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01-22-2015, 10:01 AM
The 2015 Major League Lacrosse college draft comes up tomorrow (Friday) night, and the consensus across the punditosphere is that Duke SSDM Will Haus will be the first defensive player drafted.
Inside Lacrosse's panel of six writers each separately predicted the first round. Four of six have will as a first-rounder. Two have him going to Denver at number eight, one has him going to Boston at number five, and one has him going to Charlotte at number three (ironically, the pick that Charlotte acquired from Chesapeake in the Matt Danowski trade).
Quint has him going to Boston at number four.
Ohio, which arguably needs SSDM help the most, doesn't have a first-round pick.
Kyle Keenan may go--and may very well go to Charlotte, who traded away two starting attackmen--in the third or fourth round. I'd be surprised to see Brian Dailey or Kyle Turri drafted; LSM and goal are the hardest positions to break into the league because there are only 16 slots available at each position.
It's an interesting draft, because several potential first-round picks--Lyle Thompson, Wesley Berg of Denver, and Jesse King of Ohio State come to mind--have leverage because they have played at the highest level of Canadian box lacrosse. It's an open secret that Lyle would like to play in Rochester, but they don't pick until number six, and Rattlers coach/GM Tim Soudam has ruled out including Jordan Wolf in a deal with Florida to move up (Florida has the first and second picks).
ESPN3 will cover the first couple of rounds live starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.
Inside Lacrosse's panel of six writers each separately predicted the first round. Four of six have will as a first-rounder. Two have him going to Denver at number eight, one has him going to Boston at number five, and one has him going to Charlotte at number three (ironically, the pick that Charlotte acquired from Chesapeake in the Matt Danowski trade).
Quint has him going to Boston at number four.
Ohio, which arguably needs SSDM help the most, doesn't have a first-round pick.
Kyle Keenan may go--and may very well go to Charlotte, who traded away two starting attackmen--in the third or fourth round. I'd be surprised to see Brian Dailey or Kyle Turri drafted; LSM and goal are the hardest positions to break into the league because there are only 16 slots available at each position.
It's an interesting draft, because several potential first-round picks--Lyle Thompson, Wesley Berg of Denver, and Jesse King of Ohio State come to mind--have leverage because they have played at the highest level of Canadian box lacrosse. It's an open secret that Lyle would like to play in Rochester, but they don't pick until number six, and Rattlers coach/GM Tim Soudam has ruled out including Jordan Wolf in a deal with Florida to move up (Florida has the first and second picks).
ESPN3 will cover the first couple of rounds live starting at 8:30 p.m. Eastern.