Jussi and Chad aren't producing this year. The guys that everyone wants to replace them with have never produced. That's an important distinction.
Is it more likely Riley Nash abandons his AHL ways, or that the guy with 98 points in the previous two seasons returns to a more reasonable form?
Typically, if you think the player 'looks good' and is 'playing well' and they aren't getting any points, they aren't going to get many points. A player playing well doesn't have anywhere up to go. So what you're getting is what you should suspect to continue getting.
Now if it takes moving Jussi to do something good for the club, sure. But Riley Nash is only a substitute for bad Jussi. And Drayson Bowman is only a substitute for bad Larose. We'd, I think, want substitutes for the good versions of those players.