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Originally Posted by dustyanddaflames
Possible - or does the cap dump (which I can't say I agree with calling Kuzmenko) + retention = a conditional 3rd which could turn into a 2nd? Allows Vancouver more space to do more without "really" affecting their assets to deal in future moves to bolster their run?
Maybe I am just reading too much into it - just seems odd in so many ways.
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Here is how I look at it:
How much is the retention worth? If we use $5M for a year is worth a 1st, that is a good starting point to guesstimate that $2.4M for the remainder of the year is probably worth a 3rd or a 4th.
From VAN's perspective, I think moving Kuzmenko's $5.5M off the books next year is more valuable to them (for dealing with Pettersson) than saving $2M this year from retention on Lindholm.
From CGY's perspective, they are able to take on Kuzmenko's cap hit, so they save the retention slot (which might be worth more than a 3rd or a 4th on a different player), and they get a player that will be useful to them, AND they can probably flip Kuzmenko next year, for a similar 3rd or 4th (or possibly more, perhaps even by retaining)
So I would argue that VAN benefitted more by moving Kuzmenko than by CGY retaining, and CGY benefitted more by NOT retaining, than they would have gotten for the retention.