My analysis in this literally includes trading Johansson. You couldn't be more off-base. I'm upset that they lost more/better assets than they had to. If there's anyone I'm upset they over-valued this previous off-season, it would be Orpik. But after losing Schmidt, they really painted themself into a corner regarding Orpik.
Holding this team, including management, to a high standard is a line of thinking I've been persuing since last season. You can find several posts of mine along those lines over the course of the off-season. Including posts about holding their player/prospect development to a higher standard (I believe your referred to that post as a "mic drop"), holding their coaching and tactical decision to a higher standard, and holding all players on the roster to the same high standard (we've seen this recently in the Oshie discussions, for instance). I don't believe this franchise has a culture of excellence instilled, and making excuses for anything under the best level of execution should not be accepted. In the words of Vince Lombardi, "Gentlemen, we will chase perfection, and we will chase it relentlessly, knowing all the while we can never attain it. But along the way, we shall catch excellence." I believe far too many in this franchise (players, coaches, and management alike) are willing to accept "good enough" instead of "perfection," and that's playing a major factor as to why they're in their fifth decade without a Stanley Cup.
Also, nothing in their action suggest they valued Wilson over Johansson. Both were protected, but only one gave them the cap space they required after they spent $7.8M/season on Kuznetsov. So, given that I don't believe they valued Wilson over Johansson , naturally I'm not upset over it.