NLL Entry Draft for the 2014 Season

Even though the season just ended, NLL.com has already started to get fans thinking about the entry draft for the 2014 season.

Minnesota is going to be a force to be reckoned with in the next season. The team, which already is full of talent and made it pretty far in the 2013 season has four  first round picks, including the first two. This is bound to boost up their already very accomplished team. Andrew Suitor (who was out due to an injury for most of the 2013 season) and Ryan Benesch  (who lead the team in points in the 2013 season) for offense and transition combined with the first two first-round entry draft picks could be deadly. 

Buffalo gave up many of their picks for trades during the 2013 season and now do not have a pick until the second round of the entry draft. They gave up many great players this season and are probably kicking themselves for it as a few of those players were traded to Rochester and contributed to a championship win. Two of those players include Scott Self and Jimmy Purves, who were both regularly on the floor.

Rochester does not have any picks until round three but the team seems pretty well off as they are so why change what is not broken. The team that they have built over the past couple of years is strong and knows how to work together. Adding too many new players to it would throw off the synchronization of the team. One thing they lack-- someone to take face-offs. It wouldn't be surprising to see Jon Sullivan, Matt Hummel, and even Stephen Keogh get traded from the team. Keogh lives in Florida now and was not a regular player this season even though he was prominent on the team in the 2012 season.




Is it too early to make predictions for how next season will play out? Well, here is what I think: In the end I pick Minnesota for the west and I have to stick with Rochester or Toronto for the east.