Top 3 Names That Could Still be on the Red Wings Radar

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Jakob Chychrun of the Arizona Coyotes. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Jakob Chychrun, LHD, Arizona Coyotes

The Arizona Coyotes is not the team that many people want to play for. Having all the stadium issues that they have, the low-end talent, there just isn’t a lot of people who view the Coyotes as a team worth going to. According to reports from last season, Jakob Chychrun could be one of those players.

Chychrun has been a top notch defenseman since coming into the league, but he has had to deal with injuries which have limited his growth as a player. Additionally, as I said above, I’m sure it’s hard for him to play with a team like the Coyotes.

When you are on a good team and the expectation is to win games, then you will always play harder to win said games. But, then you have the counter-effect. When you’re on a bad team, then the expectation is going to be not to get crushed every game. That’s why you see some players thrive after leaving certain teams. In this case, I think Jakob Chychrun will be one of those guys.

Now, I know the Red Wings just signed Ben Chiarot and Olli Maatta, but they still have a lot of assets that they have to figure out what to do with. I feel that these off-season signings are leading into the idea that they will target a big name and look to bring in a superstar to really round out the roster.