#NHL rules that the five former players who were acquitted in the 2018 Team Canada sexual assault trial will be permitted to sign contracts no sooner than Oct. 15 and not to play games before Dec. 1.

Source: The NHL will permit Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton to resume playing Dec. 1, following their acquittal on sexual assault charges.

Sources say #mnwild superstar Kirill Kaprizov’s camp turned down an extension offer believed to be 8-years, $128 million in a meeting on Tuesday in Minnesota that would have made him the highest-paid player in #NHL history in both AAV ($16 million) and total dollars.