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Andy McDonald St. Louis Blues 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Andy McDonald wore number 10 while playing center for the St. Louis Blues in the 2010/2011 NHL season. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $5,200,000. The total team salary for the St. Louis Blues was reportedly $34,350,000, so his salary represented 15.1% of that total team payroll. We can compare his salary to the other players on his team. The median salary for a player on the St. Louis Blues was $885,000, while the average salary was $1,635,714. He played a total of 58 games that season, with 20 goals and 30 assists - a total of 50 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $89,655.17 per game played. Andy McDonald had a plus/minus of 18, 26 PIM (penalties in minutes), 5 PP (power play goals), 1 SH (short-handed goals), 3 GWG (game winning goals), and took 180 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 11.10%. We can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists), if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly on offense. His salary per goal scored was $260,000 and his salary per point was $104,000.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $5,200,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $1,795,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 220 median high school teachers, 251 median police officers, or 356 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $3,404,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.