That would be your opinion. I believe it was Dreger that reported Cheveldayoff had received no offers that interested him, and Friedman is reporting the ask and also his expectation that nothing is imminent. "The sooner the better" is also not applicable if Chevy would now prefer to let him sit versus trading him for less than what he views to be Trouba's worth. That value BTW is not necessarily in line with what you may view to be the player's worth.
Well it is pretty obvious that if Chevy had an offer that interested him, Trouba would have been traded already.
This is a very complex situation and it sucks that Winnipeg has a player of Trouba's caliber that wants out. But this happens to teams all the time across all major sports. In a lot of cases we don't know about a trade request until after, or if at all. In this case the request had been made months ago, and the player and agent decided to go public as a negotiating tactic after giving Chevy what they felt was a reasonable amount of time to broker a deal.
Chevy has a premium asset that is currently at peak value. However, the interest is running and the value is declining. The big question is going to be how long is he going to be paying the interest and watch the value of his asset decline before he cashes it in.