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Jonathan Blum Nashville Predators 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Jonathan Blum played defenseman for the Nashville Predators, wearing number 7. He reportedly earned $787,500 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Nashville Predators was reportedly $51,387,500, so his salary was about 1.5% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Nashville Predators was $1,275,000. The average salary was $2,141,145. During the 23 games that he played that season, he scored 3 goals and had 5 assists - a total of 8 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $34,239.13 per game played. Jonathan Blum had a plus/minus of 8, 8 PIM (penalties in minutes), 1 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 18 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 16.70%. 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 $262,500 and his salary per point was $98,438.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $787,500 we can estimate that he would have to pay $250,909 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 31 median high school teachers, 35 median police officers, or 50 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $536,591 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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