Dan Boyle failed the Rangers in his two years with the team. But the Rangers probably failed him too, and it represents a bigger problem for the team.
Boyle watched from the stands as his Rangers exited the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Saturday; a healthy scratch in Game 5 against the Penguins due to what we think was sheer ineffectiveness. A terrific defenseman for more than 15 years, now 39 and getting paid $4.5 million annually, lost it.
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Boyle had been losing it since he signed with the Rangers in July of 2014, and everything reached its tipping point Tuesday when he cursed out New York Post columnist Larry Brooks for being critical of him over the past two seasons.