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John Zeiler Los Angeles Kings 2008-2009 NHL statistics
John Zeiler wore number 13 while playing right winger for the Los Angeles Kings in the 2008/2009 NHL season. He reportedly earned $525,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the Los Angeles Kings was reportedly $36,112,500, so his salary represented 1.5% of that total team payroll. That season, the average salary for a player on the Los Angeles Kings was $1,504,687, while the median salary was $850,000. He played a total of 27 games that season, with 0 goals and 1 assist - a total of 1 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 $19,444.44 per game. John Zeiler had a plus/minus of -2, 42 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 3 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2008/2009 season of 0.00%.
Don't forget about taxes. Although each NHL season is composed of months in two separate calendar years, having a salary in the United States of $525,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $159,439 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 20 median high school teachers, 22 median police officers, or 32 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $365,561 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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