The 2021 New York Excelsior season will be the fourth season of
New York Excelsior's (NYXL) existence in the
Overwatch League and their first under head coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop.
Light green background indicates a player was re-signed by the Excelsior.
Light red background indicates a player departed from the Excelsior.
The NYXL entered free agency with seven free agents, all of which became free agents due to the team not exercising the option to retain the player for another year.[4]
Acquisitions
The Excelsior's first offseason acquisition was Jo "Yakpung" Gyeong-mu, a
tank player coming off of an
Overwatch Contenders Korea championship with O2 Blast who signed on December 11, 2020.[2] Six days later, they signed rookie Lee "Friday" Seung-woo, a "skilled and flexible"
support player coming from Contenders team OZ Gaming.[5] On December 22, the team announced the signing of four
damage players: Jo "FEATH5R" Min-jae, a rookie coming from OZ Gaming, Lim "Flora" Young-woo, a rookie
hitscan player coming from Contenders team Team Diamond, Kim "Gwangboong" Gwang-won, another rookie
hitscan player coming from Contenders team Team Cat, and Lee "Ivy" Seung-hyun, a veteran who was "one of the most flexible and deadly" damage players with the
Philadelphia Fusion in 2020.[5]
Departures
The Excelsior released two of their contracted players on October 22, 2020: damage player Jeong "Nenne" Yeon-gwan and tank player Choi "Hotba" Hong-jun.[6] Six of the NYXL's seven free agents did not return, three of which signed with other teams, beginning with tank player Kim "Mano" Dong-gyu signing with the Philadelphia Fusion on November 2.[3] On November 29, support player Jung "Anamo" Tae-sung and tank player
Park "Saebyeolbe" Jong-ryeol signed with the
Seoul Dynasty.[1] Damage players
Kim "Haksal" Hyo-jong and Lee "WhoRU" Seung-jun both announced their retirements in the offseason.[7][8] The team's final free agent, damage player Kim "Libero" Hae-seong did not sign with a team in the offseason.
Source:
The Overwatch League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2)
winning percentage (including tournaments); 3) regular season wins; 4) regular season map differential