Hilary Knight, Sarah Nurse among PWHL players exposed to expansion teams [Video]

Boston Fleet captain Hilary Knight, original Toronto Sceptres signing Sarah Nurse, and defender of the year nominees Claire Thompson and Sophie Jaques are among the players PWHL Seattle and Vancouver will have the opportunity to add and build around during the expansion process.

Each existing team was allowed to protect three players to start with, and those protection lists became public on Tuesday afternoon. The existing teams will lose four players each throughout the expansion process.

Seattle and Vancouver can begin talking to and signing unprotected players and pending free agents on Wednesday morning, as they build their rosters in preparation to begin play in the fall. Over the five-day window, Seattle and Vancouver can each sign as many as five players.

The expansion draft is set for Monday at 8:30 p.m. …