Jayda Evans on the new-look Storm.

"When I first heard about Sheri leaving, I was pretty sad," Janell Burse said. "I got pretty close to her, and that was the first piece. Then I heard about Tully. Then I heard about Kamila, and it was like, geez."

Vodichkova was the biggest loss. Seattle just couldn't match the three-year, $89,000 deal offered by Phoenix.