{"id":45876,"date":"2019-10-20T15:26:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T19:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=45876"},"modified":"2019-10-20T15:26:35","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T19:26:35","slug":"brian-boyle-agrees-terms-florida-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/10\/20\/brian-boyle-agrees-terms-florida-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Boyle Agrees to Terms With Florida Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida Panthers<\/a> signed free agent center <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/boylebr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brian Boyle<\/a><\/strong> to a one-year contract worth $940,000. This contract carries him through the 2019-20 season and doesn&#8217;t carry any signing or performance bonuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We&#8217;ve agreed to terms with forward Brian Boyle (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BriBrows22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@BriBrows22<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EBcj4GZrhI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/EBcj4GZrhI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9Mdw65Wt1Z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/9Mdw65Wt1Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FlaPanthers\/status\/1185964040679493638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 20, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Veteran Brian Boyle Signs With Florida Panthers<\/h2>\n<p>Over his 12-year NHL career Boyle\u00a0has played for the<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/rangers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> New York Rangers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/kings\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Angeles Kings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/devils\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New Jersey Devils<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/predators\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nashville Predators<\/a>. He has put up 124\u00a0goals and 96\u00a0assists for 216\u00a0career points in 766\u00a0career games. Boyle has also picked up 15 goals and 15 assists for 30 points in 114 career Stanley Cup Playoff games. He was originally drafted\u00a026th\u00a0overall of the 2013\u00a0NHL draft by the Kings.<\/p>\n<p>Last season he scored 18 goals and six assists for 24 points. He also added 38 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 47.5 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -1.7.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future of Brian Boyle<\/h3>\n<p>In Boyle, his new team is acquiring a big center who brings a ton of experience to their team. Last season, his 18 goals were second best in his career. He has proven that he can be a second or third-line center who will contribute on both sides of the ice. Boyle was acquired by the Predators in February from the Devils in exchange for a second-round pick in the upcoming draft. Nashville added Boyle for depth in the playoffs. In three games during the 2019 Stanley Cup Playoffs, he recorded two assists. Boyle missed Games Two through Four with an abdominal injury.<\/p>\n<p>Boyle will add a boost to his new team for next season. He has played great hockey ever since he came back after finding out his cancer was in remission. Expect that play to carry over into next season.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"BpHYzthsQdhmFsFWgw8DOQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1144457547\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'BpHYzthsQdhmFsFWgw8DOQ',sig:'C98lWuC2pAs2iwA6R5aZngQuv1Yv80WsE623Up8sNGI=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1144457547',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Florida Panthers signed free agent center Brian Boyle to a one-year contract worth $940,000. This contract carries him through the 2019-20 season and doesn&#8217;t carry any signing or performance bonuses. We&#8217;ve agreed to terms with forward Brian Boyle (@BriBrows22). \u00bb https:\/\/t.co\/EBcj4GZrhI pic.twitter.com\/9Mdw65Wt1Z \u2014 Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) October 20, 2019 Veteran Brian Boyle Signs With Florida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":59400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,6],"tags":[1280,106,37,38,955],"class_list":["post-45876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-panthers","tag-brian-boyle","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news"],"modified_by":"Josh Erickson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}