Acquitted world junior player Alex Formenton signs one-year deal with Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth $850,000 US.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: Sportsnet · Sep 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM ET
- Coverage span: 1h 18m
- Coverage: 3 reports from 3 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 2 → 3 publications in 59 min
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CBC NewsTier A
Acquitted world junior player Alex Formenton signs one-year deal with Edmonton Oilers(opens original report in a new tab)Global NewsTier B
Oilers sign acquitted 2018 World Juniors player Alex Formenton(opens original report in a new tab)Formenton, a 26-year-old native of Barrie, Ont., spent three seasons over the last four years with HC Ambri-Piotta in Switzerland. — Global News
SportsnetTier B
Oilers sign Alex Formenton to one-year contract(opens original report in a new tab)
How coverage developed
First report from Sportsnet
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Story updateCoverage went from 2 to 3 sources
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 88.1 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 32.1 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 11.1 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
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