When the Bruins traded for Charlie Coyle in 2019, one of the knocks on him to that point was his inconsistency.
Upon leaving for Boston, our friends over at Hockey Wilderness had this to write about Coyle:
“He’s almost everything an NHL GM would want in a prototypical player. The only issue with Coyle has been that all that prototypical size and skill has been a giant tease.”
For Wild fans, Coyle frustrated them with long cold streaks, limited perimeter play, and the fact that at times, he seems to be just going through the motions from game to game.