Kunyange zvazvo achangobva kuwedzera kondirakiti neLightning, musi waJuly 4, 2008, Boyle akatengeswa, pamwe chete naBrad Lukowich, kuSan Jose Sharks mukutsinhana naMatt Carle, Ty Wishart, musarudzo wekutanga-kutenderera muna 2009
uye wechina-kutenderera wokusarudza muna 2010. Boyle akamanikidzwa kurega basa rake risina-kutengeserana neTampa Bay's new ownership, uyo akati vaizomuisa pane zvimwe zvikanganiso, uko angangodaro akadanwa neAtlanta Thrashers. Achitoziva Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau naEvgeni Nabokov, Boyle akabvuma kuchinjaniswa kuSharks.