[D as in David]

Originally Posted by Vinny01

Could have Edmonton traded Lucic to a team with full 50% salary retention back when they moved him to the Flames?

Had they done that they would have had a $3M penalty for 4 years + whatever salary they took back in the deal.

What they did was trade him at 750k retained and pickup a 5.75M cap hit in return. For 2 years it cost them $6.5M against the cap. Now they are looking at $2.65M combined retention and buyout for 2 years, have 2 additional years at 1.9M for the buyout

Not to mention the 3rd rounder they gave up.