Carter Hart signed a two-year, $4 million contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on Friday. The contract, which comes eight days after Hart joined the team on a professional tryout , has an average annual value of $2 million.

The 27-year-old goalie last played for the Philadelphia Flyers during the 2023-24 season. He was 12-9-3 with a 2.80 goals-against average, .906 save percentage and one shutout in 26 games (25 starts) before being granted a leave of absence from the team on Jan. 23.

Hart was one of five players on Canada's 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship gold-medal team who was accused of committing sexual assault in June of that year. All five were found not guilty.

On Sept. 11, the NHL said in a statement that: "The events that transpired after the 2018 Hockey Canada Founda

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