After a year where their expectations were severely under delivered upon, the Ottawa Senators and Steve Staios made it their mission this off-season to upgrade the roster to where they may be Stanley Cup Playoff contenders. That started strong with the trade that allowed them to not only offload the contract of Joonas Korpisalo, but give them a Vezina Trophy winning goaltender in Linus Ullmark.
Despite the high of that move and the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, the team followed it up with the dreadful Jakob Chychrun trade, and while the move to trade him wasn't a bad idea in theory, the return was incredibly underwhelming.
Now, over 10 days later, Insider Frank Seravalli is still puzzled as to why the team made this deal, blasting them on the latest episode of his show;
The team clearly wanted to move Chychrun to upgrade the blue line and avoid losing him for nothing in free agency, but this deal was a major bust for Ottawa, with Seravalli and many others pointing this out.
Source: Hockey Feed Insider slams Ottawa Senators over Jakob Chychrun trade.
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14 JUILLET | 265 ANSWERS Insider Frank Seravalli calls out the Ottawa Senators for Jakob Chychrun trade Was there any positives from the Ottawa Senators trade of Jakob Chychrun? | ||
Yes | 95 | 35.8 % |
No | 170 | 64.2 % |
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