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Re-acquiring Retained Player

Asked Feb 10, 2022 by Tristan

Can a team reacquire a player they are retaining salary on then trade them away with no retained salary?
i.e. Leafs acquire Kessel (1.2M retained) then trade him away with no salary retained (freeing up 1.2M)?

Answer

Feb 9, 2022
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