"We're built for a playoff run, and we're excited," the defenseman said at the Coyotes' Fan Fest at Gila River Arena on Saturday. "It's tough not to look far ahead. … But we're excited to get the guys playing together and hopefully get some chemistry early.
"We, for sure, expect to be there (in the playoffs), and anything less than that, it's going to be short of our goal."
Last season, Arizona finished with 16 points more than it had in 2017-18 but missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season, finishing four points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card from the Western Conference.
The Coyotes acquired forwards Phil Kessel and Carl Soderberg this offseason in trades with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Avalanche, respectively.
Kessel, who has scored at least 30 goals six times in the NHL, is expected to upgrade a Coyotes power play that was 26th in the League (16.3 percent) last season; he scored 12 goals with the man-advantage in each of the past two seasons. Soderberg, who scored an NHL career-high 23 goals last season, will add depth at forward.
"We all believe we made some good moves here," Chychrun said. "When you bring in a guy like Kessel, it's huge for the power play. That's an area where we want to improve on. A guy like [Kessel], who's been so consistent on it for a number of years, hopefully it helps us a lot."