Purple Reign

They did not throw away their shot as all of Hamilton's efforts back on the Takeover Tour work as they were chosen as the sole canadian city in this round of expansionThe entire Purple Trio couldn't be more happy as there are so many opportunities with a brand new hockey market like Hamilton especially as their color scheme is not only unique but beautiful at the same timeA word of warning there will be a lot of refrences to Lin Manuel Miranda's musical of the same name as I get a bit carried away in the excitment

Out of nowhere Las Vegas put themselves into the conversation to become the league's tenth franchise and they did not arrive with good intentionsI already have a personal grudge against Las Vegas after all they are the Sarks archnemesis and they took my MLB team from Oakland

Both the Vancouver Goldeneyes & Seattle Torrent have completed their first ever seasons and despite high expectations neither lived up to the high standards that they were perceived to meetIn this episode the entire Purple Trio come together to go through what they think were some of the many factors that contributed to both teams performances

Over in the NCAA there is a brand new rule change coming into effect next year as students will be able to have an extra year of eligibility This could have an alarming impact for the future draft pools for the PWHL in terms of the entry draft and gives a better understanding and sense of urgency for the league to expand to four teams right now

So we now know that for this next round of expansion the league will not use a typical expansion draft to build the rosters for its new teams and on today's show the Purple Trio share their thoughts about the changes ahead

At their press launch PWHL Detroit was revealed to be hosting the 2026 edition of the Awards and Entry Draft on June 16 & 17 2026This should be an amazing moment for a new market but for me I smell favouritism over the current markets who have yet to host these events and for the potential further three who will join Detroit in this round

It's official as the most diehard market that wanted to land a PWHL team has got their wish as Detroit kicks off the second round of expansion becoming the ninth team to enter the PWHLThe entire Purple Trio couldn't be happier for Hockeytown however I do take this oppertunity to air out my reservations in regards to their primary venueWELCOME DETROIT!!!

Last time I took you through the five process the league will use it the next round of expansion and today you are going to hear the thoughts of the entire Purple Trio on how we feel about this new way of building the rosters

On May 3 the format for how the PWHL will go about the roster building process in its next cycle of expansion was revealed as a five stage processIt took me two reads but I understood it in the end and so on today's show I take you through it phase by phase

Unlike other sports leagues the PWHL has a unique way to stop teams from tanking and that is the Gold Plan which sees teams earn Draft Order points when they are mathematically eliminated from playoffsHowever thanks to the league's parity we haven't been able to have a proper Gold Plan race and that has given Pluto an idea which I'm not sure about