Why is Sarah Fillier, the PWHL’s No. 1 draft pick in 2024, still unsigned? Here’s what we know
Hailey Salvian
Oct 3, 2024
The
PWHL offseason has been highlighted by
new team names and logos and more than a dozen signings from the 2024 draft class. But perhaps the most anticipated player remains unsigned.
Sarah Fillier, 24, is widely considered to be the best player in the class of 2024 and was the No. 1 prospect in
The Athletic’s
PWHL Draft ranking. She has already helped Team Canada win three world championships — and was named MVP at the 2023 tournament — and an Olympic gold medal.
Still, Fillier has yet to sign with the New York Sirens team that drafted her first overall in the June 2024 PWHL Draft. She is the only first-round pick — and one of three players selected in the first three rounds — to remain unsigned ahead of training camps, which begin Nov. 12.
The proposed length of the contract has been the major stumbling block in negotiations between the two sides. According to a person briefed on the negotiations, Fillier wants to sign with
New York, but she wants a two-year deal, rather than the three years preferred by the team. Fillier has declined multiple three-year contracts from New York, including an initial deal offered to her before she was selected, the source said. ...
Read more at: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5814327/2024/10/03/sarah-fillier-pwhl-draft-new-york-sirens-contract/
