{"id":140825,"date":"2025-09-13T11:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/140825\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:05:09","slug":"insider-carter-hart-ruling-out-oilers-flyers-and-6-other-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/140825\/","title":{"rendered":"Insider: Carter Hart Ruling Out Oilers, Flyers and 6 Other Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=nhltradetalk.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-12_hr\">Carter Hart<\/a> is likely going to have a deal in place with an NHL team by October 1. He won\u2019t be able to sign it until October 15, but teams can talk to the goaltender as he eyes a return to the NHL. <\/p>\n<p>Among the teams that won\u2019t be in the mix are the Philadelphia Flyers, says Johnston. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Carter-Hart-Montreal-Canadiens-trade-rumors.jpg\" alt=\"Carter Hart Montreal Canadiens trade rumors\" class=\"wp-image-52718\"  \/>Goalie Carter Hart is already removing teams from his NHL return list<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6624342\/2025\/09\/12\/carter-hart-oilers-flyers-free-agency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NHL insider writes<\/a>, \u201cHis top priorities are finding a job with a clear chance to get a meaningful number of starts and playing for a team that can win.\u201d Johnston adds, \u201cHart is looking for a fresh start, which effectively rules out a return to Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/wrinkle-surfaces-as-oilers-fans-support-signing-reinstated-nhl-goalie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wrinkle Surfaces as Oilers Fans Support Signing Reinstated NHL Goalie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>All other Canadian cities are also reportedly not in the running. Johnston notes, \u201cHe\u2019s also almost certainly going to land with a U.S.-based team, per league sources.\u00a0\u201d That means the Edmonton Oilers are out, too. Understandably, Hart is likely going to try to distance himself from the backlash that will come in the Canadian market after he was part of a sexual allegations case while a member of Team Canada. The spotlight is bright in cities like Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and others. His focus will be on hockey, playing well, and trying to prove he\u2019s capable of getting a contract beyond the short-term one he signs. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat invalidates any notion of the Sherwood Park, Alta., native landing with his hometown Edmonton Oilers \u2014 a popular speculative home among some media and fans, but in reality not a good fit on either side of the equation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hart is expected to sign a two- or three-year NHL contract. He\u2019ll use the month from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15 to regain form, likely starting a few AHL games with Lehigh Valley before returning to the NHL in early December.<\/p>\n<p>Next: <a href=\"https:\/\/nhltradetalk.com\/fleurys-penguins-pto-likely-closes-door-on-link-to-oilers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fleury\u2019s Penguins PTO Likely Closes Door on Link to Oilers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NHLTradeTalkweblogo4.png\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Johnston of The Athletic reports that Carter Hart is likely going to have a deal in place&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433],"tags":[49,48,17788,448,82,2008],"class_list":{"0":"post-140825","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-carter-hart","11":"tag-nhl","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-top-story"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}