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Recapping The Player Movement Window

Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in .
via the MLL web site   What is the Player Movement process? On February 2 nd 2016, Major League Lacrosse announced a new policy to allow greater flexibility of player movement within the League commencing after the 2016 MLL season. For the first time in League history, players were given the ability to relocate to a different market and team if they have been in the League for a minimum of 5 consecutive seasons and have an expiring contract. One week after the MLL Championship, the League released a notification of the eligible players to the teams’ front office staff. Those eligible would have from August 29 to until today (September 23 rd) to officially decide to not renew their League contract and sign a document expressing their intent to look into relocation. In order for a team to sign these players compensation by way of a 2017 Collegiate Draft pick would need to be provided to the team losing the player. Each eligible player was assigned a compensation value ranging from a first round draft pick to no compensation required. Who declared themselves eligible? The following players have expressed intent to engage in the new player movement process:  
Name
Team
Compensation
Signings
Brent Adams Boston 3rd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Jeremy Boltus Rochester 3rd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Craig Bunker Boston 5th Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Ned Crotty Rochester 1st Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Adam Fullerton Denver 5th Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
John Galloway Rochester 1st Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
John Grant Jr. Ohio 2nd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Kyle Hartzell New York 3rd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Terry Kimener Player Pool No compensation required Picked up by Atlanta (1 year contract)
Will Koshansky Rochester 3rd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
John Lade Rochester 4th Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Jordan Macintosh Rochester 3rd Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Mike Manley Rochester 1st Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Donnie Moss Rochester 5th Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Jeff Reynolds Florida 5th Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017) Picked up by Atlanta (2 year contract)
Joe Walters Chesapeake 1st Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
Joel White Rochester 1st Round Collegiate Draft Pick (2017)
  What’s next? Players will have until one week prior to the next draft, Supplemental or Expansion, to sign a new League contract with a new MLL team. If the player does not join another team by that period, the player’s original team has the option of placing him on their protected roster. If the player is not placed on the protected roster, he will be released into the player pool. The 23-man protected rosters are due from the teams by September 30, 2016.    

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