Injury Report: Charlie Coyle DTD

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The team also announced today that center Charlie Coyle is expected to miss three to four weeks due to a knee sprain suffered last night in Minnesota’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

UPDATE: Quote from Charlie himself:

Coyle: "It's not an ideal situation, but I'm fortunate it's nothing worse than it is. I'm going to keep a positive mindset ..." 1/2 #mnwild

"...and I'm looking forward to recovering and doing everything I can to be healthy again." -- Charlie Coyle via phone #mnwild

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[Hall of Faber]

This sucks big time. I think we were all falling in love with the play of Coyle this camp and against LA. Guess we can count our lucky stars it's nothing serious.

 

[Avder]

It begins.

 

[Puhis]

That's really rough. Thankfully, nothing was broken or torn, as those kind of injuries are very common in such incidents.

Still, his presence will be sorely missed. Let's hope he makes a full recovery and is ready to play when November starts.

 

[youvegotit]

This really sucks.

I'm guess the 2nd and 3rd lines are now:

Zucker-Granlund-Heatley
Cooke-Brodziak-Nino

or

Zucker-Granlund-Nino (getting little to no minutes)
Cooke-Brodziak-Heatley

 

[MNWILDFAN001]

That sucks. Hoping this is the only big injury of the season.

 

[behemolari]

This sucks big time. I think we were all falling in love with the play of Coyle this camp and against LA. Guess we can count our lucky stars it's nothing serious.

count me out, he was good but nothing spectacular really. injuries will come, hope he recovers before next one goes..

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

Not too worried. Granlund (likely) gets to strut his stuff as our 2nd line center and Zucker makes his return.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

Dang, that really sucks.

 

[GopherState]

Good news is that it's a long season. Bad news is basically everything else.

/Wild Hockey

 

[Minnesota]

There goes the season.

 

[Avder]

Fail for...whoever is likely to go #1 next year.

 

[Puhis]

Fail for...whoever is likely to go #1 next year.

Fold cards for Ekblad?

 

[State of Hockey]

Didn't take long to become thin at center. Granlund at center is a little concerning. He looked better here playing wing.

 

[WildFinn*]

The worst possible time, better this happened later in to the season than now.

Nino-Coyle-Granlund has potential to be something special.

 

[MuckOG]

Unlike the past, the Wild now have some decent players to fill the void, which is a testament to the job Fletcher and Flahr have done acquiring young talent.

 

[Minnewildsota]

 

[Billy Mays Here*]

The worst possible time, better this happened later in to the season than now.

Yeah, better it happen when we're making a push for a playoff spot than at the beginning of the season when we're mostly healthy.

 

[gopherman23]

I didnt really get to watch or listen to any of the preseason games, but didn't Granlund and Nino have good chemistry together? Maybe this could work out.

 

[Sharppi]

So 2nd game of the season and we have a key player injured? Very Minnesota guys, very Minnesota.

 

[Dampland]

Fold cards for Ekblad?

Play bad for Ekblad



Honestly, this is horrible for the Wild. Coyle being out for a month means what 10-15 games he will miss right? Not good

 

[Northland Wild Man]

Well ****. It's two games and someone important is out.

 

[thestonedkoala]

Good to know Coyle picked up a few things from Koivu.

This sucks though.

 

[Sportsfan1]

Can't make it through a season without some injuries. Have to survive this any my first thought was well could have been worse, and with a knee injury it sure as heck could have been. Thankfully he'll be fine and back in a month, so there is good news in all this.

 

[TZM]

It's a big bummer considering how big of a part Coyle already was for the team. Let's hope Granlund can fill his boots somehow, for now.