Anaheim: Souray $3.67 (Fowler is their #1 on an ELC, his RFA contract is for $4)
Boston: Chara $6.9
Buffalo: Myers $5.5 (lifetime deal)
Calgary: JayBo $6.7
Carolina: Pitkanen/Gleason $4.5/$4 (neither are #1s)
Chicago: Keith $5.5 (lifetime deal...Seabrook makes $5.8 non-lifetime)
Colorado: E.Johnson $3.5 (this is a head scratcher)
CBus: Wiz $5.5 (pffft) JMFJ makes $4.3, also a deal
Dallas: Goligoski $4.6 (iirc, this is his RFA deal)
Detroit: Kronwall $4.75 (great deal)
Edmonton: Whitney $4 (not a #1)
Florida: Campbell $7.1 (ouch)
Los Angeles: Doughty $7 (his RFA holdout deal, he wanted more and will get it)
Minnesota: Suter $7.5 (lifetime deal and worth every single penny)
Montreal: Markov $5.75 (great deal) with Subban wanting the world in 2 years
Nashville: Weber $7.8 (lifetime deal and worth every penny)
New Jersey: Volchenkov $4.25 (not a #1)
NY Islanders: Visnovsky $5.6 (not NYI deal) and Streit $4.1 (fair deal)
NY Rangers: Staal $3.75 (RFA deal) Girardi $3.3 (RFA) Del Zotto $2.55 (RFA)
Ottawa: Karlsson $6.5 (lifetime deal and worth every penny)
Philly: Timonen $6.3 (pfffft)
Phoenix: Yandle $5.25 (RFA...had a short bridge deal in there to prove he was worth it)
Pittsburgh: Martin $5 (good deal this year) Letang @ $3.5 is going to get the moon
San Jose: Boyle $6.667 (fair deal)
St Louis: Jackman $3.166 (fair deal) but Petro is on ELC
Tampa: Carle $5.5 (pfft) also Hedman $4 (RFA deal)
Toronto: Phaneuf $6.5 (fair deal)
Vancouver: Too many. 4 guys range from $4.5 - $5 with the only bad deal being Ballard @ $4.2
Washington: Green $6.08 (idk about this...could be bad deal, dont watch Washington)
Winnipeg: Byfuglien $5.2 (fair deal) and Enstrom's new deal is $5.75 (fair deal)
That is the list of #1's and their salary.
But every team has a #1 dman, that doesn't mean a #1 on one team isn't really just a #2/3/4 being forced up the depth chart. I'll use baseball as an example, every team has an ace, the teams best pitcher, but not every team has a #1 pitcher and some teams may have 2 #1s, and many times you will see that some teams have a #2/3/4 guy forced up because they have nothing else. Look at the Jays, Romero was their Ace the past 2 years, though only at the beginning of last year, that was mainly because they didn't have a pitcher that was as consistent or good enough to pass him. Romero at the time was a good #3 and now he's down in A ball.
The point is that not all #1s are "true" #1s and they don't all cost an arm and a leg to get. however sometimes the offensive/defensive side of the game is so much ahead of the rest of the league that they can be considered a "true #1". Kronwall imo is not a true #1, he needs somebody defensively minded to cover for his bonehead plays, but the value he brings to this team is greater then anyone else so it means he is the defacto #1.
A true #1 shouldn't need someone to cover for them, they should be good on the PP & able to play on the PK, they should be able to log 25+ minutes of ice team if need be and be able to do it all night in night out. It doesn't mean they can't make an odd mistake every now and then or have an off night it just means that they can't be doing it every 3rd or 4th night.
For me the only true #1s are: OEL, Pietrangelo, Chara, Markov, Keith, Suter, Karlsson, Enstrom, Weber & Letang.
Everyone else is really either too young, don't play the PK enough, they don't produce enough offence or they make a few too many mistakes per game too be considered "true #1s".
Everyone else are #2s, some could be considered Elite/above average #2s and they're really close to getting to #1 status but they're not there yet. Some of them being Doughty, Subban, Kronwall, Seabrock, Johnson & Stall/McDonagh, I might be forgetting some others.
