How all 5 Canadian PWHL teams look 1 month into the off-season

A few hours after PWHL Hamilton GM Meghan Duggan finished making picks at the six-round 2026 PWHL Draft, she couldn't think of any holes on her expansion team's roster.

She started building with a mix of leadership, skill and youth. Early on, she added two members of the Ottawa Charge's leadership group in Brianne Jenner and Emily Clark, along with promising young goaltender Kayle Osborne (New York Sirens), rookie of the year nominee Nicole Gosling (Montreal Victoire) and top two-way forward Alina Müller (Boston Fleet).

Then, at the draft, the GM bolstered the team's blue line by selecting reliable and steady defender Nelli Laitinen from the University of Minnesota at sixth overall. By all accounts, Laitinen rarely has a bad shift.

"I really don’t feel like we’re missing anything," Duggan said after the draft. "We’ve got some size, we’ve got some skill, we’ve got some speed, we’ve got some grit. We’ve got two fantastic goaltenders. I think we’re strong on the back end."

After nearly a month of expansion signings and player movement, each of the 12 team's rosters are starting to come into focus.

For Hamilton, the picture is looking pretty good. Other teams are still missing key puzzle pieces. They'll look to find those in PWHL free agency, which opened on Friday afternoon.

Here's a look at how all five Canadian teams look after a month of the PWHL off-season.

The Victoire lost six key members of last season's championship team, including Gosling, alternate captain Erin Ambrose and forward Hayley Scamurra.

What the Montreal Victoire’s roster will look like next season

It's also not yet clear whether Marie-Philip Poulin will be healthy and back in uniform on opening night this fall, after playing through a knee injury