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Dillon Dube signs new contract outside of the NHL
Dillon Dube, one of five former members of Team Canada from the 2018 World Junior Championships charged with assault, has signed a new deal to continue his career
After not receiving a qualifying offer from the Calgary Flames, one of the players charged in an incident stemming from the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championship, has signed a new deal. Dillon Dube was the captain of Team Canada at the 2018 WJC, and one of five players from the team charged with assault.
It has been announced by Dinamo Minsk of the KHL that Dube has signed a one-year deal with the team. In a statement, the club said it's aware of the allegations against him.
"The Dinamo Minsk hockey club is aware of the situation with the charges brought against Dube in Canada. Dillon has pleaded not guilty to the charges, is not hiding from the authorities and is participating in the hearings on the case. Since the case is at the trial stage, and also guided by the presumption of innocence, the club refrains from further comment on this matter,"
Dube, along with Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote, and Alex Formenton have all been charged with assault stemming from an alleged incident at a party celebrating Canada's gold medal win at the 2018 World Juniors a couple of months after the victory. None of the allegations have been proven in court, and all five have said they will plead not guilty. Formenton left the NHL before the beginning of last season to play in Europe. The other four all took leaves of absence from their respective NHL teams in February of this year. They are all now free agents after not getting NHL qualifying offers.
It was expected that Hart would be the most likely candidate to sign a deal outside of the NHL. So far, that hasn't happened. Dube played for Team Canada twice at the World Juniors, winning silver in 2017 along with the gold in 2018.
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JUILLET 2 | 78 ANSWERS Dillon Dube signs new contract outside of the NHL How do you feel about former Calgary Flames player Dillon Dube signing in the KHL? | ||
| I don't like it | 17 | 21.8 % |
| It's fine, he hasn't been convicted of anything | 50 | 64.1 % |
| I'm not sure | 11 | 14.1 % |
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