Colin Boucher is a 25 year old coming from the Canadian Lacrosse League. Standing in on defense at 6’5” and 235 lbs, he is a big boy. It makes sense the Bandits would sign more defensemen as they focused heavily on forwards and transition players for the majority of the offseason. I have to ask, though, is Boucher a good fit for the Bandits? Boucher comes to Buffalo…
In just 53 days (Dec 28) the NLL along with the Philadelphia Wings will open their 28th season. And since 2001 the Wings have only made it to the first round of the playoffs four of the last twelve years, and only in 2008 they finished with a record above .500 (10-6). The teams of 2001 and prior are gone; the fear of opponents coming to Philadelphia is gone, and…
Edmonton, AB–Edmonton Rush General Manager and Head Coach Derek Keenan announced today that the team signed last season rookie forward Curtis Knight to a three year agreement, goalie Brodie MacDonald to a two year agreement, defenders John Lintz, Jeff Cornwall, Mitch Banister, forwards Dane Stevens, Alex Turner and goalie Dave Marrese to one year agreements. Additionally the Rush have agreed to one year agreements with 2013 draft picks Ben Snider…
Alex Urquhart Tyler Carlson is the Swarm’s lone goalie, this season, that has game experience from last season. Although Carlson is the only goalie on the roster with experience in the NLL, he will have to step up from his performance last season. Carlson went 4-6 last season with a goals against average of 11.04 over those 10 games and a save percentage of 77.1 percent. These numbers landed…
Add former NLL Rookie of the Year Adam Jones to the list of those now under contract. The Colorado Mammoth announced today that it has signed the star left-hander to a five-year agreement (pending league approval), the longest-ever in franchise history. “Adam’s already a star, and one of the best young talents in the National Lacrosse League,” said Mammoth president & general manager Steve Govett, who negotiated the deal….
(November 4, 2013)… The Rochester Knighthawks have signed their first two picks from the 2013 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft. Rookie transition players Mark White and Taylor Northway both agreed to one-year deals with the two-time defending NLL Champions.(Photo – left to right: Knighthawks Dan Dawson, Mark White and Head Coach Mike Hasen) White was Rochester’s first selection in the draft. He was taken with the 27th overall pick in the…
BUFFALO, NY (November 4, 2013) — Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has signed five additional players in preparation for the upcoming season. The Bandits have agreed to terms with 2013 draft picks Kevin Pym and Eric Penney as well as second-year players Kevin Brownell and Hayden Smith on one-year deals. The club has also signed free agent Colin Boucher to a two-year contract. …
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…
The Calgary Roughnecks have been busy this week—like everyone else—locking down their free agents. Since the NLL’s Collective Bargaining Agreement was announced on Oct 22, the Roughnecks have signed forward Jeff Shattler to a three-year deal, defensemen Dan McRae and Jon Harnett to two-year deals, and forward Dane Dobbie and goaltender Frankie Scigliano to one-year contracts. Calgary has also signed draft picks Garrett McIntosh, Jake Hayes and Karsen Leung. Free…
The Minnesota Swarm have stayed fairly quiet since the 2013 Entry Draft, where they had the most picks of any team and the most first round draft picks ever with four. The Swarm drafted a ton of young players that will be huge parts in the upcoming season. At the moment the Swarm have only a handful of spots on the team up for grabs. This means that the Swarm…