NLL Insider

Two months ago, it seemed extremely unlikely, but the buzz leading up to yesterday’s blockbuster trade that saw San Jose and Chicago swap keepers, was that Dan Dawson, the man linked to about 20 rumoured moves this off-season, would be staying with the expansion Boston Blazers.

Many felt a trade between Boston and the Edmonton Rush was imminent, and although none of the parties involved in a possible trade have had any comment for most of the summer, a number of sources close to the situation had told NLL Insider that Dawson will be staying in Boston heading into the 2009 NLL season.

In fact, sources have also confirmed with NLL Insider that the Blazers traded for Dan’s younger brother, Paul Dawson, from the San Jose Stealth in exchange for Peter Veltman yesterday.

Dan and Paul are both currently suiting up for the the Brampton Excelsiors, who will host the Mann Cup against the New Westminster Salmonbellies starting next week.

Veltman, who actually played for the Stealth last year, was an Arizona Sting Dispersal Draft pickup for San Jose prior to the start of the 2008 season. After starting the year for San Jose, Veltman was a healthy scratch for most of the 2008 season, that is until Luke Wiles broke his foot and Veltman then factored into the Stealth’s final five games of the year.

Paul Dawson however, who over the past two years has converted himself into a defender after being drafted into the bigs as a goalkeeper, played fifteen games for the Stealth as a rookie D-man last winter, also gaining a rep as one of the better fighters in the game.

Anyways, as things stand now, the Dawson brothers will be plying their trade in Boston heading into 2009 and likely beyond.

Boston’s player roster heading into next week’s NLL Entry Draft currently looks like this…

Mitch Belisle, Jake Bergey, Gary Bining, Dave Campbell, Dan Dawson, Paul Dawson, Greg Downing, John Gallant, Mike Kilby, Matt Lyons, Mike Miron, Sean Morris, Steve Panarelli, Mike Poulin, Jack Reid, Kyle Ross, Brenden Thenhaus, Jay Thorimbert and Kurtis Wagar. 

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