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Ondrej Pavelec Winnipeg Jets 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Ondrej Pavelec played goaltender for the Winnipeg Jets, wearing number 31. He reportedly earned $1,000,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Winnipeg Jets was reportedly $39,035,750, so his salary was about 2.6% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Winnipeg Jets was $1,000,000. The average salary was $1,697,206. During the 58 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 0 assists - a total of 0 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $17,241.38 per game played. Ondrej Pavelec had a plus/minus of 0, 4 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 3225 min, 1705 SA (shots against), 147 GA (goals against), 2.73 GAA (goals against average), 91.40% save percent, and a record of 21-23-9, including 4 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 $0,587.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $1,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $325,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same 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. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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