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Even though Toronto’s 2008 season kinda left much to be desired from most Rock fan’s perspective, there were definitely a few positives that came outta last season, one of the biggest being the off-season signing of Peter Lough.

Lough brought a no nonsense leadership role to the Rock’s D, one which has actually gone through a pretty big face-lift over the years as well, even though it’s their O everyone is always chirping about.

The former Arizona Sting captain plays a physical game, but is also one of the cleanest guys in the sport, a combo you don’t always see from the best pure D guys in the NLL. It’s a role that’s given Lough the rep as one of the classiest and most respected guys in the league. The best part is, he’ll also go buckets if the situation calls for it too.

In 2008, Lough mighta been the best of any defender in the league at blowing up the opposition’s picks, making it tough as hell to get a real clean look at Bob Watson, who coincidentally was named the league’s best keeper. Not trying to take anything away from Whipper, cuz Watson played outta his mind all season, but think if you asked Watson if he liked having the likes of Lough and Cam Woods in front of him last year, he’d be nodding his head pretty hard.

And even though on the floor Lough has proved over the years to be one of the game’s better pure D guys, it’s his lead by example approach and composed demeanour no matter the situation, that has likely every player he’s ever lined up with lookin’ to him for leadership and direction without hesitation.

With Jim Veltman no longer runnin’ the court, it’ll be a guy like Lough who’ll be leadin’ the pack in TO.

Does Lough belong in the NLL Insider Top 50? Hit the boards and let us know what your Top 50 looks like heading into the 2009 NLL season…

#50 Matt Roik, San Jose Stealth
#49 Jon Sullivan, Minnesota Swarm
#48 Billy Dee Smith, Buffalo Bandits
#47 Steve Toll, Rochester Knighthawks
#46 Jarett Park, New York Titans
#45 Bruce Murray, Colorado Mammoth
#44 Shawn Evans, Rochester Knighthawks
#43 Peter Lough, Toronto Rock

Hit this link for NLL Insider’s Top 50 archive and keep checkin’ back every week as we countdown the top 50 best in the pro game, with #1 being named just before the NLL season kicks off.

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