Per our beat writer Michael Russo, these 3 teams have all shown interest in Coyle and Fenton is actively shopping him along with Niederreiter. The Wild need a scoring right shot forward, what you be willing to give up for Coyle or a package that includes Coyle?
Guys I'd be interested in:
OTT: Batherson, White, Stone
BOS: Donato (left shot but the guy I like most from Boston)
MTL: Suzuki (probably not available), Gallagher (also probably not available)
Foligno has been awesome, I wouldn't want to trade him. His contract is expensive and he probably isn't worth all of it but I think he's maybe only $500k overpaid and he's an absolute force on the PK. IMO any Coyle trade with Shaw as the centerpiece for the Habs is a loss for the Wild. Id take Coyle over Shaw 10 times out of 10.
If they both were on Coyle's contract it would be a coin flip for me. Shaw has his warts, but he shows up every game, and is a Playoff player. Coyle is just too much of a light switch.
Call me not convinced, there is a reason they are willing to move Coyle. Your writer said that they are looking for scoring winger....any move I can see that can get you that for Coyle would require an add on your end. I consider Shaw and Coyle to be a fairly even currently in value. You clearly wont be getting Gallagher and Suzuki as the value is just not there for the habs. In fact Donato is the only one I can see out of the players that you mentioned that could be moved and he is in the AHL so an add would be required by Boston.
Our beat writer (Russo) has as much insight to what's going on with the team as the average fan after GMPF took over. Any news he's reporting is what other teams have been telling him, not the Wild. Coyle/Nino is going to be the first real trade GMPF makes as a NHL GM. It'll be one he wants to win.
Also the Coyle talk will die down for a bit until Koivu's healthy. The Wild need someone to play 2C, and Coyle's the best bad option.
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