# Journalist: Oilers shouldn’t be surprised by criticism over Formenton deal

https://mins.news/en/video/53842

- CBC News, 2026-09-11 00:39 UTC
- Sports
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4wZWsLUbQ

> The Edmonton Oilers sparked controversy Wednesday by signing Alex Formenton to a one-year contract. Formenton was one of five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team charged with sexual assault over an encounter with a woman after a Hockey Canada gala in London, Ont.; he was acquitted last year. Former Athletic writer Daniel Nugent-Bowman says his actions were not “a mistake.”

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