What would a potential trade package look like if the Blues traded for Jakob Chychrun?

The challenges of bringing Jakob Chychrun to St. Louis

Ideally, Doug Armstrong would make a deal that involves trading away one of his four aging defensemen - Colton Parayko, Nick Leddy, Justin Faulk, or Torey Krug, but convincing them to drop their respective no-trade clauses to play in Ottawa while acquiring a replacement probably isn’t happening. 

Not that trading them somewhere wouldn’t be the case, as there will be plenty of teams the four aforementioned players probably would be willing to play. So for this one, we’re bringing in a third team, one with a general manager who likes to make big moves in the offseason - the Detroit Red Wings. 

Note that the Wings are a team that will contend for the playoffs next season, but a few other organizations can be used in their place. For the purposes of this article, they’re the ideal candidate since they have a pair of players to move elsewhere: Ville Husso and Justin Holl. 

Both have modified no-trade clauses, but they were also “odd men out” in the Motor City, so they’d be happy to play in Ottawa, especially since the Senators could always trade them at the 2025 trade deadline should Holl and Husso play well and Ottawa again struggles.  

Division rival of the Sens or not, these two teams have worked well in the past - just look at last year’s Alex DeBrincat trade. Now, let’s talk about where the Blues step in.