Given he was born in Massachusetts, you’d have to imagine he would’ve had no issues signing the same cut-price $940,000 deal with the Boston Bruins that he just did with the Florida Panthers. Despite rumors in the summer that we were talking to Brian Boyle‘s agent, nothing seems to have eventuated.
Now, I know it’s not ideal to covet veteran centers or veterans in general, especially given sometimes it backfires and you end up with immovable contracts such as the ones that David Backes signed.
However, we’re talking a guy that could add yet more leadership to a room that already has it in spades and a player that is often highly sought after as a rental for the play-offs.