The Golden Knights signed goaltender Carter Hart to a two-year, $4 million contract Friday.

Hart, 27, previously joined the Knights on a professional tryout deal Oct. 16. He was one of five players from Canada’s 2018 World Junior team who were charged with sexual assault in February 2024. All five were acquitted in July.

Hart hasn’t played since January 2024 when he was a member of the Philadelphia Flyers, the team that took him in the second round of the 2016 draft. He went 96-93-29 in six seasons and was the Flyers’ starter the last time they made the playoffs in 2020.

Hart will be eligible to play Dec. 1.

His contract puts the Knights $3.3 million over the upper limit of the NHL’s salary cap. Captain Mark Stone was placed on long-term injured reserve Thursday to give the team enough

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