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Sean Avery New York Rangers 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 16, Sean Avery played the position of left winger while playing for the New York Rangers during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $4,000,000. The total team salary for the New York Rangers was reportedly $64,557,500, so his salary was about 6.2% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the New York Rangers was $1,500,000. The average salary was $2,391,018. During the 76 games that he played that season, he scored 3 goals and had 21 assists - a total of 24 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $52,631.58 per game played. Sean Avery had a plus/minus of -4, 174 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 137 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 2.20%. If we want to evaluate his performance strictly on offense, we can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists). His salary per goal scored was $1,333,333 and his salary per point was $166,667.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $4,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $1,375,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 169 median high school teachers, 192 median police officers, or 273 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $2,624,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.