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Ryan Miller Buffalo Sabres 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 30, Ryan Miller played the position of goaltender while playing for the Buffalo Sabres during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He reportedly had a salary of $6,250,000. The total team salary for the Buffalo Sabres was reportedly $56,255,000, so his salary was about 11.1% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Buffalo Sabres was $1,475,000. The average salary was $2,343,958. During the 66 games that he played that season, he scored 0 goals and had 2 assists - a total of 2 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $94,696.97 per game played. Ryan Miller had a plus/minus of 0, 6 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 3829 min, 1964 SA (shots against), 165 GA (goals against), 2.59 GAA (goals against average), 91.60% save percent, and a record of 34-22-8, including 5 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 $3,182.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $6,250,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $2,162,784 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 266 median high school teachers, 302 median police officers, or 429 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $4,087,216 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.