NHL Announces Changes Coming to Salary Retention in Trades: The Clock is Ticking for Kyle Dubas

The NHL and NHLPA have agreed upon a new CBA, and as a result, there are many changes coming to the NHL in the near future, including less LTIR loopholes, a longer season and many, many other changes.

For now though, the biggest one for the Penguins involves potential trades, as the NHL have made changes to double retention on a player during trades, and it will directly effect this team moving forward.

According to reports from The Hockey Writers, double retention on trades will be banned as of December 21st, with players needing to be on a roster 75 days before they can be traded and retained.

What that means for Dubas and the Penguins is that if they want to potentially get double retention involved in any deals, a move will need to be made before that time, as it could allow them to facilitate more moves to get more future assets in return moving forward.

As of right now, the team have shown little aggressiveness in looking to move their veteran players, but with the season approaching and retention in mind, things might start picking up soon, and if the team are heading towards a rebuild as expected, they need to take advantage of this while they can.