Angry Boyle Bolts Town

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Saturday Funnies
Published 7/5/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at Japers' Rink
... good news. Thirdly, he loves the limelight and I don't think anyone in hockey will dispute that. Lastly, he's in a pathetic hockey market where they can't get on any page of the newspaper let alone the front page of the sports, so any of this stuff carries on. He's an underachieving wanna-be in terms of success in the NHL. He won a Stanley Cup? Great. I've won six Stanley Cups, you want to count rings? Who cares, it's just a little pathetic that he carries on." Throw in Dan Boyle 's blasting of the new owners in Tampa and, to a lesser extent ...

Boyle vs. Barrie
Published 7/6/2008 by James Mirtle (noreply@blogger.com) at james mirtle
... Panthers team that Boyle and Barrie played on was an incredibly dysfunctional one, finishing with just 22 wins and near the league basement, and it was in that environment that the two last met. There were never any disagreements, or any interactions at all, that played out in the press seven years ago, but the pair spent that one toxic season together. If they'd become buddies, I have a hard time imaging the situation playing out the way it has seven years later. Here's what Boyle told the Tampa Tribune : "When my work ethic is questioned, my offseason work ethic and the way ...

The Boyle Situation in Tamps Is More Than Meets the Eye
Published 7/7/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (kanadienkyle) at IllegalCurve.com
Defenceman Dan Boyle, recently traded to San Jose, was evidently unhappy with new owner Len Barrie, in a dispute that may go back to the days when they played together in Florida. ...