2018 Team Canada Junior Feature: The First Player Arrives in Canada

In 2025, the five players at the center of the 2018 Team Canada Junior scandal were acquitted following a trial that, as you know, received a great deal of media attention.
They were subsequently cleared to return to the NHL.
Carter Hart was the only one to do so in 2025–2026, and he led the Golden Knights to within a few games of a Stanley Cup. That, too, caused quite a stir during the playoffs.
Finding him a team hadn't been easy. Returning to Philly wasn't an option. The idea of him sig