Breaking NHL Trade: Charlie Coyle Is On The Move For 2nd Time This Year

Charlie Coyle is on the move for the second time in less than four months, according to insider Pierre LeBrun. The Colorado Avalanche, after acquiring the middle-six center from the Boston Bruins at the trade deadline, are now shipping Coyle to the Columbus Blue Jackets along with Miles Wood.

Hearing CBJ trading for Charlie Coyle from Colorado
— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) June 27, 2025

In exchange, the Avs get prospect Gavin Brindley, a third-round selection in the 2025 Draft and a conditional second-round pick in 2027.

The 33-year-old Coyle is going into the final season of a six-year deal with a $5.25 million cap hit.

Wood is a fourth-line forward, who had four years to run at a $2.5 million cap hit. All in all, the Avs have cleared $7.75M in cap space, much needed as the team was down to $1.2 million in cap space after they re-signed Brock Nelson on a $7.5M AAV.

After a career-best 25-goal, 60-point season in 2023-24 in Boston, Coyle was unable to repeat that success this season, and settled back into his usual mid-teens goal production (17) with 35 points. After getting to Denver at the March deadline, he scored just two goals in 19 games (13 points).

Coyle's value on the trade market was increasing by the day, as higher-end UFA centers like Nelson, Matt Duchene and John Tavares were coming off the board, and teams around the league are getting desperate trying to find some help up the middle.

Wood had four goals and eight points in 37 games this past season, but has being a reliable secondary score in the bottom, six in the past, as he notched double-digit goals with the New Jersey Devils five times in his last six years there.