By the end of the Professional Women’s Hockey League Expansion Draft it was clear that any list of winners and losers would be topped by the two new teams themselves.
Based on the star power added during the five-day signing period and the additional elite talent drafted on Monday night, Seattle and Vancouver are – before even playing a single game – legitimate contenders.
The PWHL was determined to help its newest franchises stock themselves as well as they could with rules that heavily favored the expansion teams over its original six franchises. And both general managers — Cara Gardner Morey in Vancouver and Meghan Turner in Seattle — did just that.
Nine Olympians, five first-round picks and five major award finalists over the league’s first two seasons were either drafted or signed by Seattle and Vancouver.
They’re the obvious winners here, as well as women’s hockey fans on the West Coast who will get to watch these teams hit the ice in 2025-26. The PWHL’s original six teams, meanwhile, have lost … a lot.
But that would make for a pretty boring list. So with the expansion draft complete, here are some of the biggest winners and losers (beyond the obvious) of the last week of roster building.
Winners
Danielle Serdachny
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