Confirmed with Link: UPDATE: Contract Terminated - Arizona signs Alex Galchenyuk - 1 year, 2-way, 775k contract

[Jagged Ice]

ChEcK bOuNcEd, nO ArEnA, MoVe ThEm tO QuEbEc wHeRe tHeRe aRe mOrE thAn fIvE fAnS.

 

[TheLegend]

If the PA is involved.... something strange is happening at the Circle K.

 

[lanky]

If the PA is involved.... something strange is happening at the Circle K.

So Gally wasn't on board with the termination.
Dang. We don't need drama.

 

[RABBIT]

Whatever it is, I hope we didn’t completely forego the Player Assistance Program and move directly to a buyout.

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Chances are Gally is in some legal trouble and the Yotes feel they have cause for this. Can't stay out of the news, can we

 

[Jakey53]

If the PA is involved.... something strange is happening at the Circle K.

So much for three times a charm.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Uh oh. The "No further comment" line is classic crisis comms verbiage for something serious.

 

[Sinurgy]

Uh oh. The "No further comment" line is classic crisis comms verbiage for something serious.

100%

Whatever is about to come out, it's not good.

 

[Coyotedroppings]

So much for three times a charm.

Do I hear a fourth!

 

[Dr VinnyBoombatz]

I just hope this time that Management is 100% correct and so the drama shifts directly to Gally, rather than the organization

 

[JasonDemersWasOkay]

I don’t see how management could be at fault with this. They signed him, he did something or it came out that he has done something bad, and they cut ties to get ahead of it. It’s not mental health or substance abuse because they would have put him in that program. He did something bad.

Guess we’ll see

 

[MayDayMayDay]

Uuugh. *in classic Kenan Thompson "Kenan and Kel" voice: WHY?!

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I'm most interested to see what the Players' Association says.

 

[seventieslord]

I don’t see how management could be at fault with this. They signed him, he did something or it came out that he has done something bad, and they cut ties to get ahead of it. It’s not mental health or substance abuse because they would have put him in that program. He did something bad.

Guess we’ll see

Is it just finally coming out that he was a Habs double agent in the 201 series against Toronto, maybe?

 

[MayDayMayDay]

 

[RABBIT]

I just hope involved are okay. I could honestly give a shit about if this makes the organization look bad. Just hope whatever it is has a positive resolution to all involved

 

[GhostofTommyBolin]

 

[AZDesertKnight]

Mike Ribeiro pt 2?

 

[Bonsai Tree]

Does this team ever, ever do it due diligence?

 

[XX]

Mike Ribeiro pt 2?

He would go into the SA program if that was the case.

Reads to me like he has some sort of ongoing legal situation that he didn't disclose. The allowed paths to termination when it's not mutual are pretty narrow for clubs. I just hope there are no victims.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

Does this team ever, ever do it due diligence?

There do seem to be some concerning blind spots in the organization generally.

Reads to me like he has some sort of ongoing legal situation that he didn't disclose. The allowed paths to termination when it's not mutual are pretty narrow for clubs. I just hope there are no victims.

Something that spurs the team to an outright contract termination 12 days after signing has got to be pretty damned bad for them to be willing to take a PR hit this big, not to mention risking running afoul of the NHLPA. If it wasn't serious, they'd just bury him in the AHL for the year.

 

[rt]

“Coyotes had discovered an "off-ice situation" impacting Galchenyuk that was previously unknown to the team.”

Sounds like he failed to disclose an issue when he signed, that would’ve caused them to otherwise not sign him if they had known.

 

[AZDesertKnight]

“Coyotes had discovered an "off-ice situation" impacting Galchenyuk that was previously unknown to the team.”

Sounds like he failed to disclose an issue when he signed, that would’ve caused them to otherwise not sign him if they had known.

I mean, does the team or do teams run background checks or rely on players/agents to be open and honest?

 

[Prarievarg]

Strange.

Does the team really have to tweet about the contract termination? I mean if the organization is at fault, would they? And if it's to get ahead of the story, the 'no further comment' would not be enough.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I mean, does the team or do teams run background checks or rely on players/agents to be open and honest?

Common sense would say that when you're dealing with salaries starting in the high six figures, you would run background checks, do due diligence, etc. That's how it works in regular business. But this is sports, and there is an incredible amount of leeway in those areas that you won't find for "normies" because of sheer amount of revenue they generate for the organization. Also, with the nature of trades and so forth, sometimes things happen too fast for a really good background check, so a lot of these decisions are made with the gut rather than information.

That said, a well-run organization would definitely have sussed out something really serious.