Daniel Paille is a National Hockey League (NHL) player for the Boston Bruins. Originally drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, he made his NHL debut for the Sabres on December 22, 2005, in a match-up against the Florida Panthers. He went on to log his first assist on December 23, 2005, against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and his first NHL goal in a January 14, 2006, match-up between the Sabres and the Los Angeles Kings.http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470230&view=bio

On October 20, 2009, Daniel Paille was traded to the Bruins for a third round draft pick, Kevin Sundher, and conditional fourth round pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470230&view=bio Prior to the trade, Paille played in 195 NHL games for Buffalo, logging 77 points on 35 goals and 42 assists.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=55220

Daniel Paille was born on April 15, 1984, in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Paille, who stands 6-foot-tall and wears the #20 on his jersey, is described by The Hockey News as a "two-way winger and jack-of-all-trades that has great defensive instincts, can excel in any role, skates well, and plays a sound positional game."http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?2909

Daniel Paille played major junior hockey for four seasons with the Guelph Storm in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). In 239 games he logged 247 points on 116 goals, 30 of them on the power play, and 131 assists. In his final season with the team, he posted 80 points on 37 goals.http://bruins.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8470230&view=bio He also participated in 46 playoff games, posting 41 points on 24 goals, 10 on the power play, and 17 assists.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?2909

Paille began his professional hockey career playing for the Sabres' minor league American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Rochester Americans. After playing the 2004-05 season with the Americans, he split the next three seasons between Rochester and Boston before advancing permanently to the NHL during the 2007-08 season.http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=55220 In 153 AHL games, he logged 77 points on 35 goals and 42 assists. In nine playoff games, he registered four points on two goals and two assists.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?2909

In 269 NHL games through the 2009-10 season, Daniel Paille notched 45 goals and 55 assists for a total of 100 points. In his first 16 NHL games of the 2010-11 season, he posted four points on four assists.http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/hockeynews/hockey/player.cgi?2909