PWHL mock draft: Who could your favourite team pick on Tuesday?

Just two weeks after an expansion draft that reshaped the PWHL, teams will have a chance to re-stock talent at this year's entry draft.

The PWHL Draft, set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET in Ottawa, will see each team select players over six rounds.

The New York Sirens will pick first, followed by the Boston Fleet, Toronto Sceptres, Montreal Victoire, Ottawa Charge, Minnesota Frost, PWHL Vancouver and PWHL Seattle. Vancouver and Seattle will alternate draft positions each round, while the rest of the teams will maintain the same order.

Unlike in 2023 and 2024, which brought Taylor Heise (Minnesota) and Sarah Fillier (New York) into the league, the choice at first overall isn't as clear cut this season. The draft also isn't quite as deep as last season, when teams could pick from a large cohort of players finishing their NCAA careers and veterans coming from Europe.

But that doesn't mean there isn't high-end talent available.

Top contenders to be taken first include Casey O'Brien, a centre out of the University of Wisconsin who scored at a prolific rate in college, sharp-shooting forward Kristýna Kaltounková (Colgate University), and two-way defender Haley Winn (Clarkson University).

Here's a look at what each team needs to add, and which draft prospect might fit those needs.

Pick: Casey O'Brien, forward (Wisconsin)

The Sirens have major holes at forward after losing both Alex Carpenter and Jessie Eldridge to PWHL Seattle.

The best outcome for the Sirens would see the team acquire a top forward who can play alongside Fillier, who is a restricted free agent in need of a new contract.

Leadership will also be a key factor in who GM Pascal Daoust selects in the draft. Last season, all seven of his picks were former captains.

The obvious choice would be O'Brien, the 2025 Patty Kazmaier winner who has the smarts to play alongside one of the world's best forwards. No Wisconsin player, male or female, scored more career points than O'Brien's 267, a number that only seven female players in history have surpassed during their college careers.

What the five-foot-four centre lacks in size, she makes up for with her skating and IQ.

"She plays way above her size," Gordie Stafford, who coached O'Brien in prep school at Shattuck-St. Mary's, told CBC Sports. "Her strength on her skates is incredible, but to also skate on top of the ice like she does, I think that's one of the things that's been really remarkable. You cannot knock that kid off the puck."