That’d be like saying “My Star Wars would feature a galaxy at peace where occasionally there’ll be a light battle here and there but no all out wars.”
So the new canon period between the OT and the ST. =P
Thing is I don’t see a problem with what DE described being a Star Trek spin-off show (DS9 isn’t about exploring either, from what I understand). But we’re talking about the original, quintessential Star Trek here.