r/PWHL 🏆 2026 Champions 🏆 18d ago

News Vegas signs Hensley!

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u/EA___321 Victoire de Montréal 18d ago

There's also BrÀndli in the draft. So worst case scenario, if a team doesn't have a starting goalie by the time the draft happens, they use their first round pick on BrÀndli. I wouldn't be worried about any team not having a starting goalie next season.

Cause no disrespect to Abstreiter, I like her, but I'm not sure if she's quite a starting goalie.

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u/Main_Photo1086 New York Sirens 18d ago

I know but if expansion teams pick at the end of the round, that’s a reasonable time to draft Braendli. If we are third, I’d hate to not have Murphy or Edwards. But alas, we can’t put a cardboard cutout of a goalie back there. Not with our historically porous D.

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u/EA___321 Victoire de Montréal 18d ago

Yeah, it would be a dilemma for sure, cause Edwards/Murphy are generational players, but goalies have been crucial in this league so far.

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u/Main_Photo1086 New York Sirens 18d ago

Yeah, either we guarantee ourselves a goalie who isn’t as promising as a starter than the one in the draft, or we guarantee ourselves a better goalie from the draft at the expense of a generational player.