I'll worry about the D when the kids come up and prove to be disappointment, which I do not expect.

Here is my general logic on the PK. Sean Couturier takes a penalty against the Islanders. Bellemare and Vandevelde are forced to kill a penalty for nearly an entire two minutes. Once the duo finally clear the puck, without Couturier and a tired Bellemare, Giroux and Simmonds are forced to take the ice. I think this exposes how thin we are on the kill. Funny thing is, I think Simmonds has been our best Penalty killer all season. He's been alert, blocking pass lanes nicely and dangerous short handed. Before this new era of horrific bottom six players, we haven't been dangerous short handed. In fact, the the Mike Richards era a side, the Roenick/Primeau/Gagne pre cap era was dangerous short handed as well.
- SuperSchennBros

Simmonds has been very good on the PK. The Flyers have other options. Read, Lybimov can also kill. Could also use Raffl if need be.

What would you be willing to give up to add a bottom 6 PK forward for this season?

I think we have a foundation. I want another top six forward but it doesn't mean I don't like our top six. I think our goaltending is trending in the right direction from years past. Just wanna fix the bottom six and get a PK specialist to help us stay in games.
- SuperSchennBros

I don't see a foundation. That to me means they have 3 quality lines and at least 4 quality D men. Think about the team that went to the cup in 2010. Right now I would break down their Roster for the present and future as follows:

The Core: Giroux(underachieving), Voracek, Simmonds, Provorov, Couturier(underachieving), Mason(underachieving)

Building Blocks: Konecny, Ghost(underachieving)

Support Players: Schenn, Raffl, Gudas, Lyubimov, Weise(underachieving), Cousins, Manning

Upgrades needed based on cap hit or role: Macdonald, Streit, Del Zotto, Read, Bellemare, Vandevelde.

So based on this the holes they need to plug is half their blue line, 1/3 of their bottoms forwards and another impact top 9 forward. That's with some key players currently under achieving.