Chychrun returned to Ottawa this week as the top-scoring defenceman on the top team in the NHL and reflected on his time with the Senators.

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The Edmonton Oilers made a franchise altering trade to acquire Mattias Ekholm in 2023, but it was very close to being Jakob Chychrun headed to Alberta instead.

Jakob Chychrun admits he's expecting a "mixed" reception Thursday when he faces the Ottawa Senators as a member of the Washington Capitals for the first time."I didn't trade myself," he said when asked what went wrong during his time in Ottawa.

Washington inserted Chychrun onto the team’s top power play unit when Alex Ovechkin went down, and has kept him there since the captain’s return with positive results.