Brian Boyle was a member of the New Jersey Devils for less than 20 short months. He signed as a free agent in 2017, yet somehow it feels like he was a lifelong Devil. The impact he made both on and off the ice is second to none. He was a very good bottom six player on the ice and a tremendous leader off it.
Before he ever played a single game for New Jersey, he was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia and the entire outlook of the team changed. They were a team with low expectations.