NHL insider Frank Seravalli recently weighed in on the trade that sent defenseman Jakob Chychrun to the Washington Capitals. <q> I thought that Jakob Chychrun trade was the move of the offseason. Someone is gonna need to explain that to me from an Ottawa perspective. I don't understand it at all and I've had a week to think about it and I still can't wrap my brain around it. </q> <q> Trades have also been really weird this year, we saw Chychrun and Ullmark going for what feels likecrazy underpayments, and some other weird trades like Jeannot. There's still guys like Ehlers and Necas, and I think they get moved but I'm a little unsure now </q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/nhlsuperfan85/status/1812209673782837488'> </a></blockquote></div> The value for him seemingly decreased from when the Ottawa Senators got him from the Arizona Coyotes despite his elevated performance. <q> A couple of years ago it was a first and two seconds, and now Nick Jensen? I get that you're trading left shot for right shot and you're always gonna be at a disadvantage, but that's the best deal you could make for Jakob Chychrun? There's no way that's the best deal they could possibly make. </q> <q> Jakob Chychrun's time in Ottawa could be over already. </q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/dailyfaceoff/status/1802446048461549878'> </a></blockquote></div> The Sens also got a 2026 third round pick but that seems irrelevant. Once again, Ottawa got in their own way and have only themselves to blame for mismanagement of a player's value.