i really havent seen him play but i absolutely agree with the thought process. i'd definitely be evaluating the market with both expiring deal vets and potential longer term pieces in mind. no need to force the issue on having a replacement for chytil in place by the deadline, but if the right player at the right price is available get it done now. can always figure out how the pieces fit going forward over the summer if it looks like chytil is actually ready and planning to return.
re the subject of this thread though, i'm not sure now is the time to move kandre. he's obviously still got a lot of upside, and despite how much fans shift the timeline up for players to reach their potential immediately because of the outliers, reality is most dmen really don't hit their stride until their mid-late 20s. look at a guy like brandon montour, toews, sanheim, hronek etc etc. that's the norm, and players careers are never linear, there's almost always ups and downs before the level off. given kandre came in particularly raw at the position relative to most players and has a toolkit that can't be coached, you don't move him now, if you move him at all, unless you're getting a return in line with what he can be. it would be horrendous asset mgmt to panic and move him at a discount in the middle of a down year.
