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Daniel Alfredsson Ottawa Senators 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Daniel Alfredsson wore number 11 while playing right winger for the Ottawa Senators in the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $7,000,000. The total team salary for the Ottawa Senators was reportedly $50,083,333, so his salary represented 14.0% 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 Ottawa Senators was $900,000, while the average salary was $2,384,920. He played a total of 54 games that season, with 14 goals and 17 assists - a total of 31 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $129,629.63 per game played. Daniel Alfredsson had a plus/minus of -19, 18 PIM (penalties in minutes), 7 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 96 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 14.60%. 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 $500,000 and his salary per point was $225,806.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $7,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $2,425,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 298 median high school teachers, 339 median police officers, or 481 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $4,574,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.