One rumour that continues to persist today out west is that the protections in Seattle could be very surprising.
We know Alex Carpenter is protected. There are some who believe the other two will be Hannah Murphy and Anna Wilgren.
This would surprise me, but we will know soon.
The core of our current. 🌀
The Seattle Torrent have protected Alex Carpenter, Hannah Murphy and Anna Wilgren as part of the Expansion Player Distribution Process.
📰 https://t.co/g6ZwDoUMR3
KIRKY MONSTER IS HERE TO STAY 🧱
Raygan Kirk has been re-signed to a three-year Standard Player Agreement through the 2028-29 season and is a protected player in the Expansion Roster Distribution Process.
📰 https://t.co/CJjqcrhLk0
Built for Seattle. ⚒️
@carpy05 has been re-signed to a 3-year Standard Player Agreement through the 2028-29 season and is a protected player in the Expansion Roster Distribution Process.
📰 https://t.co/IATr1mknGa
so here’s how we can keep knight and carpenter and barnes and bilka and gosling and brown and grant-mentis and serdachny and adzija and wilgren and carter and jackson and murphy and schroeder and keopple and lobdell and terjalová and schafzahl and snodgrass and buglioni and
The PWHL's Phase 1 signing window opens today at 12 pm ET. Any free agent that an existing team wants to protect must be signed during this window.
• Existing teams can sign players from 12 pm ET until Wednesday at 3 pm ET. Any signing counts towards that team's 3-player protection list
• Free agents can sign with any existing team, not just their own team, but a team can't lose more than 1 free agent in this window
• Expansion teams can't sign anyone yet
• 3-player protection lists are due by tomorrow at 5 pm ET