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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
Wait... I thought you could only retain 50% of the total contract value (combined). So the Flames can only retain 37.5% of the AAV (2.25M) if they were to trade Lucic on. Is that incorrect?
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That was my understanding too, but there was a trade earlier this year where a team retained 50% of their portion of a contract on which some salary had previously been retained.
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Found it: Carl Hagelin. Pittsburgh retained $250,000 of his $4 million cap hit when trading him to LA, then the Kings retained a full 50% of their $3.75 million cap hit when trading him to Washington.
The total retained by Pittsburgh and LA was $2.125 million of $4 million (53.125%).