Quoting: Went_Wughes
Again. History is the best teacher.
You have a player openly wanting out of his second franchise by age 24.
Who is going to invest in this confidently?
It's a market driven business. Any failing irresponsible asset will scare investors. No difference here.
You can find any buyer you want. Would they be confident paying market value for an unknown. Or invest where they will get/gain capital.
Simple answers. And, unfortunately, Jets are holding the short end.
Again, you are making many assumptions and thinking your player hasn't backed your team into a very unique and consequential situation. There isn't a normal solution for the Jets. You need to look at this as more than.. a center.. and a team and.. stats and a trade.
Take care.
They aren't paying market value tho as it would be a Default of a rental that would be going to ufa. If the team aquiring him wants an idea if he'd extend discussions can be made and thus the price goes up slightly as there is the increased chance of retaining him beyond the 1 year and compensation for that would be needed.
A team that would invest in pld confidently is the team that knows he is a rental and probably gone after the season but for what he would be able to add to a contender is massive let alone taking him away from other potential parties also interested in him.
It wouldn't scare the investing team as they know that he will have to be a respectful player and asset to whatever happens and to not do so is a lose-lose as Dubois could forgo millions of one action and his agent will be able to advise him what needs to be done and most likely kicking and screaming about it won't be a great method of doing so.
The gain that a buyer gets is what he brings. Ex boston trades for him after 1 or 2 of their top 2 centers retire. They would be confident in the fact that they are able to bring in a guy that can still improve and likely play along side Marchand. He could have an 88 point season and really boost up his value on his next contract and Boston pays what is likely not much for what he is able to bring to the team. Sure they may not keep him but what he did was really valuable to being a good hockey team.
You say the jets have the short end of the stick many times but I feel like you refer the stick as more a twig in terms of value. Sure if Dubois was willing to go anywhere and extend that is the long end of a stick their but there's a point where the stick is small but still provides a good return. As a pure rental he still has a pretty good base for a 1st a/b+ prospect and something on top just based on what a team would get for a season. The stick maybe shorter than what was initially possible but this doesn't change what he'd get as a rental to a contender.
To look into what Dubois has done this season to the current day he has 58 points in 67 games on pace for a 71 point season for an 82 game schedule. This combined with 71 pims, 65 hits and being a 6'2 strong on the puck center he creates an ideal 1b type center. He is also 24 turning 25 this summer so it's not crazy to say he can't improve on those numbers especially as expiring deals and even more with Dubois in this case tend to really bring it to maximize what they get on their next contract. Also the market for a player like Dubois is quite limited so to get one albeit for a rental still has room for massive upside in how he helps other players production and a team's aspirations of a stanley cup. Look at his stats from his last playoffs with Columbus where he really put the team on his back and elevated his game for when it matter. The last playoffs with the jets he was constantly behind as he had to wait for covid restrictions while the whole team collapsing to mtl the next round.
I feel like you really don't see the value he can bring as much as a team would as getting him for what may be a huge discount compared to just 2 seasons ago would be advantageous to a contender. He does have some risks but since those risks also affect what Dubois will get via future contracts, contract clauses/signing bonuses, leadership opportunities with a team. So sure he has them but ultimately again just is negative for both parties and no one ends up happy. Mtl has to be patient for Dubois and if Dubois has his sights set on mtl in fa he also must stay patient on the path to getting there.
Adieu