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)
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.Rate This Story:




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