NHL Trade Deadline Primer: This is not the time for a Jakob Chychrun trade

The 2022 NHL Trade Deadline is Monday, March 21 at 3 p.m. ET. As we get closer to the deadline we will take a look at some individual players who could be on the move. We continue today with Arizona Coyotes defender Jakob Chychrun.

It has been pretty clear since the offseason what direction the Arizona Coyotes are taking right now. They are in a full scale rebuild that is going to tear the roster down to the bare bones while draft picks are collected at an absurd rate.

Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Darcy Kuemper, Conor Garland, and Christian Dvorak were all moved over the summer, and more veteran players are likely to go before the trade deadline in a few weeks. Phil Kessel seems like a given. Maybe Shayne Gostisbehere. Any other pending free agent that has an ounce of value. The Coyotes already have eight picks in the first two rounds of the 2022 NHL draft (three first-round picks and five second-round picks) and as we talked about with Kessel, that number will probably increase.

While pretty much everybody on the roster is in play in a situation like this, there is one name the Coyotes should be very hesitant to deal over the next few weeks: Defenseman Jakob Chychrun.

That is the type of trade where, if you are going to make it, you better be darn sure it is not only the right trade, but that it is going to be a resounding win for your franchise long-term.

Not only is Chychrun still only 23 years old, but he is signed long-term on a cap-friendly contract, and is a really good player. He is also having a bit of a down year. So not only do you not have to trade him right now, it is probably the absolute wrong time to even consider it.

It would have to be significant not only because Chychrun represents a great value long-term