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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
My choice is Charlie Coyle.
Minny has 8 F, 6D, 1G signed for next year with 7.3 mill in Cap. They need to sign 4 Forwards and a backup, 5 players with less then 8 mills. Zucker and Dumba are both RFAs so they will cost 2-3 mill each. So they're in trouble.
Coyle is a 3.2 cap hit, 6'3, 220lbs Right hand shot, 23 years old. He hasn't lived up to expectations but still is a good player.
He has 32 points in 63 games this year with Minny having Parise, Koivu, Granlund, Vanek, Nino, Pominville, Zucker they might be willing to get rid of his cap hit for a pick.
I think an offer of Cal 2nd 2016 at the draft might get it done.
Also note Minny only has 4 picks (1st, 4th, 7th, 7th) at this draft so with Flames having multiple picks, this might be a perfect match.
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I think Coyle is out of our reach. Think Minny are still high on him, he was playing on the top line with Koivu in their last game.
Think Nino might be in reach though. Big bodied RW, decent contract, young, lower down the pecking order and thus a cheaper acquisition price.
Either way, I hope a decent level RW comes on the market like Hamilton did in defence. With some expendable roster players that could hold value and the 2 extra 2nds we picked up at the deadline, we should have enough assets to prize a decent RW out of their current team. Hope Brad has got some targets in mind.