Overview
- Detroit signed forward Jesse Compher to a three-year contract, completing its five Phase 2 foundational signings on Monday.
- Compher joins Daryl Watts, Cayla Barnes, Hannah Bilka and Britta Curl-Salemme to form Detroit’s initial core, with Watts signed to the league’s first four-year deal.
- The PWHL uses a six-phase Expansion Roster Distribution Process that lets expansion clubs make up to five exclusive Expansion Foundational Offers to lock players early and limits how many incumbents teams can protect.
- Compher is the sister of NHLer J.T. Compher, spent three seasons with the Toronto Sceptres and brings U.S. national-team experience including two IIHF world championship gold medals.
- With the June 17 PWHL Draft and the June 19 open signing period still to come, early multi-year EFOs have already raised contract expectations and will shape incumbents’ re-signing choices and final rosters.