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Originally Posted by getbak
That's exactly how I read that comment. He didn't want to tie up retention slots for next year. They already have Markstrom on the books for next season, keeping two more open spots gives them options potentially for Andersson, Backlund, and maybe Coleman next season. It also opens the door to signing a one-year UFA deal in the summer with plans to flip the player at the deadline.
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Makes sense but all 3 are under 5M and with the cap going up teams wont have as many cap issues, but we haven't seen the wild free agent spending yet.