Cika wannan magana: Duk da fitowa daga kwanan nan kwangilar kwangila tare da Haske, a ranar 4 ga Yuli, 2008, an yi ciniki da Boyle, tare da Brad Lukowich, zuwa San Jose Sharks a musayar Matt Carle, Ty Wishart, zagaye na farko na zagaye a cikin
2009 da zagaye na huɗu na zagaye a 2010. Boyle ya matsa lamba don ya watsar da yarjejeniyar ba ta kasuwanci ta sabon mai mallakar Tampa Bay, wanda ya ce in ba haka ba za su sanya shi a kan waivers, inda mai yiwuwa Atlanta Thrashers za ta yi da'awar shi. Tuni da sanin Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau da Evgeni Nabokov, Boyle ya amince da a yi musayarsa zuwa Sharks.