PHILADELPHIA, June 21, 2017 – The National Lacrosse League (NLL), the largest men’s professional indoor lacrosse league in North America, has announced a series of dates for key transactions as teams build out their rosters leading up to the 2018 season.
Beginning July 1, trades and roster transactions are permitted among teams. The NLL free agency period will then open on August 1, allowing teams to contact, speak and sign Rostered Restricted Free Agents (RFAs) and Rostered Unrestricted Free Agents (UFAs), per the League’s listing of identified players, for the 2018 season and beyond.
Should a restricted free agent sign an offer sheet with another club, the team with rights to the RFA will have 72 hours to match the offer. As per the terms of the League’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, if a team loses an unrestricted free agent to another club, they may be eligible to receive compensatory draft pick(s) for the following season(s).
The list of RFAs and UFAs is as follows:
Buffalo Bandits
Restricted Free Agents
Joe Smith
Kevin Brownell
David Diruscio
Craig England
Mitch Jones
Nick Weiss
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Alex Kedoh Hill
Steve Priolo
Dhane Smith
Unrestricted Free Agents
David Brock
Ryan Benesch
Billy Dee Smith
Andrew Watt
Calgary Roughnecks
Restricted Free Agents
Tyler Burton
Riley Loewen
Garrett McIntosh
Mitch Wilde
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Dan MacRae
Karsen Leung
Unrestricted Free Agents
Mike Carnegie
Curtis Manning
Creighton Reid
Jeff Shattler
Colorado Mammoth
Restricted Free Agents
Alex Buque
Unrestricted Free Agents
Greg Downing
Ilija Gajic
John Grant
Zack Greer
Brad Self
Georgia Swarm
Restricted Free Agents
Alex Crepinsek
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Brodie MacDonald
Johnny Powless
Unrestricted Free Agents
Mitch Belisle
New England Black Wolves
Restricted Free Agents
Bill O’Brien
Zac Reid
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Kevin Crowley
Unrestricted Free Agents
Kevin Buchanan
Brett Bucktooth
Ryan Hotaling
Evan Kirk
Derek Suddons
Darryl Veltman
Rochester Knighthawks
Restricted Free Agents
Mike Manley
Unrestricted Free Agents
Paul Dawson
Jarrett Davis
Saskatchewan Rush
Restricted Free Agents
Nik Bilic
Marty Dinsdale
John Lafontaine
Adrian Sorichetti
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Jeff Cornwall
Ryan Dilks
Brett Mydske
Unrestricted Free Agents
Aaron Bold
Toronto Rock
Restricted Free Agents
Paul Rabil
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Damon Edwards
Unrestricted Free Agents
Kasey Beirnes
Sandy Chapman
Jeff Gilbert
Rob Marshall
Pat Merrill
Brandon Miller
Vancouver Stealth
Restricted Free Agents
Tyler Garrison
Tye Belanger
Travis Cornwall
Justin Salt
Potential Restricted Free Agents*
Matt Beers
Joel McCready
Unrestricted Free Agents
Garrett Billings
Rhys Duch
Tyler Hass
Ian Hawksbee
Curtis Hodgson
John Lintz
Peter McFetridge
Chris O’Dougherty
Tyler Richards
Cliff Smith
Rory Smith
Corey Small
*If a potential RFA’s team does not qualify the player prior to August 1, then he is an eligible RFA. If he is qualified by his team, then he is removed from the RFA market.
