downwiththefleet

Boston Fleet 💚⚓️ Mostly PWHL always women

[grantmentis]

Unprotected players who are under contract such as Müller, tabin, bilka and so forth can NOT be offered EFOs or FPOs. They can only be taken in the remaining spots at the end phase 2 for the foundational roster completion (filling the rosters out to get five players) and end of phase four (filling out each roster to get ten players after an additional.) teams may be gambling to leave their higher AAV contracts exposed in hopes expansion teams won’t have the money to take them after using EFOs and FPOs. That said..still a few names I’d take regardless of contract price

[downwiththefleet]

Time to pray that expansion teams severely underestimate Alina Müller

[tea-and-hockey]

The Fleet finally announced the three players they’ve decided to protect for the upcoming expansion draft

[grantmentis]

All this talk about PWHL protection lists but who’s protecting my sanity. Makes you think.

[downwiththefleet]

Rumor has it that at the end of the pwhl expansion rainbow we get to find out what goaltender interference is

[downwiththefleet]

For some more information on the new Fleet coach, this is a video from his summer training with many current PWHL & NCAA players.

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Fun to know that he goes by Frankie and joins the bald coaches club.

You may recognize some of the players in attendance, like Kiara Zanon, Elle Hartje, Maddi Wheeler, Katy Knoll, Brooke Becker, Ally Simpson, Mia Biotti, and Amanda Thiele.

It is good that he is at least familiar with some of the players, but the lack of professional experience is still concerning. I will reserve further judgment until seeing more next season.

[downwiththefleet]

Lydia Murray (Fleet reporter) is reporting that the Fleet will hire François Méthot as the next head coach. Currently, the GM and coach of the Rochester Jr. Americans in the NAHL (Tier 2 Junior league).

He is also part of their large youth development program in Rochester that has seen multiple PWHL players come through its ranks, including the Fleets' own Haley Winn.

The biggest drawback on his resume is the absence of professional coaching experience. Will success coaching in junior leagues translate to a professional league? I guess we will soon find out.

Fun fact! Méthot played in the DEL (German league) at the same time Kris Sparre did. They never played on the same team, but they likely played against each other multiple times.

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[caitthegreatest]

for those keeping track at home, that is goodbye to steve-o (Seattle), troyboy (Toronto, moved to San Jose), brian (Vancouver), and sparre (Boston, moved to Hamilton) aka half the coaches of the 25-26 season

there are vacancies for head coach of: toronto; seattle; boston; vancouver; and las vegas, or 5/12 teams for the 26-27 season

expansion signings and free agency are happening Right Now and we have 16 days until the draft

[pwhl-mybeloved]

[grantmentis]

PWHL be like our league front office of ten people who are extremely enmeshed in all the teams since its all one ownership Is going to execute the most complicated expansion process of all time and there will be no tampering (five minutes into the process) every team is at Daryl watts house

[unoqlo]

Megan Keller and Jill Saulnier at the MayeDay Celebrity Softball Classic (-)

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[fleetlesbian]

LYDIA MY BOSTON FLEET BIBLE ILY

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Another PWHL expansion player dispersal process begins next week. Here are the three players the Boston Fleet should protect during Phase 1

but as always, clock into lydia’s writing. one of, if not the best beat reporter for the league that just so happens to write for the fleet🫡

[sunshine-gremlin]

So worried about Keller leaving for Detroit we forgot to ask Mr. Zero percent chance if he was leaving for Hamilton

[caitthegreatest]

sound the cannon lads we’ve had a retirement announcement drop

thank you for your years, Savannah Harmon, and may you have a wonderful post-playing career life

[aerinfrankellove]

The expansion rules feel like a reading passage on the SAT and brother no one is getting a 1600

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I was prepared for expansion to be devastating for the Fleet after last year, but this is already worse than I imagined and it has barely even started.

So worried about the players I didn't consider that they could take our coach too

What's next? Is there plans to steal Fleetmin too? At least tell me Kermit and Shipping Up to Boston are protected

[tea-and-hockey]

🚨🚨🚨RED ALERT 🚨🚨🚨

While I love to hate on Sparre I truly believe he is part of what made Boston such a powerhouse this past season. This is devastating.