I feel like Chych would be redundant now that they have Romanov - I think he's the better player right now, but sacrificing Beauvillier to make sure you have an otherworldly D and then having to plug in Ross Johnston into your everyday lineup actively makes this team worse. Not sure who you can get for that $3.2Mish cap you'd have left (gotta factor in 2 other guys making $750K each to run a full roster) that would really move the needle offensively.

“Jakob is going to come back and play for the Coyotes next season,” - Bill Armstrong yesterday. Chychrun is off the table

Next years 1st should be on the table for absolutely no one rn unless they’re under team control and young.. ie debrincat level and no one is really on the market.. save the 1st too valuable

Really? What a turn if events. I thought it was a foregone conclusion that he’d be traded

This from Craig Morgan's recap of last night. For those who don't know Craig is the singular best source for Coyotes new and info. From Craig's piece,

"There was all sorts of chatter surrounding Chychrun early on Thursday, with multiple teams including Columbus, Vancouver and Ottawa reportedly in discussions with Armstrong. Per sources, the Coyotes actually had a deal in place to send Chychrun to an Eastern Conference team but it never reached fruition.

Although he has no trade protection, Chychrun has made it clear that he wants the chance to compete in the playoffs. None of the teams that were rumored to be in the mix for his services are a lock to do so, so with his options too limited to strike what he considers a fair deal, Armstrong has altered his stance on Chychrun.

“Jakob is going to come back and play for the Coyotes next season,” Armstrong said. “That’s our plan and we expect him to be a big part of our team.”

If you hear finality in that statement, you hear correctly. The Coyotes do not intend to trade Chychrun now, but you can bet that Armstrong and Chychrun will sit down for a long discussion on why the 23-year-old defenseman was unable to take another step forward in his development under coach André Tourigny while forwards Clayton Keller, Lawson Crouse, Nick Schmaltz and Barrett Hayton all did so.

Armstrong didn’t say much about Chychrun, but he made it clear that he expects him to regain the form that saw him score 30 goals in 119 games between the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons."

Still praying to screw over the Leafs by getting a 1st for your 5 million dollar backup eh? Nope