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…
Calgary Roughnecks Ink Jeff Shattler to Three-Year Deal
The free agent frenzy is well underway in the National Lacrosse League with teams re-signing their players in bunches leading up to the start of training camps in late November. The Calgary Roughnecks announced the re-signing of seven players today, including defensemen Jon Harnett and Dan McRae, forward Dane Dobbie, as well as draft picks Garrett McIntosh and Jake Hayes and free agent Cody Hawkins. But the biggest signing for…
Trades that helped Shape the Toronto Rock
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…
Should Knighthawks Have Franchised Dan Dawson?
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…
NLL 2014 Free Agent Rankings
With NLL free agency underway for next season, we rank the best free agents out there RFA or UFA. As the signing period continues we will update the rankings and show where they previously were. MOST players will stay with their team.
Stealth Sign Draftee Tyler Digby
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.
Bandits Sign Cosmo, Williams to One Year Deals
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…
NLL Teams Franchise Players for 2014
Today National Lacrosse League free agency opened and with it, teams began to franchise their players. Below is a list of who was franchised.
Knighthawks Extend Smith and Vinc Long Term
. 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…
Brodie Merrill & Brandon Miller Franchised by Wings
The Philadelphia Wings have placed franchise player tags on Captain Brodie Merrill and goaltender Brandon Miller for the 2014 season. Both players were unrestricted free agents. Merrill and Miller have over 21 seasons of experience in the NLL and represent the center of the Wings leadership. Brodie Merrill, a transition player from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, appeared in 14 games last season. Statistically he finished with 10 goals, 16 assists, and…