Curtis Palidwor, who was tagged a franchise player by the Rush earlier this week, was one of four key veterans who signed two-year contracts with the Rush.
LEAGUE ANNOUNCES FRANCHISE PLAYERS
Teams begin signing unrestricted free agents
08/01/2007
NLL teams submitted their franchise player designations this week, and a handful of new names are among the list of 15 players, such as Buffalo's Pat McCready, Edmonton's Mike Accursi, Rochester's Shawn Williams and San Jose's Shaydon Santos.Calgary's Craig Gelsvik and Kyle Couling are also first-time franchise players.
Each NLL team can franchise up to two unrestricted free agents to ensure they will retain that player.
Arizona
Rob Blasdell
Derek Malawsky
Boston
Jake Bergey
Buffalo
Pat McCready
Calgary
Craig Gelsvik
Kyle Couling
Colorado
Rich Catton
Edmonton
Curtis Palidwor
Mike Accursi
Portland
Dallas Eliuk
Rochester
Pat O'Toole
Shawn Williams
San Jose
Shaydon Santos
Toronto
Bob Watson
Jim Veltman
The following players have not been franchised or signed as of August 1, 2007, and remain as unrestricted free agents:
Arizona
Brian Beisel
Peter Lough
Curt Malawsky
Buffalo
Rich Kilgour
Chris Langdale
Calgary
Kyle Goundrey
Andy Ogilvie
Jesse Phillips
Chicago
Rusty Kruger
Chris Panos
Colorado
Pat Coyle
Jamie Hanford
Dave Stilley
Edmonton
Chris Gill
Dan Stroup
Rob Williams
Philadelphia
Peter Jacobs
Portland
Bruce Alexander
Del Halladay
Darren Reisig
Rochester
Mike Hasen
Ken Millin
Regy Thorpe
Toronto
Dan Ladouceur
Brad MacArthur
Matt Shearer
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