Playing career

Junior

Paille played junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Guelph Storm. He was also a member of Team Canada for the 2003 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and served as Canada's captain for the same tournament in 2004, winning silver medals in both.

Professional

Paille scored his first career NHL goal on January 14, 2006, against the Los Angeles Kings. In the summer of 2007, he signed a one-year, $535,000 one-way contract to remain in Buffalo, then again re-signed with the Sabres the next summer, on July 16, 2008, on a two-year, $2.2 million contract that paid $900,000 in his first year and $1.3 million in his second.

On October 20, 2009, Paille was traded to the Boston Bruins in exchange for a third-round and a conditional fourth-round draft pack. His move to Boston marked the first-ever trade of a player under contract between the two division rivals in their common 39 years in the NHL.

Paille won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins on June 15, 2011, over the Vancouver Canucks in a 4-0 Game 7 victory. He was a major contributor on the penalty kill, as he and linemate Gregory Campbell were instrumental in holding the high-powered Vancouver power play unit to just two goals scored in the seven-game Finals series.

After completing his third season with Boston in 2011-12, Paille was re-signed by the Bruins to a three-year contract on June 1, 2012.

Paille signed with Ilves in Finland on December 2, 2012, during the 2012-13 NHL lockout; he rejoined the Bruins when play resumed in mid-January 2013. On June 15, during the 2013 playoffs, Paille scored the game-winning goal in overtime of Game 2 of the Finals, giving the Bruins a 2-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Two days later, on June 17, he scored the first goal in Game 3 of the Finals, which turned out to be the game-winner in the Bruins' 2-0 win over Chicago. Despite taking a 2-1 series lead, the Bruins would ultimately lose the series, 4-2.

On April 13, 2015, the Bruins, after missing the playoffs for the first time in nine years, informed Paille that they will not be offering him a contract extension, which will effectively make him an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2015.

On September 13, 2015, the Chicago Blackhawks invited Paille to attend their training camp on a Professional Tryout agreement. He was subsequently released by the Blackhawks on September 28. The following day Paille signed a professional tryout with the Rockford IceHogs, Chicago's American Hockey League affiliate. Paille appeared in 31 games with the IceHogs, before he was signed to one-year contract for the remainder of the season to add depth to the New York Rangers on January 21, 2016. On April 20, 2016, Paille was recalled by the New York Rangers from the team's AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack.

Personal life

Paille was raised in Welland, Ontario. He attended to Saint François Elementary School and École Secondaire Confédération. Paille played his minor hockey with his hometown Welland Tigers of the Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA)'s South Central AAA league. His teammates growing up in Welland included several future NHLers, including Nathan Horton, Daniel Girardi, Andre Deveaux and Matt Ellis. He admired Steve Yzerman when he was growing up. In 2009, Paille married his longtime girlfriend, Dana Goritsis.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1998-99	Welland Tigers	OMHA		52	42	41	83	40		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Welland Cougars	GHL		42	14	17	37	19		16	16	16	32	—
2000-01	Guelph Storm	OHL		64	22	31	53	57		4	2	0	2	2
2001-02	Guelph Storm	OHL		62	27	30	57	53		9	5	2	7	9
2002-03	Guelph Storm	OHL		54	30	27	57	28		11	8	6	14	6
2003-04	Guelph Storm	OHL		59	37	43	80	63		22	9	9	18	14
2004-05	Rochester Americans	AHL		79	14	15	29	54		9	2	2	4	6
2005-06	Rochester Americans	AHL		45	14	13	27	29		—	—	—	—	—
2005-06	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		14	1	2	3	2		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Rochester Americans	AHL		29	7	14	21	12		—	—	—	—	—
2006-07	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		29	3	8	11	18		1	0	0	0	0
2007-08	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		77	19	16	35	14		—	—	—	—	—
2008-09	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		73	12	15	27	20		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		2	0	1	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
2009-10	Boston Bruins	NHL		74	10	9	19	12		13	0	2	2	2
2010-11	Boston Bruins	NHL		43	6	7	13	28		25	3	3	6	4
2011-12	Boston Bruins	NHL		69	9	6	15	15		7	1	0	1	2
2012-13	Ilves	SM-l		9	2	4	6	6		—	—	—	—	—
2012-13	Boston Bruins	NHL		46	10	7	17	8		22	4	5	9	0
2013-14	Boston Bruins	NHL		72	9	9	18	6		7	1	0	1	2
2014-15	Boston Bruins	NHL		71	6	7	13	12		—	—	—	—	—
2015-16	Rockford IceHogs	AHL		31	1	3	4	2		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				570	85	87	172	135		75	9	10	19	10

[ Source: Wikipedia ]