Salary Retention

Retention Calculator
Retained by team
Team Total retained Slots used Slots remaining
Islanders $6,375,000 2 / 3 1
Jets $5,325,000 2 / 3 1
Capitals $5,250,000 2 / 3 1
Sharks $4,750,000 1 / 3 2
Red Wings $4,400,000 1 / 3 2
Lightning $3,450,000 1 / 3 2
Wild $3,062,500 1 / 3 2
Senators $3,000,000 1 / 3 2
Kraken $3,000,000 1 / 3 2
Hurricanes $3,000,000 1 / 3 2
Canucks $2,900,000 1 / 3 2

Active retained salaries (14)

Retaining Player Retained % Acquiring Date
WPG B. Montour Brandon Montour $3,575,000 $3.575M 50% EDM Sep 12
WPG I. Mikheyev Ilya Mikheyev $1,750,000 $1.75M 50% SJS Sep 6
DET A. Pietrangelo Alex Pietrangelo $4,400,000 $4.40M 50% SJS Aug 31
VAN K. Letang Kris Letang $2,900,000 $2.90M 50% SJS Aug 22
CAR J. Tavares John Tavares $3,000,000 $3.00M 25.5% SJS Aug 21
MIN V. Nichushkin Valeri Nichushkin $3,062,500 $3.063M 50% SJS Aug 21
NYI P. Laine Patrik Laine $4,000,000 $4.00M 50% SJS Aug 21
SEA V. Tarasenko Vladimir Tarasenko $3,000,000 $3.00M 50% SJS Aug 21
SJS M. Seider Moritz Seider $4,750,000 $4.75M 50% VGK Aug 21
WSH T. Toffoli Tyler Toffoli $3,000,000 $3.00M 44.1% SJS Aug 21
TBL D. Toews Devon Toews $3,450,000 $3.45M 50% WSH Aug 14
NYI K. Palmieri Kyle Palmieri $2,375,000 $2.375M 50% UTA Jul 15
OTT J. Anderson Josh Anderson $3,000,000 $3.00M 50% TOR Jul 15
WSH P. Zacha Pavel Zacha $2,250,000 $2.25M 50% UTA Jul 15

Rule 9.6 — When teams trade a player, they can retain, or keep, some of the players' salary and cap hit for the current season. The team keeps a % of both the cap hit and salary for the remainder of the season.

  • The maximum retention % is 50%.
  • Teams can carry a maximum of 3 Retained Salaries at a time.
  • An individual contract can only have a maximum of 1 team retaining salary on it.
  • Retention always ends the following off-season.