In a surprising move this morning, the Toronto Furies announced that they have traded defender Erin Ambrose to les Canadiennes de Montréal for four draft picks—Montréal’s 2018 1st and 3rd, their 2019 1st and 2020 3rd.
In the short term, this move is going to hurt the Furies. Ambrose has been centralized so far this season with Team Canada, and was recently cut (to my, and most people I know’s, surprise). In Ambrose and Renata Fast’s absence, the Furies defense has struggled, to put it lightly. Last weekend, due to injury and then suspension, they were down to only four defenders plus Brooke Beazer, who’d been switched from forward to defense.