By: Kevin Brown

The Denver Outlaws have made the first big splash of the 2025 PLL offseason in acquiring Boston Cannons attackman Pat Kavanagh via trade on Thursday morning.

Coach and general manager Tim Soudan sent Denver's third overall pick and a 2026 second-rounder to the Cannons in exchange for Kavanagh, the 2024 Tewaaraton winner who put up 12 points (8G, 4A) playing primarily as a midfielder in his debut PLL campaign.

Boston now owns the third and fourth overall selections in the 2025 PLL draft.

Kavanagh potentially joins a couple other Tewaaraton winners in Denver's young-guns offense with 2024 No. 1 overall pick Brennan O'Neill and the 2022 No. 1 overall pick Logan Wisnauskas, should the latter re-sign as his rookie contract expires following the Championship Series.

Selected sixth overall in the loaded 2024 draft class, Kavanagh came into an offense with Marcus Holman and Asher Nolting occupying the two righty slots in Boston. The Holman-Nolting duo carried over their chemistry from a breakout 2023 campaign and Cannons coach Brian Holman extended his son Marcus' contract through the 2025 season on Nov. 4.

Despite initial excitement surrounding Pat joining his older brother Matt Kavanagh when Boston selected him, Matt fell out of the starting rotation toward the end of the season.