This message is a correction message to a message I originally published a few days ago. In this article, I suggested that the Edmonton Oilers look into the idea of ​​moving Cody Ceci back to 50%, as a report from Chris Johnston of TSN and The Athletic suggested that the San Jose Sharks might be willing to move him .

What’s wrong with this theory of This?

What I overlooked was the fact that the Sharks have already retained the salaries of three players, putting them at their maximum for retained contracts at any given time. Like Jonathan Willis underlines correctly“If you’re writing an article about how the Oilers should reacquire Cody Ceci at 50% retention, you should probably know that San Jose used up all three of their retention slots.”

PuckPedia then noted in Willis’ message thread, “A team cannot receive a retained player for 1 year from their last inclusion on the roster. A team cannot receive a player it has retained for a year unless his contract is up and he is under a new contract. In Ceci’s case, he is still playing on the contract he signed in Edmonton and he remains this season on a $3.25 million contract. Until this contract expires, he could not return to the Oilers.