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Originally Posted by AustinL_NHL
Can't see the Flames asking price changing too much in the summer (only difference is half a season of salary retention), and would make little-to-no sense for a team like the Devils to give up on this season just to wait until the summer to basically pay the same price vs paying it now and having Markstrom for a full playoff run (2 vs 3 playoff runs).
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The big difference is that retention might not be required at all (or might be a smaller amount).
The trouble with trading Markstrom this season is that most teams would need the Flames to retain salary on this year's cap. But if you trade a player with time remaining on his contract, the retention has to be the same percentage for every year of the deal.
So maybe the Devils can only add Markstrom this year if the Flames retain $2 million, but then the Flames have to retain $2 million next year and the year after. But next year, with the cap going up, they could add Markstrom with the Flames only retaining $1 million. That could make a big difference in the asking price.