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Bruins trade for Charlie Coyle; extend win streak

February 21, 2019, 6:01 PM ET [16 Comments]
Anthony Travalgia
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Heading into Monday’s trade deadline, general manager Don Sweeney knew he had two holes to fill. On Wednesday, he filled one of those.

In a trade with the Minnesota Wild, the Bruins acquired Weymouth, Massachusetts native Charlie Coyle in exchange for Ryan Donato and a fifth-round draft pick. The draft pick becomes a fourth-round pick if the Bruins advance to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Coyle—who can play both center and wing—should fill the hole on the Bruins third line as the line’s center.

A first round draft pick out of Boston University in 2010, Coyle has 10 goals and 18 assists in 60 games.

Sure, Coyle is not the big name Bruins fans were hoping for as Monday’s deadline quickly approaches. But, there’s no doubt that Coyle provides the Bruins with an upgrade over what they have at the moment.

Losing Donato will be no big loss. The rookie has struggled to maintain a spot on the Bruins roster, and has done himself no favors in Providence.

As much as bringing Coyle in upgrades the Bruins third line, its still not a move that puts the Bruins in the same conversation as the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Maybe a Mark Stone or Artemi Panarin changes that, but speaking to reporters on Thursday, Sweeney doesn’t sound like a man who is going to pull the trigger on anymore trades.

“I don’t know if we’re going to necessarily do anything else. We’re going to continue to make calls and receive calls,” said Sweeney. “We will continue to look at the marketplace and see what may or may not fit with our club. We’re going to cross our fingers that we stay healthy.”

Health seems like the only thing that can cool the Bruins off. After beating the Golden Knights in Vegas on Wednesday, the Bruins now have wins in seven straight.

Jake DeBrusk kicked things off for the Bruins with his fifth goal in as many games as he continues to step up in the absence of David Pastrnak.

Former Bruin Reilly Smith’s tally late in the first sent the teams to intermission knotted at one.

After the second period failed to produce any scoring, Brad Marchand and Nate Schmidt traded goals 27 seconds apart to start the third.

Once the remainder of the period and overtime provided no winner, it was an unlikely hero for the Bruins in the shootout.

“I love it, I thought it was a great call,” head coach Bruce Cassidy said about the decision to send out David Backes in the shootout. “He’s a shooter, we talked about it, he’s pretty active, Fleury on the deke. So we decided to go with a couple of shooters, it paid off.”

It was Backes first crack at a shootout attempt since the 2016-17 season.
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