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The Columbus Blue Jackets made a push towards the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2025-26, missing out by just six points. The team struggled down the stretch, losing nine of their last 11 games, and leading Blue Jackets coach Rick Bowness to rip the team .
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Now, Bowness and the Jackets look towards the 2026-27 season. The team signed their coach to an extension, and has turned their focus to taking care of their pending free agents. One of those pending free agents now has a new contract , according to Chris Johnston of The Athletic.
Charlie Coyle has signed a six-year extension with an AAV of $6 million. The deal carries him through the 2031-32 campaign.
The Blue Jackets forward just completed his first season in Columbus. He was in the final year of a six-year deal that he originally signed with the Boston Bruins in 2019, and took effect starting in the 2020-21 campaign. Coyle joined the Blue Jackets after being traded ahead of the 2025-26 season from the Colorado Avalanche .
He began his career as a first-round draft pick of the San Jose Sharks in the 2010 NHL Draft. He was traded in the summer of 2011 to the Minnesota Wild , and signed his entry-level contract with the team then. Coyle made his NHL debut with the Wild in the 2012-13 campaign and remained with the franchise until he was traded to the Bruins during the 2019-20 season. He was then traded by the Bruins during the 2024-25 season to the Avalanche.
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Coyle had a solid first season with the Blue Jackets. He found the back of the net 20 times this year, the third-most of his career. He also had 38 helpers, which tied a career high. Now, Coyle will be with Columbus likely for the rest of his career, with the forward turning 40 years old in the final season of his contract.
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