The Arizona Coyotes have positioned ahead Adam Ruzicka on unconditional waivers with the intention to terminate his contract, according to an announcement from the team. The Coyotes additionally said that the staff could have no additional remark at the moment.

The roster transfer comes after Ruzicka posted a video on social media that confirmed himself with a white powder substance that gave the impression to be cocaine and a bank card on a counter.

Ruzicka is presently within the second season of a two-year deal that’s price $1.525 million in complete. The 24-year-old ahead was claimed off of waiver from the Calgary Flames by the Coyotes on Jan. 25. In three video games with Arizona, the Slovakian ahead had registered no factors in three video games.

Ruzicka has appeared in 117 NHL video games since breaking into the NHL again in April 2021.

Ruzicka is the second NHL participant that has had his contract terminated by the league. Veteran ahead Corey Perry had his contract terminated by the Chicago Blackhawks after they said that Perry violated office insurance policies. Perry has since signed with the Edmonton Oilers.

The NHL has handled related conduct in the case of a participant prior to now. Washington Capitals winger Evgeny Kuznetsov was suspended for 3 video games again in 2019 for “inappropriate conduct” after he examined optimistic for cocaine. Kuznetsov had confronted allegations of drug use on the world championships that 12 months after a video surfaced on social media that confirmed him near a desk with strains of white powder and American greenback payments.