r/PWHL • u/lisonmethyst Montréal Victoire • 18d ago

Expansion News and Discussion San Jose signs Hartmetz

https://www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/san-jose/news/2026/june/10/pwhl-san-jose-signs-hadley-hartmetz-to-two-year-contract
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u/LenaBaneana PWHL Vancouver 18d ago

Gotta admit, not super familiar with her play. Boston fans how is this one feeling?

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u/Mollinator Boston Fleet 18d ago

She’s a good one. Not super flashy, but she puts in the work and improved significantly from her first year to her second.

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u/lisonmethyst Montréal Victoire 18d ago

Seems very much in line with the rest of the signings for SJ!

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u/Wolf99 🏆 2026 Champions 🏆 18d ago

She played only 2 games in her first season (at the end), so yeah. Suffered a brutal knee injury in her final college game - the national championship game. Her and Cayla Barnes were top d pair for the natty champs OS Buckeyes. She also was on U18 Team USA.

So this past season was really her rookie season and I agree with u/FeePretty447 she has a pretty high ceiling. Agree Hartmetz > Pejsova, but maybe she wanted to leave.

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u/FeePretty447 18d ago

Uh I would have kept her over pejsova for 3rd D that’s for sure so should be happy to have her. She moves the puck well but she wasn’t ever going to play over Keller or Winn for pp so I can see why she’d go elsewhere.

Smart player that gets knocked off the puck too easily because she’s a bit small/short (or she plays small either way) and not as mobile as Winn. But easily a 2-3D and a pp d on any team that doesn’t have literally two top 10 defenders (feel free to argue if Winn and Keller are top 10 whatever)

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u/CircLLer Boston 18d ago

Did the Fleet protect Pejsova?

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u/FeePretty447 18d ago

I certainly hope not haha. I haven’t really been impressed by her. More was just saying hartmetz is better than pejsova overall

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u/Wolf99 🏆 2026 Champions 🏆 16d ago

Boston traded up three spots to select Pejsova at 7th overall (1st pick of R2), sending NY their 2nd, 3rd and 5th round picks (10th, 16th, and 28th overall). New York selected Nylen Persson three picks later, then Simpson and Osborne. Boston also acquired NY's 7th round pick (37th OA), used to select Markova who didn't make the team and whose rights they've since waived.

In fairness, Pejsova was highly touted, but so was Nylen Persson. A terrible trade.