Hockey Wilderness · Apr 27, 2018
Charlie Coyle is likely trade bait for the Wild needing to make changes
Forever to be linked with former Wild defenseman Brent Burns, Charlie Coyle has been the the only thing that has paid off for Chuck Fletcher and the Minnesota Wild since the trade was finalized in 2011. Coyle, for Fletcher, was the target in the trade as the Wild needed to get younger. “There is no way this deal gets done if Charlie Coyle’s not in it,” Fletcher revealed in his post-trade press conference.
Yet, as we sit here now 7 years removed from the draft day deal that brought Coyle to Minnesota, we are still left wanting more. Looking back on Central Scouting’s Gary Eggelston’s report on him, I can’t help but feel like he completely nailed exactly what Coyle is today.