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Nicklas Backstrom Washington Capitals 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Nicklas Backstrom wore number 19 while playing center for the Washington Capitals in the 2010/2011 NHL season. He reportedly had a salary of $6,000,000. The total team salary for the Washington Capitals was reportedly $68,425,000, so his salary represented 8.8% of that total team payroll. We can compare his salary to the other players on his team. The median salary for a player on the Washington Capitals was $1,875,000, while the average salary was $2,534,259. He played a total of 77 games that season, with 18 goals and 47 assists - a total of 65 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $77,922.08 per game played. Nicklas Backstrom had a plus/minus of 24, 40 PIM (penalties in minutes), 4 PP (power play goals), 1 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 202 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 8.90%. 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 $333,333 and his salary per point was $92,308.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $6,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $2,075,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 255 median high school teachers, 290 median police officers, or 411 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $3,924,716 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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