You already have your top 3 + Wideman (who you are probably stuck with going into next season). Certainly one of (or both due to being untradeable) Engelland and Smid is around too. You can't sign Russell for 2 simple reasons:
1) need to leave room for organic growth from within that also allows you to have a defenseman or two on ELC
2) Russell has good value at the deadline, and it would be foolish to forego a nice return at this stage of the rebuild just to hold on to a bottom-pairing defenseman
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