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Braden Holtby Washington Capitals 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 70, Braden Holtby played the position of goaltender while playing for the Washington Capitals during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He reportedly earned $620,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Washington Capitals was reportedly $68,425,000, so his salary was about 0.9% of the team's total reported payroll. Comparing his salary to the other players on his team, reportedly, the average salary for a player on the Washington Capitals was $2,534,259, while the median salary was $1,875,000. During the 14 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 1 assist - a total of 1 point. To find out how much he earned per game played, we can divide his reported salary by the number of games played. He earned $44,285.71 per game. Braden Holtby had a plus/minus of 0, 0 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 0 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%. His goaltending statistics include 736 min, 332 SA (shots against), 022 GA (goals against), 1.79 GAA (goals against average), 93.40% save percent, and a record of 10-2-2, including 2 shutouts. If we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly as a goaltender, we can divide his salary by the number of shots against. His salary per shot against was $1,867.
Don't forget about taxes. Although each NHL season is composed of months two separate calendar years, having a salary in the United States of $620,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $192,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 24 median high school teachers, 27 median police officers, or 38 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $427,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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