Lenny7
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I could be wrong here, but I'm pretty sure the going rate for retention has been a 4th a the deadline for players on expiring contracts. Considering you'd be getting 2.25 years out of that, I'd have to imagine it's not as simple as saying "Ok, here's 3 x 4th round picks!". Arizona, who continue their rebuild, would effectively burn 1 of their 3 retention slots for the next 3 deadlines. They've already burned 1 until the end of the 25-26 season by retaining on OEL.
Basically, Arizona's strategy to this point has been to get paid to take on dumps, then, when one or more bounces back, they flip them to get a second payday on them, typically including retention as they're expiring contracts. Handcuffing yourself away from that strategy, IMO, would cost more than some late round picks.