They seem to be faring quite nicely:
Not that Ackerman is anything near a first-gen but whatever. Or even AIM for the matter.
That seems to show that the best players are for the most part doing as good as they should be. Maybe Yukon is just really bad with line management?
Are you, with 175 TPE, intimidated by an inactive FA with at best 115 TPE? I mean, I've advocated the removal of FA entirely in the VHLM, and now with 50 TPE CPU goalies I don't know why we keep it, but this does not seem a relevant point. Any active still has an advantage over inactives. There is A LOT less inactive production now than ever before.