He's basically buying time while the prospects cook.
Raymond, Seider, Edvinsson, Cossa is not too shabby on the high end. He needs some centres though which is probably why he reached a bit for Danielson and gave so much term to Compher and Copp before.
Brisebois was just more aggressive to turn the roster over and go after the cup at all cost. Remember when we wanted to suck for longer to get more players, except we've kind of done so without trying.