Montreal are already using one retention slot on Joel Edmundson. Candidates to be retained on the 2023-2024 NHL season : Jeff Petry (2 years remaining), Sean Monahan (1 year remaining) & Casey DeSmith (1 year remaining). Using a retention slot on Petry could tied Kent Hughes hands for the 2024-2025 season. Candidates to be retained in 2024-2025 : Christian Dvorak (1 year remaining), Jake Allen (1 year remaining), David Savard (1 year remaining), Joel Armia (1 year remaining) & Jake Evans (1 year remaining). IMO, if we are retaining on Jeff Petry, we need a good return for him. Because I can’t see Joel Armia & Jake Allen bringing anything really valuable. Sean Monahan & Jake Evans cap hit are already pretty low as well. I would do something like this : Edmundson 50%, Petry 50% & DeSmith 50% retained in 2023-2024. Petry 50%, Dvorak 50% & Savard 50% retained in 2024-2025. Trade Monahan full cap hit at the 2024 TDL, trade Evans full cap hit at the 2025 TDL. Thought's ?