2024 PWHL Offseason

[Lindsay]

Another Hockey Canada guy, Jim Midgley hired as Toronto asst coach. No real long term investment in womens hockey in his resume.

New York got an assistant USA Hockey coach when they hired the former Union coach.

[Oldtimer]

PWHL Compensation has clearly been an issue from day one and has worsened this coming season for the new draftees as the current PWHL bargaining agreement does not allow even the best new players a salary equal to that of average players signed last year much less last year's best players. It will apparently remain this way next year as well until the present agreement expires at the end of the 2025-26 season.

Given this I have wondered why the PWHL, it's fans or parties in interest in each of the PWHL cities has not created an "NIL" like arrangement whereby top players suffering under the current agreement can be "equalized" or better yet, fairly compensated until the agreement ends or can be changed to allow uncapped free agency or some fairer plan. I was hoping to get Ian Kennedy of The Hockey News to write an article suggesting something like this to get people thinking and maybe push the issue out there. Unfortunately, I cannot determine how best to contact him. If anyone knows how to reach him please suggest an article on this subject as it's what is causing many of the top players to be delaying their signings or considering signing in Europe. The money being offered this year and next is simply not close to being reflective of the worth of these athletes...

[joecct]

8 days until the end of August. Any word on team names and new sweaters and possibly new venues?

[BowWowWow]

8 days until the end of August. Any word on team names and new sweaters and possibly new venues?

I think the word is the schedule and team names and logos will be available in mid September. This is from an interview by Mike Hirshfeld of PWHL Ottawa. So, it is later than the league originally said. Eager to see where NY and others will be playing - and hoping that many of the team names are not the ones originally registered for trademark last year.

[Russell Jaslow]

I think the word is the schedule and team names and logos will be available in mid September. This is from an interview by Mike Hirshfeld of PWHL Ottawa. So, it is later than the league originally said. Eager to see where NY and others will be playing - and hoping that many of the team names are not the ones originally registered for trademark last year.

Considering they scrapped the team names last year because of the blowback from fans, it would be beyond stupid to consider them again.

[Fathead]

Courtney Kennedy hired as an assistant coach of Boston.

[BowWowWow]

Two pieces of news were announced today on thepwhl.com:
- the PWHL hired Melissa Caruso, who has experience managing the AHL, as the new general manager of PWHL Minnesota;
- Coca-Cola Coliseum, with capacity of over 8000 for hockey, will be home ice for PWHL Toronto for the 2024-25 season.

[Timothy A]

Apparently the person Minnesota hired has zero experience in roster evaluation and building. I kind of thought the primary job of a GM was to do just that.

[BowWowWow]

Apparently the person Minnesota hired has zero experience in roster evaluation and building. I kind of thought the primary job of a GM was to do just that.

True - also keep in mind that this is the league hiring someone for Minnesota rather than the Minnesota team personnel making the hiring decision, I think.

[Scott_TG]

Didn't the HC force Darwitz out because he wanted to control the roster? If so this makes sense as they don't need another conflict....

[Timothy A]

Didn't the HC force Darwitz out because he wanted to control the roster? If so this makes sense as they don't need another conflict....

That's not how it's supposed to work. They should have made the coach the GM then.

[Scott_TG]

Social media posts tease what seem to be the identity reveals for Monday 9/9. Bardown compiled them in this graphic

https://www.instagram.com/p/C_lK62wA...Y4ZHZjMHFybQ==

[BowWowWow]

PWHL Compensation has clearly been an issue from day one and has worsened this coming season for the new draftees as the current PWHL bargaining agreement does not allow even the best new players a salary equal to that of average players signed last year much less last year's best players. It will apparently remain this way next year as well until the present agreement expires at the end of the 2025-26 season.

Given this I have wondered why the PWHL, it's fans or parties in interest in each of the PWHL cities has not created an "NIL" like arrangement whereby top players suffering under the current agreement can be "equalized" or better yet, fairly compensated until the agreement ends or can be changed to allow uncapped free agency or some fairer plan. I was hoping to get Ian Kennedy of The Hockey News to write an article suggesting something like this to get people thinking and maybe push the issue out there. Unfortunately, I cannot determine how best to contact him. If anyone knows how to reach him please suggest an article on this subject as it's what is causing many of the top players to be delaying their signings or considering signing in Europe. The money being offered this year and next is simply not close to being reflective of the worth of these athletes...

Oldtimer, I'm not sure how to contact Ian Kennedy, but he does have an X account (iankennedyck) and some other social media. I don't tweet/use X anymore.

[BowWowWow]

The PWHL teams say via email to tune in to the 8-o'clock hour of Good Morning America tomorrow (Monday) morning. It sounds like that's when the names and logos will be revealed.

[joecct]

The PWHL teams say via email to tune in to the 8-o'clock hour of Good Morning America tomorrow (Monday) morning. It sounds like that's when the names and logos will be revealed.

For those in Canada, it's Breakfast Television.