With the upcoming NLL Expansion Draft on Tuesday, I took a look at what players Panther City could target as they begin to build their roster for year one. First things first, I opted to punt on the goaltender position in my mock expansion draft. Unfortunately for Bob Hamley & Co., the...
Protected Players and Potential Panthers: NLL Roster Construction and Panther City’s Expansion Draft Prospects
A constant influx of new teams is the telltale sign of a burgeoning league. With the addition of Panther City Lacrosse Club, and the most recent Las Vegas franchise announcement, the expansion process has become an almost-annual tradition in the NLL under the direction of Commissioner Nick...
2021 PLL Season Preview: Chrome LC
With the PLL season less than a month away, Lacrosse Playground will be going through each team in the league to get ready for the upcoming season. With the merger with the MLL and an influx of talent from the college game, the PLL will be more competitive than ever. We’re here to help you sort...
The 2020 PLL “Not” Top 50
We did it last year, so we’re doing it again for 2020. The PLL Top 50 is now fully released. If you’re unfamiliar, the PLL 50 is a list of the top players in the league, and it is voted on entirely by PLL players. There is no media bias or anything like that; this is the players ranking each other...
Recapping the top MLL draft picks from the past 20 years
On May 4, Major League Lacrosse (MLL) is holding its 20th college draft, so Pro Lacrosse Talk decided to take a look back at the top two picks from every MLL college draft since the league’s inception. Ryan Mollett and his Princeton teammate Trevor Tierney were the first two college players...
Unfinished business, familiar faces for new Chrome LC head coach Tim Soudan
If you took a quick glance at the standings of the PLL’s inaugural season, one would find Chrome LC at the bottom with a 2-8 regular season record. But a deeper dive would show a Chrome squad that found themselves on the wrong side of four one-goal games. The club was already entering an...