So Detroit only has to retain $2.5M on Kane and give up a 4th to get 2 2nd round picks in a deep draft?

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Leaving us with only one retention slot left when we have 11 players on expiring contracts seems risky when all it nets us is a late 2nd round pick. There's a distinct possibility that such a deal could cost us more than what we gain.

Larkin, Bertuzzi, Suter, Nedeljkovic, Sundqvist, Määttä, Erne, Oesterle, Walman, Pysyk, Hägg - More than one of those players will benefit from retention if they have to be traded at the deadline.