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Arizona Coyotes Listening On Jakob Chychrun

December 15, 2021 at 1:02 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 17 Comments

In the offseason, the Arizona Coyotes made it clear that they would be going through a full rebuild. They made several moves to take on bad contracts, sold off key players like Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Conor Garland, and Christian Dvorak. The one player that seemed untouchable through all of that was Jakob Chychrun, a 23-year-old top-pairing defenseman signed to a very reasonable $4.6MM cap hit through 2024-25. Chychrun seemed to be embracing the organization and was set to become the one core piece that Coyotes GM Bill Armstrong would build around.

Not so fast.

Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet wrote in his latest 32 Thoughts column that the Coyotes are gauging the market on Chychrun, though the ask is “massive.” The insider expanded on that note today on The Jeff Marek Show.

The one thing I asked was ’has there been a trade request?’ And I was told in multiple places, the answer to that question was no. However, I do think that the Coyotes know that this isn’t easy on Chychrun, this is the prime of his career, and that his value will probably never be higher than it is now. 

They are taking calls, they are gauging it. I’ve been told the ask is massive. I’ve also been told although teams admit it’s massive, it’s not making them run away from him. 

When Friedman asked Armstrong for a comment, he refused to give one at this point.

Like everyone else in Arizona, Chychrun is not having a good season. After scoring 18 goals and 41 points in 56 games last season, finishing tenth in Norris Trophy voting, he has just two goals and seven points in 26 games this time around. He’s a -29 on the year, easily the worst in the league (Nick Paul is second-worst with a -15) but much of that is due to the fact that Chychrun is playing huge minutes on a terrible team. He’s averaging just under 25 this season, the highest of his career and three more than anyone else on the Coyotes. The players that follow him? Shayne Gostisbehere, who cost the Flyers a draft pick to get rid of, Anton Stralman who cost the Panthers a draft pick to get rid of, and Dysin Mayo, a 25-year-old who is in his first NHL season after years in the minor leagues.

It’s easy to see why Chychrun would generate a huge ask, even in a down year. There was a time during the lead-up to the 2016 draft that he was considered a top-three talent, but a so-so draft year in Sarnia eventually made him fall down the board. Selected 16th overall, he ended up as the fifth defenseman off the board (Olli Juolevi, Mikhail Sergachev, Jake Bean, and Charlie McAvoy went ahead of him). His draft year was immediately forgotten when he stepped directly into the NHL though, playing in 68 games for the Coyotes and scoring 20 points as a rookie. He was physical, mobile, and had offensive upside, the prototypical defenseman for today’s NHL.

In his sixth year now, and Chychrun has been a pillar on the back end for Arizona, suiting up 316 times. He has 48 goals during that stretch, good for 22nd in the league since he entered it, and appeared to take a significant step forward in 2020-21. Given he won’t turn 24 until March and costs just $4.6MM for another three seasons and there’s a good argument to be made that he’s among the most valuable trade chips in the entire league. The Coyotes, who clearly have a plan in mind for the organization since Armstrong took over, aren’t going to just throw away that chip for just any old package.

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  1. pawtucket

    5 months ago

    Detroit offers – Rasmussen and/or Zadina + 1st

    Now you’ve got a top pair with Sieder for a long time

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    • dawgpound95

      5 months ago

      No where near enough

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    • bigdaddyt

      5 months ago

      Yes it is Zadina and a 1st and another decent pick/prospect would easily get a deal done especially if that pick is the wings 1st this year

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    • manos

      5 months ago

      I would say Zadina and a 1st is more than enough. You’re overvaluing Chycrhun.

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    • prestigeworldwide

      5 months ago

      A top prospect and 2 first rd picks to start. the ask is massive and people are entertaining.

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    • Eric05216969559

      5 months ago

      Why? Hes had one good year, that’s it, and has been awful this year and is a -29 already, yeah it’s a team stat and yotes aren’t good but that’s insanely bad. He’s also not scoring or putting up any points on top of that. And Eichel didn’t even get what you’re projecting Chychrun’s package to START WITH, that’s just insane and would be foolish for any team to match what yotes want. The kind of packages I’m hearing are Makar and Fox level returns, which he’s not anywhere close to them.

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  2. manos

    5 months ago

    Senators offer Brannstrom, Grieg and 2 second rounders!

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    • nowotny

      5 months ago

      Midget defenseman and # 14 prospect?

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    • DoItDoug

      5 months ago

      Likely Pinto would have to be involved.

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  3. riverrat55

    5 months ago

    Yotes’ will go for 1st round pick to get Chrchrun, luckily Sens have a lot of good picks available now and next years draft.! Grieg sounds good ,

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  4. taco guy

    5 months ago

    Kings have the assets and positional need to make this move.

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  5. Johnny Z

    5 months ago

    Detroit offers Leddy (1/2 salary retained), 2023 1st, and a 2022 3rd . Leddy is Detroit’s best LD and can finish the season with the Yotes or be flipped for a 2nd. So a 1st, 2nd and 3rd for Jacob might be the final result.

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    • jdgoat

      5 months ago

      Come on. It says they want a massive deal. They aren’t taking a future first and a rental for a young controllable defenceman. It’s going to be a painful package to deal, not that.

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  6. Nha Trang

    5 months ago

    Mm, Chychrun certainly has value, but being on track to push the immortal Bill Mikkelson out of the record books for the most horrible plus-minus rating in history doesn’t help, bad team or no.

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  7. fljay73

    5 months ago

    Thankful Buffalo has Power 1st overall in 2021 so they can keep their extra draft picks & top prospects.

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  8. dawgpound95

    5 months ago

    Kings needs to call Arizona now!!!

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  9. Donovan Voigt

    5 months ago

    Team that comes to mind for me with adding another strong Dman would be someone like the Rangers… maybe Georgiev, +1st and Kravstov for Chychrun

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