Top 10 NLL offseason moves in 2020

by Adam MooreJanuary 17, 20206 min read1 comment

8. Matt Gilray dealt to Rochester Knighthawks

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Coming in at #8 is the Buffalo Bandits’ trade of transition player Matt Gilray and the 54th selection (Mitch Ogilvie) in the 2020 NLL Draft to the Rochester Knightshawks in exchange for the 19th pick (Sam La Roue) in 2020, a 2021 first rounder and 2023 second rounder. Following the trade, Gilray signed a two-year contract with the Knighthawks.

7. New England Black Wolves acquire Jacob Ruest

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The New England Black Wolves acquired forward Jacob Ruest from the Colorado Mammoth in exchange for the 18th (Ron John) and 33rd (Tyler Sceviour) picks in the 2020 NLL draft. Ruest will join a New England squad that’s front office had been eyeing him for some time. The Robert Morris grad recorded 32 points (19 goals, 13 assists) in 13 games in his last season in Colorado.

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Adam Moore is a Delco native, Philadelphia sports fan and co-founder of Pro Lacrosse Talk. Adam has been writing on lacrosse for more than a decade and has been published in The Capital Gazette and US Lacrosse Magazine online. Adam played four years of college lacrosse as a goaltender for Elizabethtown College. When he's not covering lacrosse, he can be found coaching at Boys' Latin School in Baltimore and collecting Philadelphia sports memorabilia.

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