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Colin Wilson Nashville Predators 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 33, Colin Wilson played the position of center while playing for the Nashville Predators during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the season was reportedly $875,000. The total team salary for the Nashville Predators was reportedly $51,387,500, so his salary was about 1.7% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Nashville Predators was $1,275,000. The average salary was $2,141,145. During the 82 games that he played that season, he scored 16 goals and had 18 assists - a total of 34 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $10,670.73 per game played. Colin Wilson had a plus/minus of 9, 17 PIM (penalties in minutes), 2 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 101 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 15.80%. 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 $54,688 and his salary per point was $25,735.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $875,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $281,534 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 35 median high school teachers, 39 median police officers, or 56 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $593,466 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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