- Teams will submit a list of up to three players protected from selection during an exclusive signing window and the expansion draft. Those initial lists are due June 3 at noon ET.
- Only players signed through 2025-26, or whose rights remain with a team, can be protected. Pending free agents cannot be protected or selected in the draft.
at least they can protect them .. not sure of the contract status of the other players.Forwards Emily Clark and Brianne Jenner, and goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer agreed to terms on three-year contracts that will run through the 2026 season