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Devin Setoguchi San Jose Sharks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Devin Setoguchi played right winger for the San Jose Sharks, wearing number 16. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $1,800,000. The total team salary for the San Jose Sharks was reportedly $62,321,662, so his salary was about 2.9% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the San Jose Sharks was $1,950,000, while the average salary was $2,596,735. During the 72 games that he played that season, he scored 22 goals and had 19 assists - a total of 41 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $25,000.00 per game. Devin Setoguchi had a plus/minus of -2, 37 PIM (penalties in minutes), 4 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 5 GWG (game winning goals), and took 199 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 11.10%. 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 $81,818 and his salary per point was $43,902.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $1,800,000 he can expect to pay around $605,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 74 median high school teachers, 85 median police officers, or 120 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $1,194,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.
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