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Evgeni Dadonov Florida Panthers 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Evgeni Dadonov played right winger for the Florida Panthers, wearing number 63. His salary for the season was reportedly $662,500. The total team salary for the Florida Panthers was reportedly $35,302,500, so his salary was about 1.9% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Florida Panthers was $900,000, while the average salary was $1,604,659. During the 36 games that he played that season, he scored 8 goals and had 9 assists - a total of 17 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $18,402.78 per game. Evgeni Dadonov had a plus/minus of 0, 14 PIM (penalties in minutes), 1 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 60 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 13.30%. 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 $82,813 and his salary per point was $38,971.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $662,500 he can expect to pay around $207,159 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 25 median high school teachers, 29 median police officers, or 41 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $455,341 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.