The Ice Garden might have some future general managers amongst their ranks. The team’s mock draft picks would make for some pretty good additions to PWHL teams. Our writers only nailed two picks in their exact spot, but TIG writers knew 14 of the 18 players who would be selected in the first three rounds.
We had a lot of fun making that mock draft, so we thought you’d like to see how it compared. The moves that surprised us? Ronja Savolainen was selected by Ottawa nearly an entire round earlier than we thought she might. We were also surprised to see forward Izzy Daniel selected so late.
Below are the picks from Monday’s draft and how they compared to where the TIG writers ranked them.
Round 1
1 – PWHL New York: Sarah Fillier (=0)
TIG: Sarah Fillier
2 – PWHL Ottawa: Danielle Serdachny (=0)
TIG: Danielle Serdachny
3 – PWHL Minnesota: Claire Thompson (+3)
TIG: Hannah Bilka
4 – PWHL Boston: Hannah Bilka (-1)
TIG: Cayla Barnes
5 – PWHL Montréal: Cayla Barnes (-1)
TIG: Izzy Daniel
6 – PWHL Toronto: Julia Gosling (+6)
TIG: Claire Thompson
Round 2
7 – PWHL Boston: Daniela Pejšová (+1)
TIG: Noora Tulus
8 – PWHL Ottawa: Ronja Savolainen (+5)
TIG: Daniela Pejšová
9 – PWHL Minnesota: Britta Curl (NR)
TIG: Amanda Kessel
10 – PWHL New York: Maja Nylén Persson (+1)
TIG: Jennifer Gardiner
11 – PWHL Montréal: Jennifer Gardiner (-1)
TIG: Maja Nylén Persson
12 – PWHL Toronto: Megan Carter (NR)
TIG: Julia Gosling
Round 3
13 – PWHL New York: Noora Tulus (-6)
TIG: Ronja Savolainen
14 – PWHL Ottawa: Gwyneth Philips (NR)
TIG: Allyson Simpson
15 – PWHL Minnesota: Klára Hymlárová (NR)
TIG: Abigail Boreen
16 – PWHL New York: Allyson Simpson (-2)
TIG: Anna Meixner
17 – PWHL Montréal: Abigail Boreen (-2)
TIG: Emmy Fecteau
18 – PWHL Toronto: Izzy Daniel (-13)
TIG: Elle Hartje
