Rental player

A rental player is a player that is traded, usually on the last year of his contract, by a team that has little to no chance to either re-sign him or go into the playoffs. The "lessee" is usually a team that hopes to go deep into the playoffs or, better yet, to win the Stanley Cup or the Gagarin Cup. What the "lessor" gets for a rental player is usually considered its "rent".
==Notable rental players==
===Kontinental Hockey League===
*Ak Bars Kazan
** Konstantin Korneyev (from CSKA Moscow in 2011)
===National Hockey League===
*Boston Bruins
** Tomas Kaberle (from Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011)
*Carolina Hurricanes
** Doug Weight (from St. Louis Blues in 2006)
** Mark Recchi (from Pittsburgh Penguins in 2006)
*Atlanta Thrashers
** Keith Tkachuk (from St. Louis Blues in 2007)
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