PWHL teams expand player protection lists during expansion: Who is still available?

The next batch of players protected from the PWHL’s multi-phase expansion roster-building process has been announced. During Phase 3, which ended on Friday, the league’s eight existing teams were permitted to protect three additional players from the rest of the six-phase process, bringing their total protected list to six players. Any free agents needed to be signed to be protected in this window. All four expansion teams — Detroit, Hamilton, Las Vegas and San Jose — were also permitted to sign