Your team looks competitive to me assuming Crosby and Malkin are healthy this year but I will trust your assessment that it isnt.
Your depth is weak and should be addressed either way. I like your proposed plan to trade end or roster players for youth
Evgeni from the Bloc
12 Team, H2H, Keep 10
Daily Starts: 3C, 3LW, 3RW, 5D, 2G
G,A,+/-,PPP, SHP, SOG, HIT, BLK
W, GAA, SV, SV%, SHO
C: Tavares, Malkin, Johansen, Couture
LW: Schenn (C), Kreider, Skinner, Kane
RW: [B]Kucherov, Seguin (C), Wheeler, REinhart (C), Ehlers (LW)
D: Byfuglien, Provorov, Giordano, de Haan, Phaneuf
G: Bobrovsky, Lehner, Saros
2017 Picks: 1,2,3,5,6,6,7,8,9,10,11