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Keith Yandle Phoenix Coyotes 2009-2010 NHL statistics
Wearing number 3, Keith Yandle played the position of defenseman while playing for the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2009/2010 National Hockey League season. He reportedly had a salary of $1,100,000. The total team salary for the Phoenix Coyotes was reportedly $49,025,000, so his salary was about 2.2% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Phoenix Coyotes was $1,125,000. The average salary was $1,885,576. During the 82 games that he played that season, he scored 12 goals and had 29 assists - a total of 41 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $13,414.63 per game played. Keith Yandle had a plus/minus of 16, 45 PIM (penalties in minutes), 5 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 145 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2009/2010 season of 8.30%. 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 $91,667 and his salary per point was $26,829.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $1,100,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $360,649 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 44 median high school teachers, 50 median police officers, or 72 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $739,351 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.