{"id":2689,"date":"2026-06-14T11:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2026-06-14T11:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T11:32:05","slug":"fleet-re-sign-f-susanna-tapani-but-lose-one-more-to-pwhl-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2689","title":{"rendered":"Fleet re-sign F Susanna Tapani, but lose one more to PWHL expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Boston Fleet re-signed forward Susanna Tapani to a two-year PWHL standard player agreement through the 2027-28 season, the club announced Wednesday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2687\">South Korean duo takes Dow Championship lead in LPGA team event as Korda and Cowan falter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>With the signing, Tapani is one of the team\u2019s three protected players as part of Phase 3 of the PWHL\u2019s expansion player distribution process ahead of the 2026-27 season. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The 33-year-old Tapani played in all 34 regular-season and playoff games last season, posting nine goals and nine assists. Tapani has appeared in a PWHL-leading 86 career games with Minnesota and Boston, posting 24-25\u201349 totals. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span>Related<span>: <\/span><\/span>Fleet losing Alina M\u00fcller to expansion team in Hamilton<\/div>\n<p><span>But the Fleet did see one other player depart, as defenseman Hadley Hartmetz signed a two-year agreement with expansion San Jose. Hartmetz skated in 27 games last season, notching 7 assists and a plus-7 rating.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>More signings across league<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>In other PWHL player news Wednesday, Seattle re-signed forward Julian Gosling, but lost defenseman Megan Carter, who signed with expansion Las Vegas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Walter Cup champion Montreal re-signed defenseman Maggie Flaherty, while Minnesota said so-long to goalie Nicole Hensley, who went to expansion Las Vegas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2685\">Fighting Trump 2.0 is helping lift Campbell\u2019s political star. How far is the question.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>It was a busy day for Vancouver, as the Goldeneyes Vancouver lost blue liner Sydney Bard to expansion Detroit, but re-signed forwards Izzy Daniel (2-year deal) and Jenn Gardiner (3-year deal). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At the end of this phase, each existing team\u2019s total protected list will consist of six players, and expansion teams will have up to eight total players, each signing a maximum of three players on expiring contracts during this phase. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Phase 3 signing period continues until Friday at 3 p.m., followed by a 5 p.m. deadline for existing teams to submit their protection lists. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Also, former nine-year NHL player Pascal Rheaume was named coach of the Toronto Sceptres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2683\">Lightning\u2019s Nikita Kucherov wins the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP for second time<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tapani is a key returner for Boston&#8217;s offense, but defenseman Hadley Hartmetz will not be back, signed away by new club San Jose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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