninth Amendment is used mainly to stop the government from expanding their power rather than just limiting their power. Sometimes, courts try to use the Ninth Amendment as a way to provide and enforce rights that are not actually talked about in the Constitution.
Top NHL officials now cap out at a maximum salary of around $300,000, while players earn a league minimum of over $500,000. Two fourth-line thugs can pound away at each other for a combined income of at least a million dollars, while the linesmen â earning significantly less â are left to jump in and break it up.
The 25 Highest-Paid Players In The NHL. The NHL's new collective bargaining agreement calls for an 8.4% drop in the salary cap this season to $64.3 million from $70.2 million a year ago. On the next few pages, we will look at some of the players that were lucky enough to cash-in before the new CBA.