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Viktor Stalberg Chicago Blackhawks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 25, Viktor Stalberg played the position of left winger while playing for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the season was reportedly $785,000. The total team salary for the Chicago Blackhawks was reportedly $62,502,857, so his salary was about 1.3% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Chicago Blackhawks was $1,125,000. The average salary was $2,604,285. During the 77 games that he played that season, he scored 12 goals and had 12 assists - a total of 24 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $10,194.81 per game played. Viktor Stalberg had a plus/minus of 2, 43 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 3 GWG (game winning goals), and took 135 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 8.90%. 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 $65,417 and his salary per point was $32,708.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $785,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $250,034 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 31 median high school teachers, 35 median police officers, or 50 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $534,966 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.