Youre looking to get into the postseason, but traded away 2 NHL defensemen without getting anything back and pinning it all on rookies to pick up the slack?

SMH

$7 mill for Lee. Seeing as how Nelson got $6

Cap space to fix the wings, I probably could have kept one of them but would have had to give up one of the wingers/ pay to get rid of lucic

Unfortunately that D-corps will make any goalie look like an amateur.
Even if you bring in a stopgap journeyman D or two, that would go a long way to helping out.

Also, with Skinner getting 9, that prices Chiasson at around $3.5m, maybe 3m with a sweetheart deal.
Dzingel had 56pts lol, that's good for around 6m.

Speaking of 6m, Lehner at that plus Koskinen means you're spending Carey Price money for goaltending.
But you're not going to get Carey Price results esp at that D-corps.