Playing career

Boyes played several years of roller hockey for the Mississauga Rattlers. He was a member of the Mississauga Reps AAA hockey team before being drafted by the Erie Otters. Boyes won the J. Ross Robertson Cup with the Otters in 2002.

Boyes was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round, 24th overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft.

He was traded to the San Jose Sharks along with Alyn McCauley and a 1st round selection in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft (who would be Mark Stuart) in exchange for Owen Nolan.

Boyes was later traded from the Sharks to the Boston Bruins in a 3-way deal that saw Jeff Jillson go to Buffalo Sabres, Curtis Brown go to San Jose, and Brad Boyes and Andy Delmore go to Boston on March 9, 2004.

Boyes scored his first NHL goal on October 9, 2005, against Sébastien Caron of the Pittsburgh Penguins. He scored his first NHL hat trick on March 18, 2006 against Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes

The Bruins traded Boyes to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Dennis Wideman on February 27, 2007. In St. Louis Boyes became a star player. Scoring 43 goals in the 2007 season, tied for 4th in the league and 33 goals in the 2008 season.

On February 27, 2011, Boyes was traded by the Blues to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a second round pick in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Boyes scored a goal in each of his first two games with the Sabres.

On July 1, 2012, he signed as a free agent to a one-year, $1 million deal with the New York Islanders. With ambition to move on from a disappointing tenure with the Sabres, Boyes rediscovered his scoring touch during the shortened 2012-13 season to score 35 points in 48 games on the Islanders top scoring line alongside John Tavares and Matt Moulson.

Unsigned in the off-season Boyes was offered a professional try-out contract by the Islanders and the Florida Panthers. He chose to attend the Panthers training camp and signed a one-year deal with them on September 28, 2013. After recording 36 points in 78 games, Boyes was resigned by the Panthers to a two year, $5.25 million contract.

The last year of Boyes' contract was bought out on June 30, 2015, effectively making Boyes a free agent. Despite picking up 38 points in 78 games and having good advanced analytics, Boyes was unable to find a deal, and on September 10, 2015, he signed a professional tryout contract to attend training camp with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the team who originally drafted him in 2000. Boyes impressed at camp and during the pre-season, and on September 27, 2015, he was rewarded with a 1 year, $700,000 contract from the Leafs. On November 2, 2015, Boyes scored his first goal with the club. In the process, Boyes set a franchise record for longest span between getting drafted and scoring his first goal with the Maple Leafs, noticing it 5609 days after being drafted. Boyes would finish the season with 24 points in 60 games, which was seen as decent production given his limited time on a Maple Leafs team that finished last in the NHL.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1997-98	Mississauga Reps	MTHL		44	27	50	77			—	—	—	—	—
1998-99	Erie Otters	OHL		59	24	36	60	30		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Erie Otters	OHL		68	36	46	82	38		13	6	8	14	10
2000-01	Erie Otters	OHL		59	45	45	90	42		15	10	13	23	8
2001-02	Erie Otters	OHL		47	36	41	77	42		26	22	19	41	27
2002-03	St. John's Maple Leafs	AHL		65	23	28	51	45		—	—	—	—	—
2002-03	Cleveland Barons	AHL		15	7	6	13	21		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Cleveland Barons	AHL		61	25	35	60	38		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	San Jose Sharks	NHL		1	0	0	0	2		—	—	—	—	—
2003-04	Providence Bruins	AHL		17	6	6	12	13		2	1	0	1	0
2004-05	Providence Bruins	AHL		80	33	42	75	58		16	8	7	15	23
2005-06	Boston Bruins	NHL		82	26	43	69	30		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Boston Bruins	NHL		62	13	21	34	25		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	St. Louis Blues	NHL		19	4	8	12	4		—	—	—	—	—
2007-08	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	43	22	65	20		—	—	—	—	—
2008-09	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	33	39	72	26		4	2	1	3	0
2009-10	St. Louis Blues	NHL		82	14	28	42	26		—	—	—	—	—
2010-11	St. Louis Blues	NHL		62	12	29	41	30		—	—	—	—	—
2010-11	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		21	5	9	14	6		7	1	0	1	0
2011-12	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		65	8	15	23	6		—	—	—	—	—
2012-13	New York Islanders	NHL		48	10	25	35	16		6	0	3	3	2
2013-14	Florida Panthers	NHL		78	21	15	36	28		—	—	—	—	—
2014-15	Florida Panthers	NHL		78	14	24	38	20		—	—	—	—	—
2015-16	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		60	8	16	24	12		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				822	211	294	505	251		17	3	4	7	2

Medal record
Representing Canada
Ice hockey
World Junior Championships
	2001 Moscow
	2002 Pardubice

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001	Canada	WJC	03 !		7	1	3	4	2
2002	Canada	WJC	02 !		7	5	4	9	16
2006	Canada	WC	4th		9	4	4	8	4
Junior totals					14	6	7	13	18
Senior totals					9	4	4	8	4

Awards and Honours

• 1997: Canadian inline hockey Champion - Gold medalist
• 1998: NARCh North American Roller Hockey Championships - Gold medalist
• 1999-2000: Lindsay Cup Trophy
• 1999-2000: CHL Scholastic Player of the Year
• 1999-2000: OHL Bobby Smith Trophy (Scholastic Player of the Year)
• 2000-01: OHL Red Tilson Trophy (Most Outstanding Player)
• 2000-01: OHL William Hanley Trophy (Most Gentlemanly Player)
• 2000-01: OHL Second All-Star Team
• 2001-02: CHL Sportsman of the Year
• 2001-02: CHL Second All-Star Team
• 2001-02: OHL First All-Star Team
• 2001-02: OHL Red Tilson Trophy
• 2001-02: OHL William Hanley Trophy
• 2001-02: OHL Wayne Gretzky 99 Award (Playoff MVP)
• 2002-03: AHL All-Rookie Team
• 2003-04: AHL Second All-Star Team
• 2005-06: NHL All-Rookie Team

Records

• Toronto Maple Leafs franchise record for longest span between being drafted and scoring a goal with the club: 5609 days

[ Source: Wikipedia ]