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Avalanche Acquire Charlie Coyle for Casey Mittelstadt
The Avalanche completely revamped their center core on Friday, following their second big addition in less than 24 hours.
After trading for Brock Nelson from the New York Islanders, the Avs subsequently sent Casey Mittelstadt, prospect Will Zellers, and a 2025 second-round draft pick to the Boston Bruins for center Charlie Coyle and a 2026 fifth-round pick.
Coyle, 33, has 15 goals and seven assists in 64 games with the Bruins, who have struggled offensively this year. He had 25 goals and 60 points during a career year in 2023-24 and gives Colorado more bottom six depth for a player who often plays in the top six.
He’s also been in the playoffs every year of his career and adds more grit to the lineup as well as another penalty killer.
Coyle makes $5.25 million per year through next season. In comparison, Mittelstadt was locked up for two more years at $5.75 million.
Mitteltadt was acquired by the Avs just over a year ago for Bowen Byram. He had a great start to his Avs tenure before his production and game fell off a cliff over the past four months. He had 13 points in the first 10 games of the season but just 21 in his last 52.
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Are we mortaging our whole future for this year?
Think of it this way – if it all goes South and these players sign with other teams, we’ll have plenty of cap room to sign Lars Eller.
And then get punched in the face in round one of the playoffs, lol
If this true, it’s terrible. There has to be something else in this deal. Otherwise the Avs are just dumping Mitts’ cap hit.
Coyle is a much better 3C than Mitts. With Nelson coming, this makes a lot of sense.
I was hoping for Carlo too, maybe wishful thinking.
Wishful thinking but I thought Andrew Peeke could have been a possibility with the assets left
Truly, he’d be a nice pickup as well.
I see the ninny wanker minus masters are in full swing today. Disney on ice would be more your fancy…or perhaps playing in the traffic. ๐คฃ
Looks like Carlo’s going to the Leafs.
We are getting bigger and meaner and finding guys that stand in the crease, take the punishment, and do the things necessary to win playoff games. Casey was playing better, but his pass first and skate around the perimeter was not going to win us hockey games against Dallas, Vegas, or Oilers. This is a long term salary dump but not short term as Coyle makes a bit more with one year left. I do wish it was just a straight up trade though and we kept our 2nd and Zellers. Now if we can only offload little boy Girard… Read more »
Dump Girard before his late adult onset case of dwarfism kicks in?? But I wanted to see how much more he’d shrink!
Dk, your sarcasm backfired, lol. We go way back so I appreciate it and giving me a hard time for my neve rending saga to trade the little engine that could…
It appears I am hoist of my own petard. We can say petard now, at least until 2027.
A lot of the newbies take every post as a serious post.
I mean I can’t believe that the Avs couldn’t obtain Crosby with 50% salary retained by the Penguins for a 2029 conditional second, Woods, Olufsen!
No way! I love Girard!
First time posting long time Avs fan in Carolina please get rid of Girard I agree with you he gets pushed around to much. I would like to see Bowen come back maybe wishful thinking
Hank, you will have to understand that Girard has very passionate supporters on here so always beware when you point out obvious things, like the fact he is 4’9″ (right DK?) or their hypocrisy in that, not a single one of them, if they were creating a NHL team from scratch, would choose a 5’9″ 165 pound player with a weak wrist shot, no slap shot, medium history of injury, and a history of substance abuse causing suspension and whose team won the cup in the year he missed 90 percent of the games. Beware Hank. They are relentless.
I digress though and should have at least given him some credit for his skating ability: “but he could skate. Oh could that little guy skate. Like a sprite, 14 year old Oksana Baiul at Lillehammer.”
Just think if he actually got traded though? All those heads would pop at once, now wouldn’t that be a glorious day?
None of them would have been able to type away their sorrows because their keyboards would have malfunctioned from the tears.
That’s fine I been looking at the boards for years just hope he doesn’t cost us the cup. The Pens game he got bullied by them bigger towards always go after him.
I meant fowards
This is what all in looks like. We are certainly much stronger at center….on paper. Hopefully the chemistry works out. I like all the moves as it pertains to this year. Dark days ahead unless we get really lucky with FA and current youth in system.
We overpayed bigly….. Probably an upgradenfor theb3rd line vs mitts but next year he might be our 2c? Overpayed….
Fix your English, bud. This is America and Dear Leader just made it the official language.
Avs got fleeced on this deal
Coyle I assume will be avs 3rd line center next year.
They should’ve got carlo I’m the deal especially sending zellers another avs high prospect and 2nd rd
Fuck rantenen. Avs offered him the same deal and he didn’t take it.
I agree screw Mikko. He signs for what avs offered to one of our rivals. He can get bent.
He needed other teams to tell him hes not a 14mil aav guy. Hes also not paying state income on half his game checks so hes getting payed more effectively. But it does suck hes in dallas. Vegas would have pist me off more
Awesome!! We are winning the cup this year!! Wellโฆas long as Nichuskin can make it thru the whole playoffsโฆ
The funny thing is that despite all the Avs are doing, is there still a more important player to the team than Nuke outside of MacK and Makar? Nope
You are correct sir
Now that the entire deal is reported, I don’t like it. Yes we look better right now, but why would we undervalue Mitts this much? We should be getting the better of picks and assets here. Zellers and 2nd is just bad business.
I thought Mittelstadt was a good trade and signing. He started off okay. But when the game gets physical, he has a lot of problems. Perhaps inflated stats with a poor team – – Buffalo? Looks like an “all-in” year by CMac. They still need a stout defenseman. I’d love to have Ristolainen but who knows if Philly will budge off their trade demands. More bangers on the back end. Thump city type.
Well, we’ve certainly gotten much older at this deadline. I hate to be dramatic, but if these trades don’t lead to a Cup this season, McFarland will be canned – and deservely so. Giving up a 20-year-old prospect that many scouting experts consider a “can’t miss,” and a 26-year-old center who looked to be turning a corner recently after finally getting wing stability; and moving them for a pair of 33-year-old centers… Yes, the team is in win-now mode, but these are exactly the types of trades that get eviscerated in hind sight. But hey, at least we also sold… Read more »
Well we can continue to be a perennial playoff team who gets beat up and pushed aside 9 times out of 10 in the 2nd round or we can be the team doing the beating up and pushing aside. I would rather win the cup again than be a routine 2nd round drop out every year. Hopefully you are a Nugget’s fan too so you can at least watch them blow prime Jokic on 2nd round exits. How has relying on young, late round draft talent worked out for their bench or the overall strength of their team? Pierre Lacroix… Read more »
A 2nd line of Nelson, Val and Drouin should be impressive
Yeah..they’ve cashed in all their chips for this year. I thought part of the idea behind trading Mikko was to extend their window lol.
CMac certainly loves making moves. But yeah..I’m still processing all of this.
The funny thing is they could’ve done all these moves. Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren & still kept Mikko. And he wouldn’t be in Dallas right now.
Where are all the CMac loyalists at? They also have no 2C next season if they don’t re – sign Nelson. It’s weird roster management.
At the time he wasn’t ready to sign with the Avs for less than the reported 14M ask. It took 3 teams to say “no” to that number before his agent course corrected on his market value. It’s always about the money and no state income tax in Texas will save him nearly 4.5M over the term of his 96M deal
I believe he saves closer to 2.1M over the 8 yrs. He has to pay any income tax on away games.
Yeah I don’t know about that narrative. Considering we already know Carolina offered him more than what he just signed in Dallas for. Which leads me to believe what was initially reported, that they weren’t going above 11.75 (the Avs). Which is silly to me. But hey they are built to win this year now after the Nelson add. As long as Necas shows up in the postseason. And Val can stay on the ice. I still have questions about the bottom 6. It’s the same as it was yesterday except you swapped Mitts for Coyle. Which for this year… Read more »
We’ll never know the dollars involved in the rejected Avs and Canes offers but regardless, Mikko and his agent had to course correct on his market value with Dallas. None of 3 teams were going to offer more than 12.5
Rants wouldn’t sign before the deadline at which point it would have been pay his price or get nothing. Necas is matching Rants’s pace and now Drury is 4c and we got a playoff ready 4th line. The trade was the best choice and it is tiresome to hear that Mitts was going to get it back together and Ritchie was going to save the team in 3 years. Maybe some day they will trade Girard for you guys who can only see when he can’t move a big guy in front of the net but give him no credit… Read more »
Jeremy, I am surprised at the aggressiveness that we showed and I still think that not having to resign Mikko to a 12 million dollar contract gives us some more flexibility for next to improve through free agency. I was not implying that I was expecting Ritchie to make that step next year (I was a big supporter of him all offseason to give him a chance to show what he could and he failed miserably. He wasn’t ready and I do not think he will be ready again next year) The Athletic writers and the writers on here loved… Read more »
Agree. I was also anticipating Ritchie in an Avs uni going forward. Truth be told, I was really underwhelmed by his performance at the WJHC this year. Thought I’d see more of a dominant physical center taking pucks to the net, and saw something more like ‘Mitts Light’. Agree the whole Mikko thing was driven around going in a different direction on a contract structure across more depth after MacK & Cale (see my comment above). MacK hits 30 this year – his words say it all: โWe have to. These are our years, itโs up to us. Thereโs no… Read more »
Yeah I loved MacKinnon’s quote too. He’s got that MJ/Black Mamba mindset and that is why he is my favorite player!
Exactly – Eye of the Tiger shit.
Got me goin’ just re-reading it!
I honestly have no issue with the moves they made today/yesterday. And I think they put themselves in a good spot to make a run. I’m done arguing with people about the Mikko thing. Now I’m more just bummed that he’s in Dallas. He could still be here & cap wise they could’ve still done everything they did (acquire Nelson, Coyle & Lindgren). But what’s done is done now. My other concerns I just put in another reply. Still worry about the bottom 6 having enough scoring punch. The D core is very thin still. And beyond this year unless… Read more »
Agree with this for the most part.
Our back end is at risk of being exposed in the playoffs with our smaller, speedier Dmen who will get crushed on the cycle and in front of the net come playoffs.
Lindgren is a good addition, but needed another like it (or two).
More Tanev-esque on the back end….less synchronized men’s pairs skating.
I like the moves from the past 24 hrs for the most part & can appreciate they’re going for it.
I still have my concerns with the bottom 6 (lacks offensive punch). And bottom half of the D core. But as constructed this Avs team if healthy matches up very well now with Dallas, Vegas & Edmonton.
You can’t re-sign Nelson (or equivalent) and Necas and keep Moose.
THAT was the decision they made.
They decided to Pay 2 guys at $12-15M (MacK, Cale) and spread the rest of the $ across more guys at $5, 6, 7M to bring us more gamers & depth for playoff hockey.
Will it work? We shall see – but I’m ok with it.
Necas (+Drury) + Nelson > Rantanen.
I don’t follow. If they kept Rantanen why would they have to sign Necas? Obviously they have more flexibility this off season. But if they re – sign Nelson this off season. They still have to pay Necas too. And if he bets on himself & pops off next year playing next to Nate. And has another 90 plus pt season. His ask is going to be 11 – 12 annually. So other than getting Jack Drury. They really didn’t get deeper by trading Rantanen. I’m not arguing about the decision to do it. Feel how you want to feel.… Read more »
If they keep Rants – its at 12M+.
That breaks the model they decided to move to.
That’s really it.
Pay MacK and Cale the 12+ but no one else gets 12+.
Take the $14M Rants wanted (at the time, his agent was making noise about exactly that), and give it to 2 guys Necas/Nelson at $6+7, or $7 + 7). That spreads the risk reward and gives them more optionality and depth.
We may agree or disagree, but ya gotta respect the cajones required to stick to their guns once they made their call.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6a6DoyOfT4
Good discussion of this at 26:58 – 29:55.
Three things in life are guaranteed: Death, taxes, and Jeremy complaining about Cmac.
I’ll give credit when it’s due. I like the Nelson trade (don’t care about Ritchie or the picks). I think the Coyle trade was an overpay. But he more suits what they need in that 3C spot. Now if they don’t re – sign Nelson 2C will again be a glaring hole. I’m sure CMac wishes he would’ve just gotten a Kadri deal done after the cup win. The amount of assets they’ve crapped away trying to replace him. And now they’re going to have to turnaround & give a guy in his mid 30’s a lot more years &… Read more »
I agree with this. In retrospect, they likely want a do-over on the Kadri deal. They got hung up on the 8 years (he wanted), rather than work on building in some flexibility/optionality on the back end for the club. They cut bait based on that (we believe) – and it bit them hard. There is no doubt that they went all in this year – no going home for them now. And I respect that they went big – this generation of Avs’ time is now. Theoretically, this team could win it all – if they can come together… Read more »
I think the plan was to get Mikko to Dallas eventually. It was so smart to sabotage their well oiled system with a $12m ball n chain like Rantanen. They also gave up large chunks of their future. Carolina is a big winner here, huge sigh of relief from their fans today.
I think their fans would beg to differ with you based on their reactions. Eric Tulsky is an absolute putz.
Avs centers yesterday morning:
MacKinnon – 6′, 200 lbs
Mittelstadt – 6′ 1″, 195 lbs
Drury – 5′ 11″, 186 lbs
Kelly – 6′ 1″, 185 lbs
The centers now:
MacKinnon – 6′, 200 lbs
Nelson – 6′ 4″, 205 lbs
Coyle – 6′ 3″, 215 lbs
Drury – 5′ 11″, 186 lbs
Our centers are vastly deeper today and we can put players back and keep them at their natural positions. Since we’re going all in, let’s get another defenseman!
We need Ferraro bad. Heck I would even take Byram back. Weโve come this far,
gotta fit these missing pieces.
We dont have what SJ wanted for ferraro
Get another defenseman for what?Behrens is the next guy CMac will trade for nothing.
Cup or Bust!!! All the chips are in the center of the table!!!!
That is correct.
True. And probably Stars in the first round, so no easy ride.
I really hope they trade for a dmen.
Otherwise the avs are screwed
Rumor is the are bringing EJ back.
ESPN graded the Avs with an A- for this trade. I give them a C-, which is generous.
Lol..you’re more pissed than I was after the Mikko trade I do think.
I like this trade. Mitts was not what we needed. Ditching Smith cleans things up too.
Holy hell avs fans are toxic! Do none of you remember that we have the best D man in the world and the back to back mvp?
There’s much..much more that goes into to building a Stanley cup caliber roster than “we have MacKinnon & Makar bro”. Obviously that’s a game changer, yes.
But this isn’t the NBA where you have two stars & just fill in the gaps with average to above average talent.
I just donโt get why they gave up so much for Coyle. They way overpaid. What is CMac doing here? A young center, a very promising prospect and a second rounder for an aging center and a 5th? I donโt have any issue acquiring Coyle but I have a big problem with how the got fleeced here.