Honestly, I think with how the team is doing JR should wait as long as he can before we do anything. I've said so all along basically, but admittedly got a little more jumpy after Guentz injury.
Now though...
A number of the guys that we are speculating on have been injured (Saad, Zucker) or are in positions where they're pretty hard to judge (like Toffoli on a baaad LA team). My preferred acquisitions are Palmieri (who seemingly isn't getting traded) and Saad with retention. But before any move for Saad, he needs to come back from injury and come back well.
The guys we could consider trading are at their lowest evaluations because of injuries (Schultz and Bjugstad) as well as injury and playing in a position he just cannot be effective in (Chucky). We cannot really deal those guys at worse times.
On the other hand, if the team is getting healthy and rolling, then you might also see Chucky and Bjugstad play like meaningful NHL players, as well as Schultz if he makes it back in time for such conversations to be meaningful.
I mean, Chucky is getting close to 0.5 PPG having played more than half the season on the 4th line with usually 2 AHL'ers. It takes a productive game or two from him and you can hardly even blame his numbers that much. He was pretty good on McCann's line, but didn't get it done in his 5 periods of hockey with Geno. Hence, total failure. He is better than what he has shown for sure, and if he is to get a return as if he is a cap/dump, I'd rather keep him for depth as a Miro Satan option.
If we did not make any moves at all, we could be looking at:
McCann Sid Simon
Kahun Malkin Rust
ZAR Blueger Tanev
Chucky Bjugstad Horny
In itself this group, if our best players play like our best players, is good enough to win the cup. That's pretty clear when we were the most succesfull team in the league for the duration of Sid's injury. Of course you'd like an addition with Sid, but with what we have and the acquisition costs likely being high, it really has to be the right person to have a positive impact, and for that we really need to know what we need.
So, lets give it some more time with McCann and Simon there to check that out, and lets wait until Bjugstad has had some time to reclaim a spot. Its not like we are in any danger of not making the playoffs.