This car is not a Ferrari but its also not a Pinto. The problem is the pretty good engine doesn't have enough top end horsepower to win Daytona. My preference is not to total a car with many good parts. My preference is to add a supercharger to the solid not spectacular engine.
It's a nice analogy. But not the one I see.
It would be great if it were possible to add top end talent to the existing team without giving anything up, but that's not how this league works.
You need a good mix of cheap high end talent and some cheap low end passable talent... Sprinkled with a few expensive mercenaries.
The only way to acquire cheap high end talent in this league is through the draft.
This team would look a lot different if any of Kravtsov, Laf, or Kakko exceeded or even met projections. They didn't... And here we are...
A high end car with a great suspension, exhaust, dialed in steering... But a vw beetle air cooled engine.