Boston Fleet captain and MVP candidate Hilary Knight heads a star-caliber list of players left unprotected by their respective teams in being made available to the PWHL’s expansion franchises in Seattle and Vancouver.

Among the other high-profile players left unprotected in a list released by the league on Tuesday were Minnesota’s Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle, New York’s Alex Carpenter, Ottawa captain Brianne Jenner and veteran defenseman Jocelyne Larocque and Toronto’s Sarah Nurse.

The release of the list opens the first part of the PWHL’s two-phased roster-building process, which opens with a five-day exclusive signing window Wednesday. It will be followed by an expansion draft on Monday.

Seattle and Vancouver can sign up to five players each, and will then fill out their remainin

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