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Now that we’ve officially entered into the Capitals bye-week, we have a little time to look at some of the less important aspects of the Capitals 2016-2017 season. We start with a look at one component of player “value” – salary and scoring. Lets take a quick look at what it costs Ted Leonsis for a goal by one of his forwards.
The following table tallies points and goals scored by Washington forwards, and calculates goals scored by the end of the season for each of the players.
Capitals owner Ted Leonsis is paying an average of $166,107 for each goal scored by the forwards during the 2016-2017 regular season. Or, separately he’s paying $73,475 for each point earned by a player this season.
Best Goal Value:
- Brett Connolly – $43,345
- Andre Burakosvky – $54,191
- Jay Beagle – $107,386
- T.J. Oshie – $115,992
- Justin Williams – $121,875
Best Point Value:
- Andre Burakovsky – $20,555
- Brett Connolly – $28,897
- Evgeny Kuznetsov – $46,296
- Jay Beagle – $51,358
- T.J. Oshie – $66,684
OTHER COSTS
The cost breakdown above doesn’t include other money required to run a team, such as staff, coaches, scouts, arenas, and other operational costs.
FROM THE PLAYERS SIDE
The calculated costs do not include potential playoff scoring, which could be argued, has a greater “value” than regular season scoring.
Obviously players bring more “value” to a team’s besides what shows up on the score sheet. This includes leadership, mentoring/coaching of other players, participating in fan events, personal appearances, practice time and training, media/interviews and so on.
we will begin to break-down these other “value” components in the coming weeks, as we better define player “value”.
By Jon Sorensen
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