EDMONTON — Alex Formenton is the third player acquitted in the Hockey Canada sexual assault case to receive an NHL contract since the trial ended in July 2025, joining the Edmonton Oilers on a league-minimum $850,000 deal for this season. The 26-year-old forward returns to the NHL with Edmonton after the acquittal, with the Oilers finalizing the agreement at the league minimum for this season.
Formenton signed with Edmonton for $850,000 for this season, the league-minimum figure for a one-season contract. The 26-year-old forward agreed to the deal for this season as his return to the league following the Hockey Canada case that concluded in July 2025. The contract places him back on an NHL roster at the league minimum.
He joins fellow forward Dillon Dube with St. Louis and goaltender Carter Hart in Vegas as the three acquitted players to secure NHL contracts since the trial ended. Dube and Hart signed their respective deals in July and October, preceding Formenton's agreement with Edmonton. The three signings represent the post-trial returns to the NHL for players acquitted in the case.
The Oilers' addition of Formenton at the league minimum adds the forward to their roster for this season. With Dube in St. Louis and Hart in Vegas, Formenton's contract with Edmonton completes the trio of post-acquittal signings that began in July. The sequence started after the trial ended in July 2025 and continued through October with Hart's deal in Vegas and now Formenton's deal in Edmonton.