ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dillon Dube, the one remaining unsigned player among the many five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team who were acquitted of sexual assault within the high-profile case, has agreed to an American Hockey League skilled tryout with the St. Louis Blues.
General manager Doug Armstrong announced the take care of the 27-year-old on Wednesday.
Dube, fellow forwards Michael McLeod and Alex Formenton, defenseman Cal Foote and goaltender Carter Hart were found not guilty by a judge in London, Ont., after being charged in connection to an incident there in 2018.
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Hart with the Vegas Golden Knights is the just one who has played within the NHL for the reason that trial ended last summer and all five were reinstated.
Foote signed with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves last week, while Formenton is playing in Switzerland and McLeod within the Russia-based KHL.
The Blues said Dube would report back to the Springfield Thunderbirds after receiving his work visa. Dube played 42 games with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL last season. He was with the Calgary Flames from 2018-24.
St. Louis earlier this fall had signed winger Milan Lucic to an AHL PTO and released him from it.
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