Author: Ian Neadle

In case anyone has not noticed, allow myself to make the situation known:   The Buffalo Bandits are practically flipping their entire roster. They’ve made enough transactions in the past two offseasons to equal approximately half their roster, at the least.   In November of 2012, they collected Aaron Wilson from the Edmonton Rush. Wilson stacked up quite the statistics while playing with the Rush. The 10-year veteran last season…

  Here is the new CBA in a nutshell according to myself:   Players are locked into same salaries for more playing time Teams pay penalties for salary cap overages, which get circulated to other teams staying below cap All this to promote and grow the National Lacrosse League in America       The new Collective Bargaining Agreement compromised between the NLL and the Professional Lacrosse Players’ Association (PLPA) involved…

Playing starting goalie for the Buffalo Bandits is Kurtis (Kurt) Wagar. Born on November 5, 1985, #38 comes out of St. Catherines, Ontario and attended Brock University right in his hometown. Wagar stands six foot tall and 215 pounds. He signed onto the Buffalo Bandits as a free agent and adjacently plays for the Peterborough Lakers. Well, I do believe that’s enough of the blah blah facts. Let’s get into…

There has been an apparently consistent theme to Steve Dietrich’s trades for the Buffalo Bandits this year: forget draft pick spots, we want experienced youth.   Back in the later parts of summer and throughout September Dietrich made numerous moves and transactions involving draft picks:   A transaction with the Calgary Roughnecks including a 10th overall pick in the 2013 Entry Draft and a second round selection in the 2015…

The official free agency lists are in and “empty” positions are up for grabs. However, the combination of the National Lacrosse League’s way of operating coupled with my lack of roster knowledge make for my very open and possibly obscure predictions.   In this article especially, any readers may feel free to comment any thoughts, suggestions and/or recommendations.   It’s a long way to the top If you wanna rock…

Anthony Cosmo has been around the league, both in years and geographies. He has participated on five different NLL teams from the Toronto Rock to Washington (San Jose) Stealth, to Boston, to Minnesota, and finally now in Buffalo.   Most people understand that there are hardships both professionally and personally throughout life. Cosmo’s career hardships are quite clear themselves: geographical changes, team/coach/community support alterations, and distances.   Let us take…

Public Open Tryouts: One of the biggest team impacts for the Rochester Knighthawks. It is also one of the most overlooked aspects of the Knighthawks by other league teams.

Coach Troy Cordingley must be in my head; or is it the other way around? I mean, come on! I’m talking about the Buffalo Bandits and how they should reinvent themselves; as I think of a solution the improvement is made. Nick Diachenko of Delaware Men’s Lacrosse was a standout at school along with one or two others. He stands six foot and 180 pounds. Picked 14th overall in this…

Just this past Wednesday, I brought up the fact that the Buffalo Bandits will have a struggle ahead of them in replacing Jon Harasym. Though the National Lacrosse League is full of players ranging from 19 to 45, the median age seems to be 26-27 years old. When looking at those retiring, the majority seem to be doing so in their mid-30s.       Steenhuis and Watt are both 28…