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The Calgary Roughnecks have agreed to terms with seven players as well as designating Geoff Snider as a franchise player in preparation for the 2014 National Lacrosse League season. The Roughnecks have re-signed forwards Jeff Shattler (three years) and Dane Dobbie (one year) and defencemen Jon Harnett (two years) and Dan MacRae (two years).  Calgary also signed 2013 draft selections Garrett McIntosh (third round, 24th overall) and Jake Hayes (fifth…

The new NLL Collective Bargaining Agreement calls for each team’s roster to be downsized by two players which may have a negative affect on older players’ careers.

  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…

With free agency in full swing let’s take a look back at the trades that have helped shape the Toronto Rock. The first major deal that helped the Rock was acquiring Josh Sanderson. The Rock traded Jeff Gilbert, a 9th round pick in the Boston Blazers dispersal draft, a 12th pick in the 2011 draft and a conditional 1st round pick in the 2012 draft to the Minnesota Swarm in…

To the surprise of many, the Rochester Knighthawks did not franchise Dan Dawson and he will now become an unrestricted free agent. Dawson joined the Knighthawks for the 2013 season after a blockbuster trade with Philadelphia that sent Paul Rabil, Jordan Hall, Joel White, Rob Campbell, and a second round pick in the 2014 Entry Draft to Philadelphia. After 13 seasons in the NLL, Dawson’s season with the Knighthawks won…

The Vancouver Stealth signed draft pick Tyler Digby today amidst his football career beginning to take shape. We went one on one with him about his lacrosse plans.

Buffalo Bandits General Manager Steve Dietrich announced today that the team has signed six players as NLL Free Agency opens.   The Bandits have agreed to terms with free agent Steven Fryer on a one-year deal, in addition to re-signing Chad Culp, Shawn Williams and Anthony Cosmo to one-year deals as well as David Brock and Aaron Wilson to two and three-year deals, respectively.  Also, the club opted to use…

. The Rochester Knighthawks secured two major pieces of their back-to-back Championship teams today with the re-signing of goalie Matt Vinc and Team Captain Sid Smith to long-term deals. Head Coach Mike Hasen now has two of the anchors of his defense in place with Vinc inking a five-year contract, which is pending league approval, and Smith agreeing to a seven-year deal. “We have always prided ourselves on the way…