The infamous Alex Galchenyuk started looking for a job in Russia. The day before, the local agency Winners announced that he now represents the striker. “The Winners team has an important announcement! Dear (or not) pseudo-agents, stop hanging up the club phones, save your energy for someone else! Alex Galchenyuk is now represented by the Winners agency. Welcome to the team, ”he reads the agency’s message on his Telegram channel.
Just over two weeks ago, Galchenyuk was detained in the United States. He was charged with several charges at once: assault on private property, disobedience to law enforcement, and threats. According to a Scottsdale Police Department report, Galchenyuk, driving a car, crashed into a traffic sign and then threatened police, citing connections in Moscow. “I’m going to cut you, your wife, your daughter” <…> “One call and you’re dead, your whole family, your relatives will be dead,” this is how the police reproduced the rapist’s monologue.
More details of the case:
“He referred to the connections in Moscow.” Details of the scandalous case of Galchenyuk in the hockey results of the day
The hockey player was released on bail. The Arizona Coyotes, who signed Galchenyuk to a contract in early July, rescinded the deal. The club exercised the right to terminate the contract for breach of its terms.
Galchenyuk apologized to the police: “I appreciate and respect each of you and I want you to know that I will work on myself every day with the goal of one day being able to make amends and try to earn your forgiveness.”
Appealing to the feelings of the police did not help Galchenyuk make amends, before the league, for sure. The NHL doesn’t usually condone such absurd acts off the ice, and judging by the fact that Alex is considering employment options in Russia, his problem was no exception: the road to the best league in the world is now closed. However, at this time it is not clear how, given a written commitment not to leave, Galchenyuk will be able to leave the United States.
The KHL, in turn, is ready to ignore Galchenyuk’s offenses. At present, any legionnaire in the Russian latitudes is a rarity in the Red Book and a sign of great luck. Apparently, trying not to scare her, the general director of Salavat, Rinat Bashirov, has already had time to doubt the validity of the police report: “It is difficult to judge a person, a situation, without fully knowing it. Everything can be there. The interpretation of the same policemen can also be different. Although it is difficult to judge. Let’s see how the person will be ready.
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The Ufa club does not hide that it is ready to negotiate with Galchenyuk, although Bashirov did not express firm confidence that the team needed the striker. In theory, a creative striker would suit Salavat very well. Viktor Kozlov has almost no players at his disposal who claim to be a playmaker, and besides, after the departure of Alexander Kadeikin in Ufa, the central axis was fatally weakened. Galchenyuk fits the needs of the team and the necessary skills, and the role of him.
Another organization they are probably considering inviting Alex to is Avangard. In the off-season, the Siberians lost two of the top 6 players (Tolchinsky and Gritsyuk), and the fate of two more (Tkachev and Knight) is a big unknown. If the Canadian still leaves Omsk, then the first center of the team will be Valentin Pyanov, who did not have a similar experience even in Siberia.
However, if Knight is still around, getting Galchenyuk on the team won’t be at least a serious problem. By the way, Alex is well acquainted with the best sniper “hawks” Reid Boucher. In the first tenths, together with Nail Yakupov, they played in the same trio – for Sarnia of the Ontario Hockey League.
Now Yakupov has returned home:
Yakupov explained why he decided to return to Neftekhimik
According to rumors, agents offer Galchenyuk to various KHL clubs, and according to rumors, he refuses to go to Metallurg. Surely Ak Bars does not show interest in the lead, where the number of stars per square meter is already beyond the limits of decency. Avtomobilist and Dynamo Moscow have reached the limit for foreigners, Barys and Dynamo Minsk would hardly have refused the player, but Russian clubs will offer him much more money.
Last summer, CSKA tried to lure Galchenyuk into the KHL. Now the army team is focused on finding a legionary defender. If SKA still plans to enter the salary cap, it will also pass by. A shadow contender for Alex is Traktor, where there is a legionnaire opening. However, the top 6 striker is obviously needed more by Salavat and Avangard, and these clubs should become Galchenyuk’s main competitors.
True, no matter which team gets Alex, she must be aware of the full degree of risk. Who would be surprised if a hockey player with a difficult character and an ugly “credits” record poisons the atmosphere inside the team.
