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NLL 2024: Who’s in, who’s out

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Here it is: an almost-complete summary of all the roster changes for each team, all in one place. As of this writing, the season begins in less than 24 hours and I have not seen rosters announced by the Seals or Swarm. I will update this article as soon as I see that information.

Note that these are the changes as of the final roster from last season, so a player might be listed as “In” even if he played for that team during 2023. And a player who’s injured but still part of that team will be listed as “out”. Not all teams have announced who’s on their IR, PUP, or holdout lists so take an empty list with a grain of salt. Also most teams don’t have (or didn’t announce) a “Protected” list, but a few did.

FireWolvesAlbany FireWolves

In: Sam Firth, Nathan Grenon, Tye Kurtz, Travis Longboat, Joe Nardella, Jackson Nishimura, Alex Simmons, Tanner Thomson, Jeff Trainor, Nicholas Volkov, Zach Young
Out: Jonah Boehm, Jake Fox, Corson Kealey, Connor Kelly, John LaFontaine, Ty Logan, Brett Manney, John Piatelli, Justin Scott, Haina Thompson, Thomas Vaesen
IR:
PUP: Will Johansen
Holdout: Charlie Kitchen
Practice Roster: Jonah Boehm, Cam Badour, Andrew Kidd, John Piatelli

BanditsBuffalo Bandits

In: Steve Orleman, Brandon Robinson, Dylan Robinson, Justin Robinson, Cam Wyers
Out: Max Adler, Adam Bomberry, Sam La Roue, Ethan O’Connor, Bryce Sweeting
IR:
PUP: Zack Belter, Adam Bomberry, Frank Brown, Bryce Sweeting
Holdout: Devyn Mayea, Alex Tulett, Doug Buchan
Practice Roster: Evan Constantopoulos, Alex Kew, Sam La Roue, Christian Watts
Protected: Justin Guterding, Max Adler

RoughnecksCalgary Roughnecks

In: Thomas Hoggarth, Justin Inacio, Tyler Pace, Head coach Josh Sanderson, Ethan Ticehurst, Thomas Vela
Out: Zach Herreweyers, Head coach Curt Malawsky, Curtis Manning, Dylan McIntosh, Kyle Waters, Chris Willman
IR: Robert Hudson, Clay Scanlan, Logan Schuss
PUP: Derek Lloyd
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Steve Fryer, Riley Isaacs, Bennett Smith

MammothColorado Mammoth

In: Paul Dawson, Brett Draper, Connor Kelly, Sean Kriwokon, Ben McDonald
Out: Jalen Chaster, John Lintz, Garrett McIntosh, Brett McIntyre, Dillon Ward, Connor Watson
IR: Jalen Chaster
PUP: Dillon Ward
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Brett McIntyre

SwarmGeorgia Swarm

In: Liam Byrnes, Chet, Comizio, Jeff Henrick, Dustin Hill, Brady Kearnan, Luke Keenan
Out: Robert Hudson, Ryan Lanchbury, McComber Teioshontathe, Ethan Riggs, Jerry Staats, Craig Wende
IR: Kaleb Benedict, Ethan Riggs, Miles Thompson
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Kaleb Benedict, Matt Campbell

ThunderbirdsHalifax Thunderbirds

In: Cole Kirst, Caelan Mander, Austin Shanks, Nonkon Thompson
Out: Chris Boushy, David Brock, Eric Fannell
IR:
PUP: Cody Jamieson, Randy Staats
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Briley Maxwell, Jordan Trottier, Andrew Vradenburg, Aaron Woods

Desert DogsLas Vegas Desert Dogs

In: Charlie Bertrand, Zach Cole, Jonathan Gagliardi, Casey Jackson, Blake McDonald, Jake Saunders, Adrian Sorichetti, Thomas Vaesen, Dylan Watson, Sean Westley
Out: Conrad Chapman, Emerson Clark, Brandon Clelland, Nick Ellerton, Sam Firth, Marshal King, Jon Phillips, Jackson Suboch
IR:
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Josh Jackson, Carter Zavitz

RiptideNew York Riptide

In: Matt Anderson, Matt Bennett, Damon Edwards, Will Johnston, Corson Kealey, Jack Kelly, John LaFontaine, Austin Madronic, Kiel Matisz, Brent Noseworthy, Mitch Wilde
Out: Mike Burke, Curtis Conley, Chad Cummings, Tyler Davis, Tyler Digby, Scott Dominey, Jordi Jones-Smith, Dan Lomas, Brett Noseworthy, Steve Orleman, Max Wayne
IR: Zack Deaken, Callum Jones, Kevin Orleman
PUP:
Holdout: JT Giles Harris
Practice Roster: Tyler Davis, Colton Lidstone, Max Wayne

Panther CityPanther City LC

In: Brandon Goodwin, Jason Knox, Brent Mitchell, Cole Pickup, Ryan Sheridan, Ty Thompson
Out: Tyler Burton, Patrick Dodds, Nathan Grenon, Ryan McLean, Cam Wengreniuk
IR: Brooker Muir
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Will Cecile, Elijah Gash, Liam Osbourne

WingsPhiladelphia Wings

In: Mitch Armstrong, Holden Cattoni, Taggart Clark, Scott Dominey, Jackson Ganton, Deacan Knott, Mike McCannell, Ryan Wagner
Out: Trevor Baptiste, Liam Byrnes, Alex Crepinsek, George Downey, Blake Gibson-McDonald, Angus Goodleaf, Hunter Lemieux, Kiel Matisz
IR:
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Jack Jasinski, Kevin Lynch, Curtis Romanchych

KnighthawksRochester Knighthawks

In: Brad Gillies, Dan Lomas, Ben Macdonnell, Thomas McConvey, Ethan O’Connor, Ryan Smith, Kyle Waters, Thomas Whitty
Out: Matthew Bennett, Holden Cattoni, Paul Dawson, Parker Pipher, Ethan Schott, Jordan Stouros, Thomas Hoggarth, Thomas Vela
IR: Greg Harnett
PUP: Connor Farrell, Stephen Keogh
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Pent Eistrat, Cory Highfield, Taylor Jensen

SealsSan Diego Seals

In:
Out:
IR:
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Matthew Abbott, Liam Phillips, Thomas Semple, Dallas Wade

RushSaskatchewan Rush

In: Keegan Bell, Patrick Dodds, Adam Jay, Nathaniel Kozevnikov, Zach Manns, Frank Scigliano, Mike Triolo, Cam Wengreniuk
Out: Matt Beers, Ryan Dilks, Marty Dinsdale, Rhys Duch, Dan Lintner, Mark Matthews, Eric Penney, Kyle Rubisch
IR:
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Jake Bowen, Thomas Kiazyk, Nick Preston, Jeremy Searle

RockToronto Rock

In: Chris Boushy, Sheldon Burns, Josh Dawick, Tyler Hendryks, Dan Lintner, Justin Martin, Mark Matthews
Out: Dan Dawson, Greg Downing, Latrell Harris, Adam Jay, Stephen Keogh, Zach Manns, Tom Schreiber
IR: Tom Schreiber
PUP: Jordan McKenna, Chase Sciavon
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Marley Angus, Sam Haines, Zack Kearney, Cam Milligan

WarriorsVancouver Warriors

In: Keegan Bal, Matt Beers, Reid Bowering, Kevin Crowley, Ryan Dilks, Owen Grant, Anthony Kalinich, Brayden Laity, John Lintz, Riley Loewen, Head Coach & GM Curt Malawsky, James Rahe, Jackson Suboch, Chris Willman
Out: Owen Barker, Tyler Codron, Head Coach & GM Troy Cordingley, Matt Delmonico, Shawn Evans, Dean Fairall, Jonathan Gagliardi, Brandon Goodwin, Connor Goodwin, Tyrell Hamer-Jackson, Tyson Kirkness, Jacob Motiuk, Chase Scanlon, Aidan Solomon
IR:
PUP:
Holdout:
Practice Roster: Tyson Kirkness, Connor O’Toole
Protected: Tyrell Hamer-Jackson

2024 rule changes

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Every year, the NLL makes some changes to the rules. Some of them are significant while others are fairly minor, and a few changes are more clarifications than changes. For the 2024 season, there are a couple of brand new rules, some changes to existing rules (one quite significant), and a couple of clarifications. Here they are:

17.95 – MAJOR, GAME MISCONDUCT, MATCH PENALTY AUTOMATIC OFFICIAL REVIEW

This is a new rule. All major, game misconduct, or match penalties (except fighting and roughing) will be reviewed by the crew chief immediately. The crew chief can confirm the call, modify it to a less severe penalty, or rescind it.

32.6 – STICK CHECK MEASUREMENT REQUEST PROCEDURE

The only change here is that the Gait D and Gait D2 stick heads are explicitly listed as being illegal.

33.1 – REQUIRED EQUIPMENT LIST

In addition to the gloves, shoulder pads, and rib pads previously required, players must now also wear a chest/heart protection pad. Sounds like a good idea to me.

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35.2 – APPROVED EQUIPMENT

A sentence was added indicating that goalies are allowed to wear 2022-2023 shin pads.

37.6 – COINCIDENTAL PENALTIES

This is the significant one I mentioned. When coincident minor penalties are given, the teams will now play 4 on 4, and the players can leave the box as soon as their penalties are over. Previously, the teams would play 5 on 5 and the players had to stay in the box until the next non-technical stoppage after the penalties expired. That’s still the case for coincident major penalties.

67.5 – NON-SHOOTER IN CREASE WHEN TEAMMATE SHOOTS

No change to this rule, just a clarification saying that no part of the player’s body may be touching the crease prior to the ball crossing the plane of the goal in order for the goal to count.

69.8 – CONTACT INITIATED BY DEFENDER ON ATTACKER INTO THE CREASE

This rule now explicitly applies to the non-shooter. If a non-shooter is illegally checked into the crease and doesn’t “use his best efforts to immediately vacate the crease”, any goal scored will not count. Also, if a non-shooter is legally checked into the crease but the defender impedes him from leaving the crease, the defender gets a holding penalty and any goal scored will count. The change to this rule is to use the term “non-shooter” rather than “attacking player” to make sure the goal-scorer is not included.

80.18 – FIGHTING FIVE MINUTES OR LESS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER

This badly-named rule is also new this season. Any player given a fighting major with five minutes or less remaining in the fourth quarter will get an additional game misconduct, unless the player is considered an “unwilling combatant”. The rule says nothing about fights in overtime.

95.13 – UNSPORTSMANLIKE ACTIONS BY A PLAYER ON AN OPPONENT

The rule said that actions by players not on the playing surface who become involved with players on the playing surface are “deemed as more severe and shall be dealt with accordingly”. This rule now also applies to players on the playing surface who become involved with players on the opposing bench.