Karine Hains: In Hainsight: Ottawa Strikes First Halfway through the first free agency period of the PWHL, one of the teams finally announced which three players it will be building its franchise around.

Great read, K.

Glad to see M-PP wasn't a name on Ottawa's roster! Fingers crossed for Montreal...

Great read, K.

Glad to see M-PP wasn't a name on Ottawa's roster! Fingers crossed for Montreal...
- Darksyde

yep, MPP and Sarah Fillier would be great

yep, MPP and Sarah Fillier would be great
- fidopro

Looks like Poulin is a done deal for Montreal now, along with Anne-Renee Desbiens and Laura Stacey.

yep, MPP and Sarah Fillier would be great
- fidopro

Fillier still has a couple of years left in the NCAA and those players aren’t eligible to sign free agent contracts. They can be drafted if they declare for the draft but then they lose their eligibility to play in the NCAA. I assume Fillier will want to finish her degree though

Fillier still has a couple of years left in the NCAA and those players aren’t eligible to sign free agent contracts. They can be drafted if they declare for the draft but then they lose their eligibility to play in the NCAA. I assume Fillier will want to finish her degree though
- Karine Hains

ah, that's why. because perso she would have been my 2nd pick, right after MPP

ah, that's why. because perso she would have been my 2nd pick, right after MPP
- fidopro

Completely agree, build for the present and the future, but there we are.