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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I think the player value matters. If you are retaining $3 million on a $6 million player who only produces like a $3 million player, it's a lot less value than retaining in the same situation where the player still provides $6 million in production.
In the latter case, it is certainly a better bargain for the team acquiring the player, and therefore they should be paying more for that retention.
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No, the value of the retention is the same either way. It's the value of the player that the team would pay extra for.
I note, running the calculator at the link, that PuckPedia figures 50% retention on Markstrom's contract would be worth the 29th pick overall (ignoring the value of the player). According to Sound of Hockey's table of draft-pick trade values, the 29th pick is worth a little less than half as much as the 10th.
I think #10 for Markstrom with maximum retention could be in play.