Posts About "Dan Boyle"
Best Undrafted Players in NHL History
April 29th, 2020 Throughout NHL history, the league's elite players have typically been those selected in the annual NHL Entry Draft. The position and round in which these players are drafted are often used as a measuring stick to determine the future success of a given player. Players selected early in the first round have expectations of...
Best Defenders in Lightning History
April 12th, 2018 Throughout the course of their 25 years in the NHL, the Tampa Bay Lightning have never been a defensive first team. However, even with this distinction, they still have had their fair share of franchise defensemen over the last quarter century. With the end of the 2017-18 season marking the Bolts' 25th year as an NHL franchise, it's...
Top 5 Trades in Lightning History
November 29th, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning franchise has been around for a quarter century. In that time, the various team general managers have pulled off some trades that have changed the course of not only a season but the organization in some cases. Perhaps it shouldn’t come as any surprise since the six individuals who have held the general...
5 Ways to Improve NHL Player Safety
October 11th, 2016 The NHL has a department for player safety and I'm not a fan of how they do their job. The most consequential part of their job relates to head shots, coming from both fights and hits. A recent THW article by Sammi Silber covered this in some detail. My approach here is to consider changes in how the NHL manages the punitive...
Dan Boyle Retires as Last Member of Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup Team
October 6th, 2016 When Dan Boyle announced his retirement on Wednesday, he became the last remaining member of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup team to call it an NHL career. The only other remaining players from that team, forwards Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards, each ended their respective careers earlier this offseason. Boyle, 40,...
Hjalmarsson Suspended, Dan Boyle Will Retire, Pearson to Have Hearing & More News
October 3rd, 2016 The NHL's Department of Player Safety announced Monday that they have suspended Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson for the remainder of the preseason and the first game of the regular season. The suspension is the result of a charging infraction against St. Louis Blues forward Ty Rattie during a preseason match. General...
The Current All-Ex-Sharks Team
October 3rd, 2016 We're into the NHL preseason, so it's time to take a last look at a lighter subject before things begin to ramp up. One way to look at how well a general manager is functioning is by looking at the players he has not retained. In the Bay Area, legendary football coach/general manager Bill Walsh once said it was better to move on from...
Rangers Chose Girardi, Not Boyle, Over Stralman
May 2nd, 2016 Two summers ago the New York Rangers made the decision to sign unrestricted free agent defenseman Dan Boyle to a two-year, $9MM deal. The same day, Anton Stralman left Manhattan to join the Tampa Bay Lightning with a five-year contract worth $22.5MM. Most who follow the team felt the two signings were linked, that the Rangers essentially...
Will Ulf Samuelsson Stay with the Rangers?
April 29th, 2016 The New York Rangers were eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs sooner than expected and following that defeat there has been plenty of blame spread around the team. Off-seasons always see players move around but something that seems to have stuck out from breakup day was head coach Alain Vigneault being somewhat sure that the team...
Hockey Headlines: The Ducks vs. Game 7; Angry Dan Boyle
April 27th, 2016 A collection of the latest news from around the world of hockey: After the second round gets underway tonight, we still have to finish off the first round. The Anaheim Ducks not only have to beat the Predators if they want to advance, but they also must beat their own playoff demons. The Ducks have lost the last four game 7's they've...
Dan Boyle Likely to Retire From Hockey
April 26th, 2016 New York Rangers' defenseman Dan Boyle told reporters today that he'll likely retire from hockey, citing family reasons. The 39-year old has played 1093 games in his NHL career. https://twitter.com/HartnettHockey/status/724963013489496064 Boyle, a classic underdog story in the NHL, signed with the Rangers in 2014 after being a...
Respectfully, Time For Dan Boyle To Bow Out
April 25th, 2016 New York Rangers defenseman Dan Boyle has always fought the odds. Boyle, who will turn 40 in the offseason, epitomized the phrase: “its not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog”. In an uncomfortable and likely final twist, a healthy Boyle watched the probable end of his career in street clothes,...
The Third Period Troubles Continue for the Rangers
April 21st, 2016 A recurring theme for the New York Rangers this season has been the team's struggles in the third period; I wrote about this issue in the regular season back on March 22nd and now three games into the postseason the team is still struggling in the final frame. So far two games have been put to rest on third-period gaffes followed by some...
