While Women’s Hockey Players Attend NHL Development Camp, The PWHL’s Absence Of Player Evaluation Opportunities Looms Large

For men’s hockey players, immediately following the NHL Draft, which ended June 27, drafted players prepared to jet off to cities across North America to take part in development camps. It’s an opportunity for NHL teams to look at their prospects, set them up with offseason training and nutrition plans, and to identify and begin to work on areas in their game where those players can improve. In other words, at NHL Development Camps, development becomes the focus.