Agreed. But in the greatest Canuck tradition, they screw it up. Now his value is a shadow of what he's worth, kept him as a "self-rental" and will watch him leave as a UFA to Minnesota.
The most you can hope is someone pays a 7th for negotiating rights.
You quoted a post from last year but it proved quite prescient! Should have sold high on him last offseason. Though if they had spent it on Lindholm that would have been a loss.