Quoting: Windjammer
Sounds like you maybe don't understand what an RFA is? The Jets have all the leverage and rentals routinely return what Horvat got.
So, it isn't even debatable that PLD will return at least as much as Horvat got as a rental. Considering that PLD is younger, better and has an extra year of team control.
If you have something to back your position I'd like to hear it as my position is backed by historical precedence and comparables. What do you have besides an emotional fan-boy response?
First of all, take a single debate class and you will know that weakly insulting the other person makes your points weaker, not stronger. If we are talking in terms of at deadline Horvat, then no PLD is not better for the simple reason of better goal and point production as well as leadership. Meanwhile PLD has had 2 instances of screwing over his team looking for a trade which is anti leadership and his point production is capped at about 65 points per year as well as Horvat agreeing to a contract ahead of time instead of all but confirming he will leave after the year. An example of an NHL trade where a team had no leverage is the trade that happened between the Ottawa Senators and the Columbus Blue Jackets in February 2019.
The Senators traded away their star forward, Matt Duchene, and minor league defenseman Julius Bergman to the Blue Jackets in exchange for a package that included prospects Vitaly Abramov and Jonathan Davidsson, a first-round draft pick.
The Senators had very little leverage in this trade as Duchene was set to become an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season and had made it clear that he would not be re-signing with the Senators. Additionally, the Senators were in a rebuilding phase and were looking to stockpile assets for the future. It is true that PLD has 1 extra year of control but he has made it very clear that he is not signing if the team isn't Montreal. Meaning he is closer to a full year rental until UFA then an RFA. Having a player as an RFA doesn't mean full control 100% of the time if you already know they are gone at the end of that "control" year.
Also you made wild claims that had no proof behind them all over the place. You claim your stance is biased on historical significance and comparable but didn't give any. Most likely because there hasn't been a situation like this before.
But I've had enough of Winnipeg fans that want the stars and the moon for him so I'll just stop responding at this point.