Joe Keegan

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Entry Draft: Thursday on Twitter Spaces

By | When Thursday March 25th 7:30PM ET Where Live on Twitter Spaces, a social audio feature currently in beta testing All eight head coaches will join host Lisa Redmond and analyst Joe Keegan Draft Details 3 Rounds Cannons LC has 1st pick Teams will have 3 minutes between picks For information on draft order…
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Archers LC Entry Draft Needs

PLL Analyst Offseason Additions A Connor Fields (via trade with Chaos LC) Offseason Losses D Curtis Corley (Cannons LC Expansion Draft), M Josh Currier (Cannons LC Expansion Draft), FO Brendan Fowler (Cannons LC Expansion Draft), M Ian MacKay (traded to Chaos LC), SSDM Tyler Pfister (retired) Picks #2 overall, #10 overall, #18 overall #1 Need:…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Graeme Hossack

PLL Analyst 2018 All-World defenseman Graeme Hossack is returning to field lacrosse. The Team Canada cover man and 3-time NLL Defensive Player of the Year is the top defender available in Thursday’s Entry Draft. He has the range and athleticism to take risks on the perimeter and recover. Hossack throws a ton of checks –…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Randy Staats

PLL Analyst Randy Staats is widely regarded as one of the best pickers in pro lacrosse. He always seems to either (a) completely plow the on-ball defender or (b) escaped unscathed with a mismatch to attack. When he gets those mismatches, he backs them down to the island. Staats is the rare postup player who…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Liam Byrnes

PLL Analyst Liam Byrnes is the best help defender in this Entry Draft class. Watch him play, and you’ll notice nothing but head swivels, finger points, and a foot in the paint at all times. The 2019 MLL Defensive Player of the Year can play any defensive role: Cover man at X, organizer slotted onto…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Ryan Lee

PLL Analyst Ryan Lee is not your average off-ball scorer. Most camp out on the crease C-cutting and evading fills. Lee cannot be contained in one area. The RIT grad (by way of The Hill Academy) is always on the move. He runs around like a spot-up shooter in the NBA, hustling off screens and…
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10 Man Ride: Film Study on Entry Draft Prospects

PLL Analyst CLEAR! The ride is on. We’re one week out from the Entry Draft – and closing the loop on the PLL-MLL merger. Over 240+ players are in the pool already. Let’s highlight 10 of them today (in no particular order!) and another 10 next week. We’ll dive into all eight clubs’ needs next…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Zach Goodrich

PLL Analyst Lockdown short-stick defensive midfielders are rare. The best are like having a fifth pole on the field; anything below that is dodged dozens of times per game as opposing offenses aim to spin the defensive carousel. Zach Goodrich is that proverbial fifth pole on a defense. There’s one less mismatch for the offense…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Bryce Wasserman

PLL Analyst Bryce Wasserman is a party starter. The 2020 MLL MVP will run by anyone at X – in an isolation or sweeping off a pick – to initiate offense. Wasserman (Monmouth ’18 by way of Southlake, TX) has speed. He spent most of his time behind the cage for the Cannons last summer,…
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Entry Draft Spotlight: Daniel Bucaro

PLL Analyst There are a lot of left-handed attackmen entering into the league this spring. Some slashing midfielders. Some playmaking X attackmen. Some stepdown snipers on the wing. Daniel Bucaro is all three of those roles rolled into one. The Georgetown product showed a complete skillset in his pro debut last summer. Bucaro (13G, 2A…
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