NJ retains 8 million? You can only retain half of a contract so the most you can do on Subban is 4.5M.

exactly. I dont even want this anyways unless Rielly gets traded then maybe

They retain only 8 mil? Why not 8.5?

"NJ retains 8 million" Lol what?

you can't retain 8 million

first of all, you can’t retain $8million

secondly, we don’t want Subban. Dubas shut that down.

and lastly, i wouldn’t pay that price even if they retained $9mil

How retention works
Team 1 retains max of the contract(for Subban 4.5)
THEN another team can come in and retain 25% of the total contract(2.25 million)

Why doesn't the devil's just retain the entire contract then?

Even if the Devils could retain 8mill I still wouldn't trade Lily

I'd do it if they retain another million and remove Liljegren and Mikheyev from the deal.

Devils can retain $4.5M, then find a "Middle Man" to retain $2.25M. I believe thats it? Maybe you could find another team to retain $1.125M if retain twice on a contract is allowed. Either way, paying teams to retain $1.125M to 2.25M but cost more than any return for Subban. Wait until the deadline, retain 50% and get some assets.

One contract can only be retained two times...so the lowest possible cap charge would be $2.25 million.

Thank you for the clarification.