If you missed the first part of this Trade Value series, you can find it here. Before I get back to it, some thoughts on the LXM “draft”: Teams started randomly tweeting out their new pickups before the league could make a formal announcement. All of a sudden some draft picks were forfeited unless the Steve Mock trade produces a draft pick for the Lizards in which case a different…
1st Round Jordan Wolf Attack Duke University The Rochester Rattlers selected Jordan Wolf second overall in the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Wolf has compiled 201 points (120 G, 81 A) in 61 career games so far in his run with the Blue Devils. Fifty-seven of his career goals came in the 2013 season, leading Duke to the NCAA Division 1 Championship. He also received USILA All-American Second Team Honors…
Today Major League Lacrosse named the LXM Pro players who will be on MLL rosters in 2014. The new partnership between the only professional field lacrosse leagues in North American allows players to play in both leagues. The two most interesting notes are that no goalies were signed, and Billy Bitter was not picked up by a team. Boston The Cannons theme this entire off season has been upgrading their…
Major League Lacrosse, the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, unveiled the YouTube Schedule for 2014.The MLL’s YouTube channel (YouTube.com/MLL) along with The Lacrosse Network(YouTube.com/TLN) will carry 16 games in high definition this season, making the games available on a variety of platforms worldwide. “We are excited to continue our partnership with YouTube,” said MLL Commissioner David Gross. “Paired with the exclusive content on our channel, lacrosse fans all over…
Tonight MLL Talk will debut on In Lacrosse We Trust as our first ever live YouTube event. Hosted by Lacrosse Radio Network’s Andrew Goldberg (NCAA GameDay, MLL Roundtable, St. John’s pxp) the show will also include ILWT writers Alex Urquhart and Joe Keegan. Tonight’s show will discuss the merger between MLL and LXM Pro, the new deal with STX, Peter Baum joining the Ohio Machine and more. Watch the video…
First round pick from the 2013 MLL Collegiate Draft and former 2012 Tewaaraton Trophy winner, Peter Baum has selected to sign with his team, the Ohio Machine. The former Colgate star had his rights retained by Ohio even though he elected to play LXM, signing with Adrenaline, a sponsor of LXM. He is also a sponsored athlete by STX, which became an Official Equipment Partner to the MLL along with…
Over a decade ago, Bill Simmons began ranking basketball players in his annual ‘NBA Trade Value’ column. The rules are simple: Talent, salary and age all matter. If two equally talented players earn different amounts, then the cheaper one has more ‘trade value.’ Similarly, younger players are often viewed as more valuable. The idea of the list is that if the general manager of Team A calls the general manager…
USA Profile: Rob Pannell Position: Attack College: Cornell University Professional: New York Lizards One has to wonder a few what ifs in the span of Rob Pannell’s college career. After almost making his way to Quinnipiac, Pannell opted to make a stop at a post-grad program in order to make his way to Ithaca. The Big Red, and college lacrosse itself, certainly benefited from this move in major ways….
The MLL may be in the offseason but that didn’t stop big news from occurring in the lacrosse world. Yesterday, the MLL announced that it will be merging with the LXM Pro Tour and Adrenaline lacrosse to allow players from both leagues to play without repurcussions. The news is huge for the growth of the game as stars from both leagues will now be able to help grow the game….
Possibly the biggest lacrosse news of the year to this point was yesterday when Major League Lacrosse partnered with the LXM Pro Tour. This is one of the first times we have ever seen two lacrosse leagues team up to work together for the good of the game, something that MLL wants to do. “We’ve made the industry aware that we want to work with everyone to unite the sport,”…