With free agency in full swing for the NWHL teams have been busy trading draft rights.Boston finally got into the mix on Thursday.They made the much expected move to acquire local product Alex carpenter’s rights.Before all the trading began most people assumed they would just eat the $5,000 cap hit and sign her but when Connecticut and New York decided to start swapping their picks Boston hopped on in.The Pride acquired Carpenter, the top pick in the draft, for Harvard’s Miye D’Oench, the Pride's fourth round pick at 15th overall, and $2,000 in cap space.
With the trade for Carpenter the Pride still have 3F, 1D and 1G among their draft class to sign.