Who’s In Who’s Out During NLL Off-Season

Kyle Laverty, who won the Champion's Cup last season with Buffalo, has already been picked up by Boston and then dealt to Rochester this off-season, his likely 2009 home. (Larry Palumbo)
Kyle Laverty, who won the Champion's Cup last season with Buffalo, has already been picked up by Boston and then dealt to Rochester this off-season, his likely 2009 home. (Larry Palumbo)

We’re just over a week away from the NLL Entry Draft, where not only will a slew of pro up-and-comers get spread across the league’s 13 teams, but as always with this league, an array of deals involving current vets, usually high profile ball players, will no doubt have the switch flipped on ‘em too.

Actually, with the Arizona Sting re-Dispersal Draft and Boston’s Expansion Draft, which saw players swapped back-and-forth and everywhere else, the player movement before the Entry Draft this summer has been as fast and furious as the league has seen in quite awhile.

So, after the jump, check out the tic-tac-toe that’s already gone on this off-season and see what kinda player movement your crew has already gone through…

We included players lookin’ to return from nasty knee injuries in Sean Greenhalgh, Craig Conn and Chad Thompson. Left off players that simply re-signed with their current club, but any new faces that came on board, even if just for a likely training camp look-at, were added.

So check ‘em out below, and then hit the boards and make sure to let us know what team has improved the most already and what team needs to start workin’ the phones hard to up their stock. Gotta say, Edmonton and Boston aren’t lookin’ too shabby at this point.
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Boston Blazers
In Out
Mitch Belisle N/A
Jake Bergey  
Gary Bining  
Dave Campbell  
Dan Dawson  
Greg Downing  
John Gallant  
Matt Holman  
Mike Kilby  
Matt Lyons  
Mike Miron  
Sean Morris  
Steve Panarelli  
Mike Poulin  
Jack Reid  
Kyle Ross  
Brenden Thenhaus  
Jay Thorimbert  
Peter Veltman  
Kurtis Wagar  
 
Buffalo Bandits
In Out
Sean Greenhalgh Kyle Laverty
 
Chicago Shamrox
In Out
None None
 
Calgary Roughnecks
In Out
Kris Hartzell Steve Dietrich
Matt King Greg Hinman
Chris Seller
 
Colorado Mammoth
In Out
Bryan Safarik Matt Brown
Matt Ward Pat Coyle
John Gallant
 
Edmonton Rush
In Out
Shayne Bennett Troy Bonterre
Matt Brown Mike Grimes
Dave Cutten Kris Hartzell
Steve Dietrich Matt King
Greg Hinman Brenden Thenhaus
Curt Morwick Kurtis Wagar
Tim O’Brien  
Lindsay Plunkett  
Andy Secore  
Chris Seller  
 
Minnesota Swarm
In Out
Brad Dairon Kyle Ross
Andy Secore
 
New York Titans
In Out
Jamie Rooney Mitch Belisle
Jeff Ratcliffe
 
Philadelphia Wings
In Out
Luke Pinder Jake Bergey
Sean Turner Jason Crosbie
Jamie Rooney
 
Portland Lumberjax
In Out
Kyle McEwen Dan Dawson
Mike Kilby
 
Rochester Knighthawks
In Out
Mac Allen Matt Lyons
Troy Bonterre Jack Reid
Jason Henhawk Regy Thorpe
Kyle Laverty  
Andrew Spack  
 
San Jose Stealth
In Out
Travis Gillespie Sean Morris
Mike Grimes Steve Panarelli
Kyle Hartzell Peter Veltman
Joe Kostolansky  
 
Toronto Rock
In Out
Craig Conn Mike Poulin
Jason Crosbie Jim Veltman
 

Update: Matt Holman was originally listed as being Chicago Shamrox property, but was selected by the Boston Blazers in the Expansion Draft, who he still currently remains with.

The foremost boxla writer, Tutka is a former NLL scout and a longtime Inside Lacrosse contributor. Email him at paul.tutka@nllinsider.com.

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