Confirmed with Link: [NSH/NJD] - Bryan Boyle for 2019 2nd Round Pick

[Jonesey]

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[valeriammm]

Eh Ill take it.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I'm not in love, but I also don't hate. So meh

 

[valeriammm]

Hes kinda old but hes still putting up decent numbers

 

[valeriammm]

I'm not in love, but I also don't hate. So meh

Well regret it later, for now maybe he can fill some gaps

 

[Legionnaire11]

Great pickup, I've loved this guy's game since '14 when I spent some time in Tampa. Huge upgrade for our 4th line.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I really don't want Rocco on a line with Boyle I don't think.

 

[Preds Partisan]

I'd rather have Boyle than Simmonds so that's good. Wish it was a third instead of a second, but whatever. Hate that we even had to do this to replace Watson, but it was necessary.

 

[predfan24]

I really don't want Rocco on a line with Boyle I don't think.

Boyle is going to need to be flanked by speedy wingers.

Assuming Turris comes back soon and we get an upgrade in the top 6:

JOFA
Upgrade - Turris - Fiala
Jarnkrok - Bones - Smith
Grimaldi - Boyle - Hartman


We sure have lots of rightys.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I love it. Not splashy, but great depth add. As for the 2nd, in my opinion, picks outside the 1st are all "meh". No problem giving that up.

 

[Gh24]

I like this trade.

Brings that net front presence some of us have been hoping for. Even just a bit of luck could make a huge different in the worst PP in the league, but this should also help.

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Yeah, it's ok... I'm not sure really who else was going to fit the Watson-replacement job opening. Boyle has some versatility even if he's slower and not very aggressive. He's big, smart, and brings some good intangibles. He was no doubt going to draw some bids. So that's probably why we pay a slightly higher draft pick than we might otherwise have liked. You kind of want to just give up a 3rd. But enough other teams will have wanted Boyle that you have to give up the 2nd to actually get him.

So much for giving up 2nd+prospect to land the top-6 winger upgrade though. Now that pretty much defaults to giving up our 1st in that trade scenario, whatever it turns out to be. So we'll probably have no 1st or 2nd in the draft again.

 

[NoNecksCurse]

heavy price for Boyle.

I'm not a GM. i get, we are all in.

 

[Outofbodyinhungary]

I like this trade, everyone on the main boards is criticizing it but for every good player found in the second round you also get yakov trenin’s. So I don’t mind this trade, he will help us with some grit against the Jets

 

[JGeorge54]

I like it. Big net front presence

 

[The don godfather]

heavy price for Boyle.

I'm not a GM. i get, we are all in.

I agree high price 2nd round picks are really valuable and can net you a great prospect. I think price kinda high for a 34 yr old end of career player.

 

[Legionnaire11]

Boyle is by no means fast, but some of you are going to be surprised.

 

[Gh24]

I like this trade, everyone on the main boards is criticizing it but for every good player found in the second round you also get yakov trenin’s. So I don’t mind this trade, he will help us with some grit against the Jets

Yeah everyone, but Devils fans. That tells enough...

 

[BenedictGomez]

Boyle is going to need to be flanked by speedy wingers.

No, that's the absolute last thing you want to do.

And he's not going to play on your 3rd-line, he's going to play on your 4th-line. Book it.

Excellent trade for Nashville IMO.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Boyle is by no means fast, but some of you are going to be surprised.

If by surprised, you mean he's double-trailer 18 wheeler slow rather than dump truck loaded with concrete slow, then yes, you'll be surprised.

 

[Legionnaire11]

First Lightning game I went to...

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

I said we're not doing anything more than maybe getting a 3-4th liner. I haven't gotten the killer vibe of the 1st Subban season from this season yet.

Eh, we'll wait and see. I just don't know how we beat other teams (in trade value) if we're excluding Fiala and Tolvanen from being traded.

 

[Legionnaire11]

If by surprised, you mean he's double-trailer 18 wheeler slow rather than dump truck loaded with concrete slow, then yes, you'll be surprised.

Hey, we had Yanic Perreault some time ago and he scored 20 goals for the Preds. That guy redefined slow.

 

[amikaro]

Good at faceoffs, leader personality, hard worker, playoff proven, fits well with the preds blue line in front of the net. i like this trade even though the price is high. happy to see boyle in nashville.

 

[BenedictGomez]

Last night is a great example of Brian Boyle:

The Devils are losing 5-1 being embarrassed at home, and everyone already knows the season is 100% over. Time on the game clock expired (i.e. the game's over), but some dumbass King (forget whom) shoots the puck towards the Devils net anyway. Instead of leaving the ice for the locker room Boyle skates over, gets in the guy's face and rattles his cage.

That's a leader. On a lottery team. Imagine what he will do on a Stanley Cup contender.

But yes, he's slower than stagnant molasses on an Alaskan winter's eve.