Coyotes buy out Ribeiro

The Arizona Coyotes initiated a buyout of the final three years of centre Mike Ribeiro’s contract on Friday, parting ways with their top off-season acquisition from a year ago. “Mike had some real behavioural issues we felt we could not tolerate going forward,” Coyotes general manager Don Maloney said. The Coyotes had sought a playmaking centre for years and appeared to have landed one when they signed Ribeiro to a four-year, $22 million contract last off-season.