What's the process here? Have these five players been charged and are they talking trial(s)? If so, it seems to me the Flyers won't be seeing Hart for a very long time, if ever depending on the outcome. I'm not offering any opinions on whether he is innocent or guilty, just hope the fair things happen to all who may be involved in this.
However, these things are not always settled as black or white. The "outcome" may be grey, and then what do the respective franchises do? These athletes have worked hard to get where they are, but they are also lucky to be able to have such careers. As such, they are role models, especially for the younger generations. With that comes responsibility, and imho if they land in the "grey" area, it would be hard to completely dismiss all doubt and do franchises really want them then?
Over here across the pond we've had so many of these types of cases in football (soccer). Most of them, whether or not the players were guilty or not, resulted in their clubs letting them go (other clubs in different countries usually pick them up down the road). But I do t see that happening in the NHL. Mason Greenwood, Benjamin Mendy comes to mind as recent high profile examples. In both cases charges were dropped (key witness dropped out), but their careers were killed.