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Jason Garrison Florida Panthers 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Jason Garrison played defenseman for the Florida Panthers, wearing number 52. He reportedly had a salary of $650,000. The total team salary for the Florida Panthers was reportedly $35,302,500, so his salary was about 1.8% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Florida Panthers was $900,000. The average salary was $1,604,659. During the 73 games that he played that season, he scored 5 goals and had 13 assists - a total of 18 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $8,904.11 per game played. Jason Garrison had a plus/minus of -2, 26 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 3 GWG (game winning goals), and took 116 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 4.30%. 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 $130,000 and his salary per point was $36,111.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $650,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $202,784 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 25 median high school teachers, 28 median police officers, or 40 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $447,216 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.