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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Of course its going to be salary retention being the hanging point. The Flames have retained on a single player in a trade, and that was a few hundred thousand dollars. You're talking about multiple millions for a player that is plying his trade elsewhere. Not Edward's style. That is going to take some major convincing and I'm not sure Conroy will be able to convince Edwards to accept those terms. Amount retained on the UFAs he's traded so far? Zero.
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And I get that for 2.5 years.
If they use their retention slots on rentals it's one thing. Understandable to balk at multiple seasons in my mind.
If they balk on rest of year rentals the owner doesn't understand leverage (which would be doubtful)