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Originally Posted by Bonded
Yeah, the contract itself would still be retained and a team can only have three in any given year. Markstrom would be fine and Mangiapane would not.
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That's not what the rule says.
The rule does not say that a team can only have three retained-salary SPCs in one year. It says it can only have
salary attributable to three retained-salary SPCs in one year.
I repeat: The amount of salary that any team would retain for 2023-24 on a trade made today is zero. It therefore should not count against this year's limit – as the rule is written, and as common sense would apply it.