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James Reimer Toronto Maple Leafs 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 34, James Reimer played the position of goaltender while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $555,000. The total team salary for the Toronto Maple Leafs was reportedly $51,235,000, so his salary was about 1.1% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Toronto Maple Leafs was $950,000. The average salary was $2,134,791. During the 37 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 1 assist - a total of 1 point. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $15,000.00 per game played. James Reimer had a plus/minus of 0, 2 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 0 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%. His goaltending statistics include 2080 min, 1134 SA (shots against), 090 GA (goals against), 2.60 GAA (goals against average), 92.10% save percent, and a record of 20-10-5, including 3 shutouts. If we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly as a goaltender, we can divide his salary by the number of shots against. His salary per shot against was $0,489.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $555,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $169,534 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 21 median high school teachers, 24 median police officers, or 34 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $385,466 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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