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Zbynek Michalek Pittsburgh Penguins 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 4, Zbynek Michalek played the position of defenseman while playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $4,000,000. The total team salary for the Pittsburgh Penguins was reportedly $67,737,500, so his salary was about 5.9% of the team's total reported payroll. Comparing his salary to the other players on his team, reportedly, the average salary for a player on the Pittsburgh Penguins was $2,605,288, while the median salary was $1,325,000. During the 73 games that he played that season, he scored 5 goals and had 14 assists - a total of 19 points. To find out how much he earned per game played, we can divide his reported salary by the number of games played. He earned $54,794.52 per game. Zbynek Michalek had a plus/minus of 0, 30 PIM (penalties in minutes), 1 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 104 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 4.80%. 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 $800,000 and his salary per point was $210,526.
Don't forget about taxes. Although each NHL season is composed of months two separate calendar years, having a salary in the United States of $4,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $1,375,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, 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 federal government, he would have $2,624,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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