Last week, the Arizona Coyotes surprised everyone by placing Alex Galchenyuk on waivers to terminate his contract. At the time, no one understood why. It was revealed shortly thereafter that Galchenyuk was arrested on July 9th following a hit-and-run incident causing property damage. He was also charged with disorderly conduct, failure to obey, and resisting arrest and, according to the report, was threatening officers who showed up to the scene.
In the report from the Scottsdale Police Department, Galchenyuk had told officers "I'm gunna chop [up] you, your wife, your daughter," while also being overheard as saying "One phone call and you're all dead, your whole family, your bloodline is dead."
Galchenyuk, who was released on July 10th, released a statement this afternoon regarding the incident on his personal Twitter account.
