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Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent
Couldn't they have cut cap somewhere else if the #1 goal was creating flexibility to recall more young players, and instead maximized the assets coming in return by retaining a little salary for 2/3 of a season?
There's more than one way to accomplish the same thing.
Sounds like Conroy was addressing the most immediate needs: Shed cap for farm transactions etc and get Zadorov away from the locker room, the cost being futures that don't help for a while and dealing to a rival.
Still pretty meh about it, but feels like they took a discount on the return in a situation where they had lots of bidders all because they got tunnel vision around the shedding cap aspect.
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There are a maximum of 3 retention spots. If they want to retain on the salaries of their more valuable UFAs, they couldn’t retain on Zadorov. A 50% retention on Tanev at the TDL will be much more valuable.