Back on April 23, the day Wild players closed shop on the 2017-18 season, a number of typical end-of-year housekeeping items were overshadowed by the news that Chuck Fletcher would not be returning as the Wild’s general manager.



One of those things was the fact coach Bruce Boudreau said the team was waiting to find out the severity of a couple Charlie Coyle injuries.



On Monday, The Athletic learned that Coyle indeed had a “couple” injuries.



Late Friday afternoon, the Wild forward underwent surgery to repair torn tendons on both wrists that caused him pain since January and inhibited his ability to shoot and stickhandle the puck. Coyle is expected to be fully recovered well in advance of next season.



“He was progressively getting worse,” agent Bob Norton told The Athletic during a conference call interview with Coyle’s other agent, Glen Giovanucci, on Monday. “He was taping them up before every game trying to...