The National Lacrosse League draft is just under a month away and it’s that time of year to rank the top 50 prospects going into the draft. We begin today with 50-41. 41. F Kyle Isaacs—St. Catharines Jr A, Six Nations Jr B, Ohsweken CLax Isaacs has been in the Six Nations system since 2009 and he has always put up numbers. The 5’9″, 166 lbs lefty is a bit…
Coming off his stellar performance in the WLA Finals, I thought it would be a great time to revisit the Vancouver Stealth’s acquisition of Tyler Hass. Hass was just named WLA Playoff MVP and as Stealth President/GM Doug Locker touched on in our one-on-one, is going to be a very welcome addition to the team. Entering the offseason, were transition, and offensive, particularly the left side, a priority in making…
A few more free agents were locked down in the past week as NLL teams continue to re-sign their players, but the biggest newsmaker was a trade between the Toronto Rock and the unnamed Connecticut franchise that saw transition Brodie Merrill moved to the Rock for two players and three draft picks. After remaining quiet on the transaction front for almost the entire first month of the free agent period,…
Brett Bucktooth has signed with the Connecticut NLL team according to Inside Lacrosse’s Teddy Jenner via Twitter. Bucktooth, a forward, had been an unrestricted free agent after playing the last two seasons with the Vancouver Stealth. In 11 games last season, Bucktooth scored 43 points, 18 of them goals. It is just one less point than his 44 from the 2013 season with the Stealth as well. Bucktooth split the…
Now that the 2015 NLL schedule is out, it’s time to take a look at what each week brings as far as milestones and notes to watch for as the season begins. There are no NHL schedule conflicts all season. Week Day Date Matchup Time (ET) 1 Fri 2-Jan Buffalo at Connecticut 7:00PM 1 Sat 3-Jan Edmonton at Buffalo 7:30PM 1 Sat 3-Jan Toronto at Rochester 7:30PM 1 Sat 3-Jan…
The National Lacrosse League announced their 2015 season schedule this afternoon, with the season opening January 2nd when the Buffalo Bandits play the first game ever in Connecticut. It is also the first back to back of the season as they go home to play Edmonton that night. Rochester also opens at home in week one against Toronto on January 3rd. Colorado, Vancouver and Edmonton have their home openers in…
The Toronto Rock and recently-relocated Connecticut-based franchise have completed a blockbuster deal pending league approval. The trade involves the Rock acquiring superstar transition player Brodie Merrill along with a 2nd round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft in exchange for forward Mike Burke, defenceman Craig England, Toronto’s 2nd round pick (17th overall) in the upcoming 2014 NLL Draft, Toronto’s 1st round pick in the 2015 NLL Draft and Toronto’s 2nd…
Photo Credit: Dan Brodie On Tuesday afternoon the Vancouver Stealth continued to make moves by signing two new players to contract extensions. Earlier in the month they had traded away defenseman Mike Grimes to Minnesota for transition player Tyler Hass and forward Dane Stevens. Today, they locked those players up. Stevens, who spent one season in Minnesota after playing in Edmonton, was a restricted free agent and signed to stay…
After a couple busy weeks of signings in the NLL. this past week was fairly quiet, with only a handful of free agent signings while the Toronto Rock and Minnesota Swarm swapped transition players. The Vancouver Stealth locked down Chris O’Dougherty, Tim Henderson and Brandan Smith, all with one-year contracts. O’Dougherty played in five games last season, picking up five assists and 33 loose balls along the way. Smith has…
The Vancouver Stealth have announced the re-signing of defensemen Chris O’Dougherty and Tim Henderson along with transition player Mitch McMichael, all to one-year contracts for the 2015 National Lacrosse League season, pending league approval. O’Dougherty has spent his entire five-year NLL career with the Stealth recording 9 points (1+8), while collecting 134 loose balls in 49 games. The 27-year-old from Kinneton, New Jersey was selected in sixth round of the 2009 NLL…