GROWTH CONTINUES

After a booming first year, the PWHL’s second draft is in June. And there’s a tantalizing crop of talent available as the league pursues its goal of being a best-on-best circuit

BY IAN KENNEDY

THE PWHL HAS SMASHED expectations in Year 1 as the league works to deliver on promises of being a “best-on-best” circuit of the world’s top players. That promise, however, isn’t reality. At least not yet. With the late start to its planning and a mid-season puck drop on its inaugural campaign, the PWHL missed out on many of the world’s top European players who were already under contract for 2023-24 and some through 2024-25. At the 2024 PWHL draft in June, however, the league will take a significant step toward its best-on-best pledge with the original six teams selecting a new class of players. It’s a star-studded group, including national-team members from Canada, the U.S., Finland, Czechia and Sweden, as well as players from Austria, Norway and the Netherlands. The opening…

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