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Brandon Dubinsky New York Rangers 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 17, Brandon Dubinsky played the position of center while playing for the New York Rangers during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He reportedly had a salary of $2,000,000. The total team salary for the New York Rangers was reportedly $64,557,500, so his salary was about 3.1% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the New York Rangers was $1,500,000, while the average salary was $2,391,018. During the 77 games that he played that season, he scored 24 goals and had 30 assists - a total of 54 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $25,974.03 per game. Brandon Dubinsky had a plus/minus of -3, 100 PIM (penalties in minutes), 4 PP (power play goals), 2 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 202 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 11.90%. 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 $83,333 and his salary per point was $37,037.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $2,000,000 he can expect to pay around $675,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 83 median high school teachers, 94 median police officers, or 134 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $1,324,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.