Addicted to Lacrosse

Awesome: Callum Crawford, Georgia Swarm, comebacks, matinees, and Graeme. Not awesome: Warriors, penalizing spraying glass with water, and Graeme.

Awesome: Rock win while depleted, Dane Dobbie, Mark Matthews, Rhys Duch, Black Wolves two-win weekend, Riptide's almost comeback Not awesome: Missed calls, Calgary offense other than Dobbie, complaining fans

Awesome: Brodie Merrill, defense and attendance in Halifax, Dane Dobbie, Paul Day, and San Diego's comeback Not awesome: Losing the feed of an exciting game in OT, catching the ball, and mouthing off to the ref

Awesome: Halifax's amazing comeback and that game in general, Rambo, Hellyer, parity, attendance, the Stripped podcast, and refs Not awesome: Threatened penalties for celebrating, MLL loses another team, Shayne Jackson breaks his streak

Awesome: Mitch Jones, Rock D, kids in Rochester, and Baby Shark Not awesome: Ref issues in Vancouver Extra topic: NLL Hall of Fame. Who's worthy?

Awesome: Parity, underdogs, Jake Withers, Brodie Merrill, Mike Poulin, Austin Staats. Not awesome: Our picks last week

Awesome: Halifax, Nick Damude, San Diego, Georgia, and Josh Byrne. Not awesome: Parity, knowing the score in advance, and hot dogs vs. tacos

Awesome: So many exciting games! First franchise wins for NY and Roch, great defense all around, Stephen Keogh, and Jake Elliott Not awesome: Rock offense, refs affecting game outcomes, and discipline lapses in Rochester

Awesome: Kevin Crowley's 300th goal, LaxCon, Trevor Baptiste, Rush D, Craig Wende Not awesome: Vancouver, inconsistent refs, Colorado, unsportsmanlike conduct penalties

Awesome: Coyle, Cupido, Ward, Riptide Not awesome: Vancouver after the 1st quarter

Awesome: Bell, Belisle, Merrill, Ward, Poulin, Ruest, Rambo, Georgia's PP, Riptide D Not awesome: King's injury, BR Live app (better, but still has problems), Buque, Germy Thompson

Awesome: Mike Hasen, Colorado D and rookies, NLL Wired Not awesome: Three stars selection in Calgary Also: We completely solve the problems with replay and review in the NLL.

Awesome: Game of the Week, New England, Nick Rose, Zack Manns, Vancouver Warriors, and the Seals will play on a Marine base! Not awesome: Rush, Philly offense, scheduling again

Awesome: Halifax: attendance, offense, and Withers; also New England D, Cloutier, Suitor, functioning technology! Not awesome: Rock attendance and offense, Riptide offense, all games at the same time

Awesome: Goalies, exciting games to start the season, some rough stuff. Not awesome: technical glitches continue, Bilic gets hurt, Rochester's offense

Here it is, our off-season summary. Lots of trades, free agent signings, retirements, a surprising number of un-retirements, coaching changes, and lots more. Plus a few things that are awesome (PLL) and some that are not (BR Live pricing).

Awesome: End of game two, Dobbie, Del Bianco, Duch, Malawsky Not awesome: *Dan* Dobbie, what happens to Wes Berg?

Awesome: Del Bianco & Vinc, Dane Dobbie, O'Connor's goal, Fraser's goal Not awesome: MacKay's hit on Wilde, Buffalo's offense, NLL website woes

Awesome: Ward, Del Bianco, Vinc, and Buffalo's compete level, defense, and power play Not awesome: Homers, Nick Rose haters, Snider's enthusiasm

Awesome: Close games, the Mammoth, the hidden ball trick, Matt Vinc, Jordan Durston, Monday lacrosse, and the Thompsons on nike.com. Not awesome: Rush's tying goal, Monday lacrosse, very long goal challenges.

Awesome: Dane Dobbie, Bandits balanced offense, Jeremy Noble, Dallas Wade and a goalie goal! Not awesome: Black Wolves allowing Rochester's comeback, no Mark Steenhuis, no close games to end the season.

Awesome: Calgary attendance and D, Rochester again, Dan Dawson, Dane Dobbie, Christian Del Bianco. Not awesome: Vancouver's effort, blowout games, Austin Staats's injury.

Awesome: Close games, parity, Jim Veltman, Jesse King, Dane Dobbie, Rochester. Not awesome: No BR Live in Costa Rica, Mike Poulin hurt, nasty travel schedules.

Awesome: Lacrosse out Cancer, Rochester's heart, Adam Shute, comebacks. Not awesome: San Diego's 0-2 weekend, Colorado's loss despite great D

Awesome: Vancouver's almost-comeback, San Diego's balanced offense, Garrett Billings's goal, Curtis Dickson's goal and milestone Not awesome: Callum Crawford's thought process

Awesome: Swarm attendance, San Diego, that Killen kid, Vinc's goal, Vinc's goaltending (and Rose too). Not awesome: Rock offense, Warriors, logistics of video review.

Awesome: Chris Boushy + the Knighthawks (sort of), pretty Georgia goal, exciting finishes, free weekend from BR Live, "Who won and why" Not awesome: Philly's collapse, BR Live is free but many can't watch it, Calgary's inconsistency

Awesome: Bandits, Roughnecks, fancy goals, young forwards, Curtis Dickson Not awesome: Announcers getting stuff wrong, no Jeremy Noble again

Awesome: Jake Withers, Tyler Digby, Cody Jamieson, Aaron Bold, the Seals, goalie hits, and going 4-0 in predictions! Not awesome: Refs injuries, Logan Schuss, Colorado

Awesome: Black Wolves, Dillon Ward, Evan Kirk, Shawn Evans, Curtis Knight, and the PLL teams Not awesome: Colorado, Callum Crawford

Awesome: Thunderbirds and Riptide, A2L shoutouts, Steve Priolo, Philly on Saturday, New England on Sunday, Rush offense Not awesome: Benesch gets hurt (but is then OK), Logan Schuss, Philly on Sunday, Curtis Dickson's layoff, cancer sucks

Awesome: Live lacrosse! Vancouver and how they handled Austin Staats, 10-point games, Jules Heningburg, Kyle Killen, Tyson Geick Not awesome: San Diego, Rush, Warriors management decisions

Awesome: Tucker out Lymphoma night, Brad Kri, Del Bianco and Penney, Curtis Dickson, Philly, and Georgia Not awesome: Tor/Sask goaltending, announcers getting rules wrong, attendance in Toronto

Awesome: Lyle Thompson, comebacks, goalies (some), Ian Hawksbee, San Diego, BR Live (again) Not awesome: BR Live (again), Bandits, Mammoth, goalies (some)

Awesome: New England, Vancouver, San Diego, Lyle Thompson, Jordan Durston's goal Not awesome: Calgary, Georgia, BR Live, and the fact that Melissa wasn't available

Awesome: Dillon Ward, Rush defense, attendance, Georgia still undefeated Not awesome: Dickson's return, Aaron Bold, Colorado's offense, racist comments

Awesome: Doug Buchan, Rhys Duch, Dillon vs. Christian, Matt Vinc, Tom Schreiber Not awesome: Toronto offense other than the obvious, crowd at Scotiabank Arena, Seals 4th quarters

Awesome: Black Wolves, Frankie, Christian, Angus, Lyle, and LaFontaine. Not awesome: B/R Live, NLL game scheduling, Corey Small being scratched, Jamieson's empty-ish net shot.

Awesome: Attendance in Vancouver, San Diego, Austin Staats, Rhys Duch, and the Toronto Rock Not awesome: Crowd in Vancouver, Rhys Duch being ignored in Vancouver, Stephen Keogh, and the Buffalo Bandits Both/neither: Philly embracing the city's lacrosse history, Vancouver completely ignoring their own.

In this episode, we discuss some team captain announcements, Dan Carey's departure from Colorado, a new franchise in New York, and Bleacher Report Live. Awesome: New England, Philly, Vancouver, and former Stealth players. Not awesome: Vinc, Koneczny, Dhane Smith's injury, and the Philly announcer's movie references.

This is it, our final episode before the season begins. We talked about many of the trades and free-agent signings that have happened over the past few weeks. We also made our predictions for various player awards, final standings, and of course the games of week one.

In our second pre-season episode, we cover the trades, free agent signings, and retirements that occurred over the off-season. We also discuss the weirdness of the expansion draft as well as what we know of the CBA negotiations.

We're back! Lots to talk about in this pre-season episode. We discussed the Warriors, coaching changes for the Mammoth, Wings, and Bandits, the league awards, changes at NLL Productions, the Halifax / Rochester move / expansion, the MLL finally listening to us and changing their schedule, and Paul Rabil bolting from the MLL to form his own league.

Awesome: Goaltending, Jeff Shattler, Rush defense, post-game f-bombs, and Les Bartley. Not awesome: Begging for attention from TV networks, NLL TV not making game 3 available, and Rochester’s loosies.

Awesome: The Knighthawks in general and Matt Vinc specifically, Jeff Shattler, Ashley Docking, the Yale Bulldogs, and an Iannucci sighting! Not awesome: Dan Dawson replacing Curtis Knight

Awesome: Defense and transition, Chris O’Dougherty’s team wins WA state championship, and the Rush: former laughing stock to four finals in a row. Not awesome: Billy Dee, Knighthawks losing Sid Smith, the bye week, and the MLL’s player relations.

Awesome: Both division final games! All the goaltenders, Jake Withers, Toronto and Washington’s championships. Not awesome: Lazy play and penalties at the end of each game, broadcasters using “secret” short forms.

NLL Awards picks plus: Awesome: The NLL Cup, Matt Vinc, Rochester, Colorado’s first half, Colorado/Calgary’s 4th quarter. Not awesome: Colorado’s third quarter, who should take a penalty shot, and should Colorado fire Pat Coyle?

Awesome: Joey Cupido, Vancouver, Lax AllStars, Mark Matthews Not awesome: Rock and Mammoth goaltending, Rock power play, and the “proverlap”

Awesome: The crazy east division, Aaron Bold, Andrew Suitor, Tucker out Lymphoma night, Rock offense, Calgary offense Not awesome: Stealth defense, Stealth defense, Stealth defense

Awesome: Rock first half, NLL comes together for Humboldt, new video feeds next year. Not awesome: Rock second half, Bandits second half, missed dead ball foul calls.