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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The taxes are vastly over low.
In Calgary if you made 10 million you would have 5.226 million a year after taxes
In California (3 teams) you would have 4.778 million
In New York (3 teams) you would have 5.212 million
In Minnesota you would have 5.099 million
In New Jersey you would have 5.112 million
In Pennsylvania (2 teams) you would have 5.111 million
In 10 of the 25 US markets you would have less money. In all 10 of those cities their sales tax is higher than in Calgary.
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Yes, but the highest tax bracket in Ohio is lower than in Alberta. He ended up signing where he had the best value from his contract available. Gaudreau will earn more in Columbus after taxes than he would here if he had signed that reported $10.5M per year offer. And that's besides the fact that I doubt money was the sole deciding factor on where he would sign, as some others have mentioned he likely wanted to play out of the spotlight with a smaller NHL team, and be a little closer to home.