The Rochester Rattlers have been making huge moves this off-season, most notably trading Max Striebel and Ned Crotty to the New York Lizards. The one that probably is of more importance than that trade, at least to the New York Lizards, is the trading away of Steve DeNapoli. The Lizards gave up Mark Mathews, the young Canadian and Denver grad, and a fourth round pick in the Supplemental draft….
Mark Matthews has had quite a week in both professional leagues. The second year player for the Edmonton Rush and third year player, now on the Rochester Rattlers, secured his long term future in the game at the pro level. First, Matthews signed a five year deal with the Rush. Matthews won the National Lacrosse League rookie of the year in 2013 and led the Rush with 38 goals, a…
Closing out a busy week of trading for New York, the Lizards have acquired Long Island native Steve DeNapoli and a 4th round supplemental draft pick from the Rochester Rattlers in exchange for Mark Matthews. The 2011 Hofstra University graduate was drafted in the 5th round (30th overall) by the Chesapeake Bayhawks in 2011. DeNapoli played in five games with the Bayhawks in his rookie season before being traded to…
Anytime a team finishes 5-9, its fans will be demanding changes in the offseason. Local media outlets will blow rumors out of proportion. Expect the Boston Cannons to improve in 2014. Don’t expect to see much roster turnover though. Sure, they are flawed – but the Cannons are much closer to competing than the Ohio Machine or the Rochester Rattlers. There are very few holes on this roster; that’s the…
Most of the time, teams in the MLL will send in their protected rosters with one or two goalies on it. This year, Denver went ahead and protected three goaltenders in Jesse Schwartzman, Adam Fullerton and Charlie Cipriano. One has to ask, why would a team protect three goalies? Well, here is just a few things these three keepers have done for the Outlaws: Schwartzman was selected in the 2007…
There were not many surprises with the recently announced Hamilton Nationals 23 man protected roster. The core group returns for the 2014 season. The 2013 MLL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year and co leading scorer Kevin Crowley (38G, 3-2PTG & 14A) 55 points was named to the list. Other notables were All Stars Tucker Durkin and Brodie Merrill. The remaining core was named early this week with the…
Lacrosse in the sunshine state, sign me up! Major League Lacrosse should be moving to Florida for the 2014 season. The Hamilton Nationals would be moving to south Florida where an All-Star game was played. I believe this would be a good move for the MLL. When word first came out of the MLL moving to either Georgia or Florida I highly questioned the Georgia proposition, I do believe that…
This post is part of a series geared toward generating hype for the upcoming MLL season. Non-lacrosse and non-MLL fans can get to know the league’s stars better through these comparisons to NBA, NFL and NHL players. Some analogies are based on playing styles and others are based on off-field personality, but none are based on spending habits. We aren’t quite at the point where MLL players can drop $5,000…
In what seems to be an influx of trades the past couple of days, Chesapeake has gone and re-acquired Peet Poillon prior to handing in their 23-man protected roster.
Major League Lacrosse (MLL), the premier professional outdoor lacrosse league, has announced that each team has submitted its 23-Man Protected Roster for 2014. All players left unprotected will be entered in the player pool for the 2014 season. Each MLL team will have the opportunity to fill their 40-man rosters in the upcoming 2014 MLL Supplemental Draft, which will be held on December 4, 2013, and the 2012 MLL Collegiate Draft…