The numbers match the eye test honestly. Ekholm and Bouchard are moving the puck up ice. Desharnais and Kulak are probably floating around breaking even. The puck gets chipped behind Nurse and Ceci and it's a full blown fire drill every single time, they have no answers.
The issue is short of bringing in a new guy, which they refuse to do at this stage, how can it be fixed?
VD Nurse maybe? VD needs to be with someone that can breakout because he absolutely cannot. His entire job is clear the net front, break the cycle, short pass to his partner. Nurse can't make a pass either so maybe you staple them together and tell nurse to just go and skate while VD hand back? Idk. I think Kulak Ceci would be even worse since neither is very good defending a cycle. They'd probably never get the puck back, but at least Kulak can make a one line pass.
The best bet is probably keep 2 good pairs, leave the toxic waste on one pair and shelter them while praying nurse remembers how to do the work of two defenseman. VD Kulak works, so I'd be loathe to break that up, especially when you could easily just have two broken down pairs as a result.