Why Should The Red Wings Target Jakob Chychrun in Particular?
The Red Wings, as I stated above, need to get a defenseman to play alongside Moritz Seider. I think Edvinsson could be that guy, don’t get me wrong, but he’s yet to play in a NHL game and if he’s like a majority of the first-round picks in this league, it’ll be a couple years before he really hits his stride.
So, I’ll ask- are you willing to continue just sitting around for all of their prospects to figure it out and in the meantime just continue losing more than half of the games played? I’m not. I want to see this team succeed and win again. I think Chychrun helps us accomplish that.
Not only would Chychrun be a unreal acquisition for Yzerman and the Red Wings, but it’ll give us the thing we’ve been missing- the left-handed defenseman shot.
Seider is an unreal offensive defenseman. I know that he made some moves in transition this past year that made me feel like I was watching prime Erik Karlsson out there. He was moving the puck well, he was able to make moves around defenders, he was able to make accurate passes, he was spectacular in that sense. However, the one thing I wanted to see from him was the shot. But, that’s not his play style. Additionally, I’m just being knit-picky with his play because he was so good this year; It’s hard to find things he did wrong.
Anyways, back to Jakob Chychrun.
The Red Wings need to add the defenseman that can score from the blue line and who can move the puck with pace and can play with pace as well. This is a quick Red Wings team with a lot of speed and therefore we need to make sure that the passes can be put on the teammates sticks in stride and vice versa.
Everything about Chychrun seems to make sense too me. I truly see no downside to it other than his injury infested seasons. But, I’m willing to take that risk for a guy who could go down as one of their best defenseman.