Has been spoken about for years with little movement from IIHF. Sure you’d get a lot of the same players from U18 to U20, but happens a lot for the men’s too.

It also doesn’t help that in Ontario, the U22Elite is still considered “minor hockey” by OWHA when it is Junior

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/pwhl/canada-world-junior-tournament-women-2024-1.7418211