NHL insider Frank Seravalli released his first Trade Targets board of the 2022–23 season on Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after Arizona Coyotes defenseman Jakob Chychrun played his first game in more than eight months.
Chychrun, 24, wants out of Arizona. The 6’2″, 220-lb left-handed defender scored 21 points in 47 games last year and logged more than 23 minutes in his season debut, a thrilling 4–3 shootout loss for the Coyotes in Nashville. Although he struggled to stay healthy last year , Chychrun is not far removed from a terrific 2020–21 campaign in which he played in all 56 of the Coyotes’ games and scored 18 goals and 41 points.
Seravalli and Mike McKenna discussed the ramifications of Chychrun’s return during Tuesday’s episode ofLet’s talk about Jakob Chychrun, who made his season debut on Monday night for the Arizona Coyotes. It was his first game since March 12 after undergoing both ankle and wrist surgeries for Chychrun. Mike, you got eyes on all of Chychrun’s shifts last night as he made his season debut.
Last year was tough for him. When you look at it previous to that, Frank, this was a guy who I think was in the mix for the Canadian Olympic team, if we would’ve had the Olympics. I don’t know if the jury’s out on what you’re going to get, the pieces are still there. I still see the active, mobile Jakob Chychrun that we’ve seen before, but I need to see more from the offensive side to see if he gets back his mojo.