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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Which is why you can use retention to trade such players and make them look attractive.  |
I do really hope the Flames use retention to make players ultra attractive.
I'm actually not even sure I'd use it on Monahan - he's a guy that if he can actually be healthy and can score at a 20 goal pace he can be moved at the deadline. But even with retention he isn't going to fetch a big return right now.
But as we move forward there are 5 names on the Flames that are 2 years to UFA that if you were to retain 50% on their contract would probably become top targets for any team in the league...just need to determine what 2 to use your retention spots on.
With 50% retention:
Elias Lindholm: 2 years at $2.45M
Backlund: 2 years at $2.7M
Toffoli: 2 years at $2.12M
Tanev: 2 years at $2.25M
Hanifin: 2 years at $2.5M
Imagine the return you could get on any of those names when you have the ability to retain so that 2 of them could actually be traded at a cap hit less than $3M.
If you were to shop Lindholm around the league at 2 years at $2.45M you might get a better return than you end up getting for Tkachuk. He would be the best value non-ELC contract in the league at that number.