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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
Might just be a parity thing -- like the salary cap in the playoffs. Doesn't allow the have teams with the big budgets to load up on double-retention players. Otherwise, I can't see the point.
Lined up with the salary cap going up so the NHL probably felt the increased cap would address some of the inflexibility this creates.
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I also don't think they liked that owners could essentially buy draft picks with cash. I'm not a fan of retention at all really, but at least they limited it to three slots per team.