[Sportsnet] Despite signing him on July 1st, the Coyotes have placed Alex Galchenyuk on unconditional waivers for purposes of terminating his contract.

Official Statement from Bill Armstrong, Arizona Coyotes GM according to @mcclxsky on twitter:

“I’d heard somewhere that he was a point per game player in Colorado last season, so we signed him.

Then, this morning… the dial-up’s a little spotty at the Mullett but I noticed my staff had been conglomerating on the other side of the building near a window where they could tether to the wifi from the Starbucks across the street. I hadn’t been online in weeks. I’d brought my laptop over there earlier today and finally had a chance to look this kid up on hockeydb. I realized ‘shit, it was the Colorado Eagles, not the Avalanche.’

It was a tough decision to let Alex go. We had to factor in the cost of both terminating the contract and making a long distance call to the NHL office. Our capologist, who’s great with money by the way - best in the league, Id argue - suggested I just call them collect and announce the termination super quickly when I record my name, so that’s what we did.

If any of you have a chance to talk to Alex, please let him know.”