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Adam McQuaid Boston Bruins 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Adam McQuaid played defenseman for the Boston Bruins, wearing number 54. His salary for the season was reportedly $550,000. The total team salary for the Boston Bruins was reportedly $64,822,500, so his salary was about 0.8% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Boston Bruins was $1,875,000. The average salary was $2,700,937. During the 67 games that he played that season, he scored 3 goals and had 12 assists - a total of 15 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $8,208.96 per game played. Adam McQuaid had a plus/minus of 30, 96 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 46 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 6.50%. If we want to evaluate his performance strictly on offense, we can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists). His salary per goal scored was $183,333 and his salary per point was $36,667.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $550,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $167,784 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 21 median high school teachers, 23 median police officers, or 33 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $382,216 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.