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Marty Turco Dallas Stars 2009-2010 NHL statistics
Marty Turco wore number 35 while playing goaltender for the Dallas Stars in the 2009/2010 NHL season. His salary for the season was reportedly $5,400,000. The total team salary for the Dallas Stars was reportedly $45,545,000, so his salary represented 11.9% of that total team payroll. We can compare his salary to the other players on his team. The median salary for a player on the Dallas Stars was $1,075,000, while the average salary was $1,897,708. He played a total of 53 games that season, with 0 goals and 4 assists - a total of 4 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $101,886.79 per game played. Marty Turco had a plus/minus of 0, 10 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 1 shot. He had a shooting percentage in the 2009/2010 season of 0.00%. His goaltending statistics include 3088 min, 1605 SA (shots against), 140 GA (goals against), 2.72 GAA (goals against average), 91.30% save percent, and a record of 22-20-11, including 4 shutouts. We can divide his salary by the number of shots against, if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly as a goaltender. His salary per shot against was $3,364.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $5,400,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $1,865,649 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 229 median high school teachers, 261 median police officers, or 370 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $3,534,351 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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