I see the same logjam at D as we see at W.
I think Szuber and Duda are likely close to NHL caliber and will be ready soon. I don't see any path for them to get a sustained opportunity, without a path being cleared for them.
And you add Simashev next season, you don't want to create a problem in the future and GMBA does not want to treat any player as just a commodity, even with signing players in the past for 1 year, everybody knew beforehand that they were going to be traded by the deadline and accepted it and it wouldn't surprise me if the player had a say in it.
Anyways, I don't think there is a team out there who is into selling right now except maybe SJ.
I do question having to use Sergachev so much on the penalty kill when the team has lost their top 2 RHDs.
Wishing we could acquire Bichsel, but that ain't gonna happen!