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PWHL Minnesota second round draft pick Britta Curl, center, poses for a photo with Minnesota assistant coach Mira Jalosuo, right, and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

PWHL Minnesota second round draft pick Britta Curl, center, poses for a photo with Minnesota assistant coach Mira Jalosuo, right, and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., on Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, top, fist pumps assistant coach Mira Jalosuo, right, at the Minnesota table before walking to the stage for the first Minnesota pick during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, top, fist pumps assistant coach Mira Jalosuo, right, at the Minnesota table before walking to the stage for the first Minnesota pick during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, center, talks with other people at the Minnesota table before their first pick during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, center, talks with other people at the Minnesota table before their first pick during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota's first pick Claire Thompson's image is displayed as she was not present as she was drafted in the first round during the PWHL hockey draft n St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renee Jones/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota's first pick Claire Thompson's image is displayed as she was not present as she was drafted in the first round during the PWHL hockey draft n St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renee Jones/Star Tribune via AP)

No. 1 overall draft pick Sarah Fillier, left, who was drafted by New York, shakes hands with tennis great Billie Jean King, front right, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

No. 1 overall draft pick Sarah Fillier, left, who was drafted by New York, shakes hands with tennis great Billie Jean King, front right, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Fans Tina Frederickson and Lisa Fulton hold signs, center right, about the removal of general manager Natalie Darwitz from PWHL Minnesota, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Fans Tina Frederickson and Lisa Fulton hold signs, center right, about the removal of general manager Natalie Darwitz from PWHL Minnesota, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, left, listens as tennis great Billie Jean King, right, reads Minnesota's first-round pick Claire Thompson, who was not present, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, June, 10, 2024. (Renee Jones/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, left, listens as tennis great Billie Jean King, right, reads Minnesota's first-round pick Claire Thompson, who was not present, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday, June, 10, 2024. (Renee Jones/Star Tribune via AP)

Fans Tina Frederickson and Lisa Fulton hold signs about the removal of general manager Natalie Darwitz from PWHL Minnesota, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Fans Tina Frederickson and Lisa Fulton hold signs about the removal of general manager Natalie Darwitz from PWHL Minnesota, during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, left, talks with second-round draft pick Britta Curl, right, after Curl was drafted during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)

Minnesota head coach Ken Klee, left, talks with second-round draft pick Britta Curl, right, after Curl was drafted during the PWHL hockey draft in St. Paul, Minn., Monday June, 10, 2024. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP)