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Milan Jurcina New York Islanders 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Playing defenseman and wearing number 27, Milan Jurcina played for the New York Islanders during the 2010/2011 NHL season. He reportedly had a salary of $1,000,000. The total team salary for the New York Islanders was reportedly $29,727,500, so his salary represented 3.4% of that total team payroll. The average salary for a player on the New York Islanders was $1,143,365. The median salary was $765,000. He played a total of 46 games that season, with 4 goals and 13 assists - a total of 17 points. Dividing his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $21,739.13 per game. Milan Jurcina had a plus/minus of -4, 30 PIM (penalties in minutes), 1 PP (power play goals), 1 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 76 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 5.30%. We can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists), if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly on offense. His salary per goal scored was $250,000 and his salary per point was $58,824.
What about taxes? The hockey season is split between two calendar years, however, with a annual U.S.-based salary of $1,000,000 he can expect to pay around $325,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 40 median high school teachers, 45 median police officers, or 64 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $674,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.