Quoting: RecycleShark
I'm pretty sure retentiion is for the life of the contract.
The balancing of contracts would need to happen here, but I do think there is a construct of a deal here.
Boston’s cap position requires secondary contracts to be included because I see no reason for San Jose to have to retain in this deal.
Swayman - Probably the best young goalie in the league with significant upside
Grz - short defenseman who is really good at engaging offense. His defensive stats show something you would not anticipate at that height. A good, solid two player no matter who he is paired wirh. He’s a guy you look to replace, but then keep practically when you assess total needs
Then the question is whether Frederic, Geekie, or Forbort (with a defenseman coming back) is included. I mentioned Frederic because he’s got interesting upside as a gritty solid third liner with defense. There is a lot of a young Al Iaffalo in him.
Forbort is easily the worst player of the group, but his salary ends this year