Philadelphia Flyers
What’s Next for Flyers’ Carter Hart? Attorney Explains Process, Timeline
The Philadelphia Flyers will be without goaltender Carter Hart for the foreseeable future.
Hart, 25, was confirmed to have been charged with one count of sexual assault, in connection to the Hockey Canada investigation, by his legal representation on Jan. 30. While this charge has not been proven in court, Alison Craig, a defense attorney who specializes in sexual assault cases for Posner Craig Stein LLP, believes a trial is several months away.
“Time will be taken; weeks, if not months, to review it all,” Craig said, explaining the process to TSN. “There’s a number of required meetings that will be held between the lawyers and the Crown, then the lawyers, the Crown, and the judges. Ultimately, at the end of all of that – which is likely several months down the line – a trial date will likely be set.”
“Definitely going to be at least a year,” Craig added. “Likely, the trial would be in 2025 sometime.”
Hart’s contract with the Flyers expires at the end of this season. As a pending RFA, the team will hold the netminder’s rights should they tender a qualifying offer. Qualifying offers must be tendered by the Monday following the NHL draft, and then Carter Hart, in this case, must sign by 5 p.m. on Dec. 1 to be eligible to play for the Flyers in the 2024-25 season.
For those wondering, the Flyers’ qualifying offer to Hart in the summer would cost them $4.479 million. That’s a hefty commitment to a player whose availability to actually play is not clear.
It’s unclear whether Hart will be allowed to play by either the Flyers or the NHL while the trial and legal processes are ongoing. Philadelphia is already receiving cap relief on Hart’s salary, so this is currently not a realistic outcome for this season, at a minimum.
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Innocent until proven guilty in my opinion. But I have a serious, serious lack of respect for Carter Hart by this point. Horrid and shameful if he is guilty.
Whoever is guilty should have to get their wieners cut off
Let him go; he’s a bum. Was overrated from the start.
I thought they already cut ties with him? I know I read that.
The Flyers have cut ties with him! I was so upset, but at the end of the day, they can’t be connected to a player that could do something like That! I am praying for that poor woman, and my heart goes out to her. To Hart, you ruined your whole life
Anyone who participates in gangbangs is a creep and incredible stupid from a liability standpoint. He’s was already weak mentally no way he could ever handle the heckling of the NHL fans. KHL is the only option for these creeps.
I think it was wrong for what they did,but was the “victim” totally innocent,No I don’t think she was.If it was a wrong doing on the part of the players,which it probably was,then she should of pressed charges against the players at the time when the incident took place,in 2018,when they were just young boys playing a game of hockey but we’re not paid.Instead she waited till these guys turned pro and we’re a under contract in the NHL making very good money,and now she wants all she can get.Shes a gold digger nothing more nothing less ,out to get as much money from these guys as she can and in doing so destroy their careers.Any judge hearing this case should realize what she is trying to do,and dismiss the case.
Fyi , the police and crown decides if changes are brought forth, no her!! Beside hockey Canada already paid her an undisclosed about around 3 million in a Civil suit
She did press charges it the London police dismissed it!
Victim sham much ? Your as discpicable as they are … I am a single parent of two boys , our first sex talk was NO MEANS NO , STOP MEANS STOP ! Even if you think a woman might be uncomfortable you stop .
All levels of hockey,players,leagues,police are hiding something for this to go on so long.There was apparently 8 people (males) from original reports so where are the others.