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Cam Janssen St. Louis Blues 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Cam Janssen wore number 55 while playing right winger for the St. Louis Blues in the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $600,000. The total team salary for the St. Louis Blues was reportedly $34,350,000, so his salary represented 1.7% of that total team payroll. That season, the average salary for a player on the St. Louis Blues was $1,635,714, while the median salary was $885,000. He played a total of 54 games that season, with 1 goal and 3 assists - a total of 4 points. To find out how much he earned per game played, we can divide his reported salary by the number of games played. He earned $11,111.11 per game. Cam Janssen had a plus/minus of -6, 131 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 16 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 6.30%. 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 $600,000 and his salary per point was $150,000.
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 $600,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $185,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 23 median high school teachers, 26 median police officers, or 37 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $414,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.