If you’re not following Edmonton Rush news (hey, some people like sports that don’t involve footballs and pucks, really) you might not know they scooped up some players from the defunct National Lacrosse League (NLL) team out of Portland, the Lumberjax.
There was also a trade today. Wow, lacrosse is busy.
Look at him "rush" around. Get it? Rush! (Photo: Chris Scherrer)
According to the Rush, they took a man “considered by many to be the best player in the NLL” with their first dispersal pick (the first overall). That would be Brodie Merrill.
Merrill’s even been to Edmonton before, since he was drafted #1 overall back in 2005, when the draft was held here.
Also picked up dispersal-wise is former Rush(er?) Matt Disher, a goalie, and D-man Pat Jones.
The Dispersal Draft done the Rush management said “You know what? We’re having too much fun with all this moving and shaking.” So they swung a trade.
The multi-player deal with the Minnesota Swarm sees the Rush send forward Ryan Benesch, defenceman Scott Self, and a 2009 first-round pick to the Minny, for forwards Scott Stewart, Ryan Ward, and Justin Norbraten and defenceman Richard Morgan.
Stewart and Morgan didn’t even get to try on their Swarm jerseys because they had just been acquired in the Dispersal Draft.
Who knew there more than two sports teams in this city?
And, of course, here’s the inspiration for the headline.
