Per Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lehtera will play for SKA St. Petersburg of the KHL in 2019-20.

Lehtera was given a four-month suspended sentence and won't face any jail time for his involvement in a criminal case in his native Finland, Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Lehtera was placed on waivers by the Flyers on Wednesday.

Lehtera -- who had been held out of the lineup while facing charges in Finland -- logged : of ice time against Minnesota on Monday.

While Lehtera has been charged in connection to a cocaine ring in his native Finland, he maintains that he's done nothing wrong and vows to his clear his name, Dave Isaac of NHL.com reports.

Lehtera was officially charged in connection with a drug distribution case in Finland, Sam Carchidi of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

Lehtera will be a healthy scratch for Thursday's game against the Predators.

Lehtera (coach's decision) was on the ice at Thursday's morning skate, albeit as an extra skater, Dave Isaac of the Courier Post reports.

Lehtera has no points and a minus-5 rating in his last six games dating back to Nov. 10.

Lehtera was a healthy scratch Friday against the Rangers.