While everyone already had a pretty good idea of what was happening anyway, TSN has now confirmed the name of all five players asked to turn themselves in to police in London, Ont., in connection with an investigation into an alleged assault. All five were members of Team Canada that won gold at the 2018 World Juniors. While no one is happy with the situation, Calgary Flames fans in particular are blasting their organization for how it worded a recent announcement connected to the incident.
The five players told to surrender to London Police are Alex Formenton (Ambri-Piotta), Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers), Michael McLeod (New Jersey Devils), Cal Foote (NJD), and Dillon Dube (Calgary Flames). All five took leaves of absence from their teams over the last nine days. The four others didn't specify a reason for the leave. but the Calgary Flames did, saying Dube was attending to his mental health.
If option 3 is the correct one, it's a terrible look for the Calgary Flames and the NHL itself. I have a hard time believing that the teams involved knew nothing of what was going on before the leaves were taken. I'm certain that will come out at some point, especially if the league starts getting questions from reporters.
