The problem is matching the right players, and we don't have some of the right players.
Michkov isn't a great fit with Frost, Frost is not a great "half court" player, he just doesn't see the ice that well and needs to use his speed to be effective, which is why he's been a good match with Tippett. Next season look for Luchanko and Michkov to be paired.
Brink is smart, has better vision than Frost but is undersized, his ideal center would be a young Couts, but whether Couts can anchor a scoring line is a question at this point in his career. I see him as more effective at LW.
Cates is a good defensive center who lacks playmaking skills, Laughton is a better LW than center, Poehling is a speedy forechecker who is best at 4C.
They know this, but unless you want to spend assets on a veteran center, there is little to be done until next summer and maybe another season or two. Center and LHD will be draft priorities, but even ones taken in the 1st rd are unlikely to make an impact until 2027-28 (D+2 if lucky, D+3 or D+4 for most 1st rd picks).
My strategy would be to package Frost and/or Farabee, a later 1st rd pick and another asset for a young two way top six center. Then draft a couple offensively skilled smurf centers for 3C and hope that Ciernak turns out to be for real.