Thats the million dollar question.
I dont think we are completely screwed, but we are getting very close to that point, IMO. We need a top 4 D man. We dont have ONE if you count Buff as a forward who is only playing down due to emergency. Ben Chariot is a top D man on this team
It is not easy to get a top 4 d-man. They are not cheap unless they are pushing 40 and by then few are still actually top 4. And if you pay the price it has to make sense once everyone is healthy. So it would need to be a LHD.