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Post by SeaBass on Jan 2, 2020 9:45:41 GMT -5
Please keep the content in this thread Coyle related.
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Post by fforr on Jan 3, 2020 12:03:55 GMT -5
Better in the pivot, keep him there. Wish he’d pass the puck quicker and more.
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Post by SeaBass on Mar 16, 2021 7:45:53 GMT -5
A big disappointment for me right now. Sign a big contract and then stops playing hockey the way he should. We already have Krejci....we don't need another.
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Post by skemack on Mar 16, 2021 8:25:08 GMT -5
Awe they just ensured they had a replacement ready so when Krejci's contract is up and the Bruins don't resign him we really wont miss him.
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Post by kjc2 on Mar 16, 2021 10:50:48 GMT -5
Awe they just ensured they had a replacement ready so when Krejci's contract is up and the Bruins don't resign him we really wont miss him. Coyle can fill in at a top six role but I don’t see him as skilled enough to be permanent.
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Post by skemack on Mar 16, 2021 11:34:37 GMT -5
Awe they just ensured they had a replacement ready so when Krejci's contract is up and the Bruins don't resign him we really wont miss him. Coyle can fill in at a top six role but I don’t see him as skilled enough to be permanent. Which to me indicates that his contract is way too high for the role he actually can fulfill.
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Post by SeaBass on Jul 8, 2021 10:00:08 GMT -5
Charlie Coyle did not play well in 2020-21, the first season of his six-year, $31.5 million contract. In 51 regular-season games, Coyle scored six goals and 10 assists for 16 points, seventh-most among Bruins forwards. He had just two points, both assists, on the power play.
Coyle added two goals and one assist in 11 playoff games. Opponents averaged 5.23 goals per 60 minutes of five-on-five play with Coyle on the ice, according to Natural Stat Trick. Only Ryan O’Reilly (7.0) and Aleksander Barkov (5.85) had higher GA/60 rates among forwards with 60 or more playoff minutes.
A gimpy knee, in all likelihood, contributed to Coyle’s underperformance.
The Bruins’ No. 3 center, according to agents Bob Norton and Glen Giovanucci, is recovering from recent surgery to repair an avulsion fracture in his left kneecap and a small tear of the patellar tendon. Coyle is expected to be ready for training camp in September.
It is unknown when Coyle suffered the injury. The fracture caused Coyle to experience regular pain and limit his usually powerful puck-possession shifts. He did not miss any games because of the injury.
“Charlie says he feels so much better already,” Norton said.
The Bruins expected Coyle to be an even-strength offensive driver on the third line, a multi-position threat on the No. 2 power-play unit and a regular penalty killer. He started camp with Nick Ritchie and Craig Smith as his linemates. Coach Bruce Cassidy said it was his best line.
As the year progressed, Smith settled in on the No. 2 line. By the end of the regular season and the playoffs, Ritchie, Sean Kuraly and Jake DeBrusk rotated as Coyle’s most common linemates.
The Bruins need a healthy Coyle to rebound in 2021-22. He is guaranteed expansion protection because of his no-movement clause.
Coyle could return next year as the No. 2 center if David Krejci decides not to re-sign. Robert Hooper, Krejci’s agent, did not respond to an inquiry on whether his client has made a decision for 2021-22.
If Krejci returns to the Czech Republic, Coyle would have the upper hand over Jack Studnicka as the second-line center. Studnicka had one goal and two assists in 20 regular-season games in 2020-21. He did not appear in the playoffs.
If Krejci re-ups, Coyle would start the year as the third-line center. The identities of his linemates are unknown.
Ritchie may not be protected in the expansion draft. Even if Seattle bypasses Ritchie, perhaps in favor of Connor Clifton, the left winger’s return is not guaranteed.
Ritchie, a restricted free agent, had one goal and three assists in the playoffs. Ritchie ended the postseason on the fourth line.
It’s possible the Bruins could decline to issue Ritchie a qualifying offer, making him an unrestricted free agent. The sides could continue to negotiate, but Ritchie (15-11-26) would not have the option of arbitration, where he could make a good case to improve upon his $1,498,925 average annual value.
Kuraly is unrestricted. Columbus, his hometown team, could pursue Kuraly in free agency.
DeBrusk, who scored five goals in 41 games, could be on the trade market. The 24-year-old’s salary rises to $4.85 million in 2021-22. If the Bruins re-sign Taylor Hall, it’s difficult to project a long-term Black-and-Gold residence for DeBrusk.
Regardless of who plays with Coyle, the 29-year-old will be asked to deliver more offense next year. The Bruins acquired and extended Coyle because they projected him to assume some of the shifts that Krejci and Patrice Bergeron will cede.
At full health, it’s expected the 6-foot-3, 213-pounder will flex more of his puck-lugging muscle, both in open ice and down low in the offensive zone.
“I obviously want to produce more and be a better player,” Coyle said upon the season’s conclusion. “Stuff happens and sometimes you lose consistency a bit. I just want to be a more reliable player. And if I’m not putting up points, I’m still bringing my game and other elements to my team. That’s what I’ve got to do.”
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Post by SeaBass on Jan 9, 2024 13:13:56 GMT -5
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Post by RascalHoudi on Jan 9, 2024 13:32:56 GMT -5
Coyle has exceeded all expectations this year - full beast mode! And watching him and Marchand working the cycle is a thing of beauty!
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Post by madmarx on Jan 9, 2024 13:50:42 GMT -5
Coyle has exceeded all expectations this year - full beast mode! And watching him and Marchand working the cycle is a thing of beauty! Totally agree, just wished he would bring Pronger’s temper at times.
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Post by kjc2 on Jan 10, 2024 10:49:24 GMT -5
I like Coyle’s cycle but I’d prefer to see him do it with Freddy and or Geekie. Marchand can cycle but usually he has a plan to work it to the middle somehow. Coyle seems like his whole plan is just to cycle, it’s great to wear down defences but more productivity would be nice.
I’m probably just tired and pissy today but I want more Bruins with some creative hockey IQ but there’s not a lot of that on the Bruins except for Marchand and Pasta.
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Post by RascalHoudi on Jan 10, 2024 14:15:52 GMT -5
I like Coyle’s cycle but I’d prefer to see him do it with Freddy and or Geekie. Marchand can cycle but usually he has a plan to work it to the middle somehow. Coyle seems like his whole plan is just to cycle, it’s great to wear down defences but more productivity would be nice. I’m probably just tired and pissy today but I want more Bruins with some creative hockey IQ but there’s not a lot of that on the Bruins except for Marchand and Pasta. Poitras has certainly shown some creative flashes, but he's still a boy in a man's world. Needs to hit the gym and beef up.
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Post by nfld77 on Jan 10, 2024 17:04:39 GMT -5
I like Coyle’s cycle but I’d prefer to see him do it with Freddy and or Geekie. Marchand can cycle but usually he has a plan to work it to the middle somehow. Coyle seems like his whole plan is just to cycle, it’s great to wear down defences but more productivity would be nice. I’m probably just tired and pissy today but I want more Bruins with some creative hockey IQ but there’s not a lot of that on the Bruins except for Marchand and Pasta. Poitras has certainly shown some creative flashes, but he's still a boy in a man's world. Needs to hit the gym and beef up. 100%, Poitras is getting the crap beat out of him every game with zero retaliation from his teammates, pisses me off..
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Post by kjc2 on Jan 11, 2024 5:19:36 GMT -5
I like Coyle’s cycle but I’d prefer to see him do it with Freddy and or Geekie. Marchand can cycle but usually he has a plan to work it to the middle somehow. Coyle seems like his whole plan is just to cycle, it’s great to wear down defences but more productivity would be nice. I’m probably just tired and pissy today but I want more Bruins with some creative hockey IQ but there’s not a lot of that on the Bruins except for Marchand and Pasta. Poitras has certainly shown some creative flashes, but he's still a boy in a man's world. Needs to hit the gym and beef up. Yes I really like Poitras as well and yes to the getting stronger and more games under his belt.
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Post by SeaBass on Jan 22, 2024 13:16:02 GMT -5
Brad Marchand knew what was coming. As Charlie Coyle gathered a skittering puck in the slot, the 31-year-old pivot charged toward Grade-A ice. Montreal defenseman Jordan Harris attempted to impede Coyle. Juraj Slafkovsky waved his stick in vain support. Justin Barron dropped to his knee in the Habs crease — fortifying the last line of defense alongside Canadiens netminder Sam Montembeault. A 3-on-1 defensive swarm is usually enough to deter even the most steadfast puck-carriers from ferrying the biscuit into high-danger ice. But for a 6-foot-3, 218-pound skater like Coyle, a 3-on-1 mismatch stands as a level playing field. Marchand braced himself. Rather than trying to punch a puck through a mass of skaters, Coyle dragged his offering behind Montreal’s net. The Habs simply had no chance. Slafkovsky’s path was finally halted when he glided into the left post of Montreal’s net. Harris’ desperate attempt to slow down Coyle ended with him sputtering behind the goal line. And before Barron could push himself back on his skates and turn around to the netfront, the damage was already done. Coyle’s behind-the-net detour ended with a quick feed in front, where an unaccounted Marchand was ready to snap the offering into twine. Coyle’s crisp helper on Marchand’s 20th goal of the season was not the deciding play in Boston’s 9-4 drubbing of the Canadiens on Saturday night. But the Weymouth native’s individual effort served as a succinct summary of a season where Coyle has asserted himself as an impact, top-six center for the Bruins. And with both Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci hanging up their skates last summer, Coyle’s ascension has come at a perfect time. “He’s thrived this year,” Marchand said of Coyle after Boston’s win on Saturday. “ He’s taken some big steps and I think he’s really looking forward to having that opportunity. We’ve been very fortunate to have him in a [third-line] role there for a while, but with Bergy and Krech leaving, I think he was really excited about having that opportunity to be a number one .
“He’s taken it and ran with it. And just his approach every day, trying to get better and how committed he is. I’m not surprised to see it, but it’s great. I mean, he’s just getting better every game and even when he’s not on the scoresheet, he does so much and he’s such a dominant force out there, and he can take over a game. You saw it a couple of times today.”
Coyle’s value to the Bruins over the years hasn’t always been measured in the scoresheet. He has lit the lamp 16 times in three of his four full seasons in Boston.
But in 2023-24, Coyle and the Bruins have managed to achieve the best of both worlds as far as Coyle’s on-ice impact.
Stepping into a featured role in Boston’s lineup, Coyle has already matched his previous career-high in tallies with the Bruins with 16 through 45 games this season. He’s on pace for 29 goals and 66 points in 2023-24.
But Coyle’s defensive game hasn’t wavered, either. He still leads all Bruins forwards in shorthanded ice time per game (2:43) — well ahead of the next forward on the roster in Marchand (1:54).
Only a pair of fourth-liners in Jakub Lauko and Johnny Beecher have a lower offensive-zone faceoff percentage at 5v5 play than Coyle (41.89). But even with Coyle’s limited starting reps on favorable ice, the Bruins are still outscoring teams, 28-19, in his 564 minutes of 5v5 ice time this season.
For all of the concerns about Boston’s pivot pipeline following the retirements of both Bergeron and Krejci, the Bruins have had no shortage of options down the middle between Coyle, Pavel Zacha, Morgan Geekie, Matthew Poitras, Trent Frederic, and others.
Much like Coyle, the Bruins’ reworked center grouping may not present as much panache as a pair of franchise pillars like Bergeron and Krejci.
But style points don’t matter all that much, not when the points keep piling up — both on the scoresheet and especially in the standings.
“I just think Charlie’s in a real good place now in the middle of the season,” Jim Montgomery said earlier this week. “He’s a real confident player in what he is and who he is. Now he gets there and it doesn’t matter who’s with him, he keeps playing the same way… I think that’s why it’s working so well. It’s own confidence in his own game.”
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Post by fforr on Jan 22, 2024 15:09:02 GMT -5
If at first you don’t succeed… Kudos to Charlie for sticking with it and not getting too down and doubting himself when given the chance the first year without DK and at the beginning of this year. He’s really come into his own.
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Post by SeaBass on Apr 26, 2024 11:13:46 GMT -5
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