Speculation: Retaining Salary in the event of a Karlsson Sign/Trade

Bevans

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Apr 15, 2016
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In the event that Karlsson is signed prior to a Karlsson + Ryan trade, can the Senators retain salary ONLY on Karlsson's current contract?

People have sugested retaining salary on Ryan. However, in my mind, it would make more sense to retain half of Karlsson's last year instead of retaining a portion of Ryan's salary over the next 4 seasons (wherein, presumably, the Senators may become competitive again).

Keeping 50% of Karlsson's last year (3.25 million) would effectively be the same as 10% of Ryan's contract (2.9 million). It would condense Sens' cap struggles to a non-competitive year and provide more cap flexibility to the buyer in Karlsson's most valuable year.

Logically it seems fine, but I can't think of it ever being done before.
 

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