Toronto Rock Off-Season Updates

Since the Rock won the Championship in May a lot has happened in terms of the roster.

1. Watson retired as a first ballot hall of famer.
2. Trade with Colorado.
3. Trade with Washington.
4. Trade with Minnesota.

Toes in the Crease

What a weekend in the National Lacrosse League.

The Rock Can Clinch Home Playoff Game This Weekend

If the Rock win, and both Rochester and Boston lose a game this weekend, then the Rock are guaranteed of at least the second spot in the East and at least one home playoff game.

The Battle for First Overall in the National Lacrosse League

After a several week layoff, the Toronto Rock are back in action Friday night at 9:30pm real time (7:30pm Calgary time) against the Calgary Roughnecks. Those of you lucky enough to have TSN2 can catch the game live, the rest of us will have to watch on the NLL Network. The picture and feed quality on the NLL Network have been very good this season, so it's actually nothing to scoff at unless you have a restrictive usage meter or are using dial-up.

Rock Clinch 2011 Playoff Berth

With the Calgary thumping of Philadelphia on Saturday night, the Rock are guaranteed a playoff spot. I know, I'm sounding like a broken record, since I wrote about it here and here.

Conspiracy Theory from the Centre of the Universe

I have to start with a disclaimer. Unlike the folks at NLL Insider I don't have a wiretap in the head offices of the National Lacrosse League. Unlike the kids who post on the NLL Forums I am not an owner or manager of a team, I'm not a player, nor can I call any of the above my friends or family or friends of family, and I'm certainly not a random troll. I've said 'hi' to a few of the guys at Toronto Rock season ticket holder events. That's it. I have no inside information at all!


I have noticed a pattern in some of the Rock's off-season moves. Let's go through them so we're all up to speed (compiled from NLL Transactions Page and NLL Insider transcripts of wiretaps).