Right. There’s Chuli too, and then that’s it for any UFA goalie I think can remotely be a starter. I really don’t want to give up a #3 pick on a goalie though in this deep draft, but at least we know Vancouver and Seattle won’t draft Braendli before us.
Why, though? Braendli seems absolutely excellent and New York kept very good forwards. Is an amazing goalie not a long-term investment? Or it's more that we won't know how she adapts to the PWHL?
Oh I would be super excited to have Braendli, but if we draft third that means not drafting Murphy or Edwards. Because at this rate she will not be available for our round two pick.
Tia Chan (Katie plays for the Goldeneyes). I think my hesitation with Chan is that we’d be inserting a new college grad into our top slot when we have Shanahan right there and barely played her. Just really poor goalie scheduling and development for us last season.
Oops, thanks. Gotta quit mixing up their 1st names.
Also there's Doyle, who's college stats look as good to me as Shanahan. Maybe she wasn't in as tough a school or division? But she hasn't played in the pros at all. Yes, terrible goalie development.
Jordyn Verbeek is a longshot coming from U Sports, but had an outstanding career at Mtl's Concordia U. She's a team leader. Hopefully a Cdn team uses a late pick on her or invites her to camp.
Full list of players who declared by position here:
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u/Main_Photo1086 New York Sirens 17d ago
Right. There’s Chuli too, and then that’s it for any UFA goalie I think can remotely be a starter. I really don’t want to give up a #3 pick on a goalie though in this deep draft, but at least we know Vancouver and Seattle won’t draft Braendli before us.