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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Toronto and New Jersey have Vanecke and Samsonov as goalies making $3.4M+ - so that's likely the starting point in terms of the contract you have to take back.
This is a scenario where maybe 50% retention isn't the ask (and don't think Flames would want to eat $3M for two more seasons), but I could see 25% being the ask to drop him to around $4.5M with the Flames retaining $1.5M...if a team was going to pay a premium.
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Taking back a bad contract is more likely because it does not affect the number of cap retention spots available. You want to maximize those cap retention opportunities trading away pending UFAs with a relatively high cap hit like Lindholm, Tanev, and Hanifin, which means that you will still have all of the cap retention spots available next season.