On Friday (Jun. 27), the Columbus Blue Jackets and Colorado Avalanche swung a trade hours earlier than the 2025 NHL Entry Draft obtained underway. The Blue Jackets acquired forwards Miles Wooden and Charlie Coyle in trade for ahead Gavin Brindley, the 77th total choice within the 2025 NHL Draft, and a conditional second-round choose in 2027.
🚨 DONE DEAL! 🚨
We have acquired forwards Charlie Coyle & Miles Wooden from the @Avalanche in trade for F Gavin Brindley, our 2025 Third-round choose, 77th total, and a conditional 2027 2nd-round choose.
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— Columbus Blue Jackets (@BlueJacketsNHL) June 27, 2025
Coyle, who’s 33 years outdated, scored 17 objectives and added 18 assists for 35 factors by 83 video games between the Avalanche and the Boston Bruins final season. All through his profession, he has scored 189 objectives and added 296 assists for 485 factors by 950 video games, which comes out to a 0.51 points-per-game common.
Wooden, who’s 29 years outdated, scored 4 objectives and added 4 assists for eight factors by 37 video games final season. All through his profession, he has scored 91 objectives and added 91 assists for 182 factors by 513 video games, which comes out to a 0.35 points-per-game common.
Brindley, who’s 20 years outdated, has one NHL recreation beneath his belt. He spent the 2024-25 season within the American Hockey League (AHL) with the Cleveland Monsters, scoring six objectives and including 11 assists for 17 factors by 52 video games.
The second-round choose’s situation in 2027 is that the Blue Jackets can transfer the decrease of the 2 they at the moment personal as soon as the 2027 NHL Entry Draft comes round.
This commerce frees up $7.75 million in cap area for the Avalanche, and no wage retention was concerned within the transaction.
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