I remember Feaster talking about why they didn't retain money on Bouwmeester when they traded him in an effort to drive up the price. I believe his response was centered around the following: "The other teams weren't adding much with retention, and we feel there are more possibilities with selling the cap space to teams who need it in the off-season." Something along those lines. I can't for the life of me remember where it came from.
Now, they never did retain salary in a trade (and I agree that Hagman didn't count, though they did indeed bring him back up through re-entry waivers so he would get claimed, IIRC), It sounds like they have been willing to do it, but perhaps they just haven't had enough reason to do so? I do think that most teams would be more willing to send a bad contract the other way anyways.
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