It was hard to see the positives last season for the Minnesota Wild last season. The collapse of January into February made it hard to see that one player had an excellent breakout season. Charlie Coyle quietly started to rise above his 12 and 11 goal performances of the previous two seasons to finish with a tally of 21 which was a career high in 2016-17. It was a defining season where we all saw the promise of the young Coyle realized and the player go from having potential to having results.
Drafted in the 1st round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft (28th overall) by the Sharks, Coyle was the traded to the Wild during the offseason in 2011 as part of the trade that send Brent Burns to the Sharks.