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Rick Rypien Vancouver Canucks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Rick Rypien wore number 37 while playing center for the Vancouver Canucks in the 2010/2011 NHL season. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $575,000. The total team salary for the Vancouver Canucks was reportedly $70,975,000, so his salary represented 0.8% 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 Vancouver Canucks was $2,250,000, while the average salary was $2,729,807. He played a total of 9 games that season, with 0 goals and 1 assist - a total of 1 point. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $63,888.89 per game played. Rick Rypien had a plus/minus of -5, 31 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 6 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $575,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $176,534 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 22 median high school teachers, 25 median police officers, or 35 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $398,466 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.