The chances of Alex Formenton playing in the National Hockey League this season are slim to none.

With a 5 p.m. EST deadline set for Monday for the former Ottawa Senators’ restricted free agent (RFA) winger to have his rights dealt elsewhere, league sources told the Ottawa Citizen on Sunday that there is virtually “no chance” a trade will happen.

The Senators have been trying to deal the rights to Formeneton elsewhere for months after he was among five players on the 2018 Canadian world junior team found not guilty of sexual assault in July in London, Ont., last summer.

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If Formenton isn’t traded and signed by another team by Monday, then he won’t be eligible to play in the NHL this season.

Steve Staios, the club’s president of

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