Waived: Ville Leino for purposes of Compliance Buy-Out

[vcv]

per Vogl:

@BuffNewsVogl: The Sabres are waiving Ville Leino today for the purpose of executing a compliance buyout.

https://twitter.com/BuffNewsVogl/status/478930161308811265

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[26CornerBlitz]

The long nightmare is just about over!

 

[TehDoak]

 

[Chainshot]

Watch him hurt his hip answering the phone call about this...

 

[Bosswally]

Our long national nightmare is over!!

 

[jBuds]

Good ****ing riddance.

13.5m on the cap over three years?

 

[TehDoak]

Watch him hurt his hip answering the reaching for his wallet to cash the 7 million check he just got

Fixed that for ya

 

[SabresFan26]

Glad that this is now official. I rather use his salary to sign good veteran leadership for the blueprint.

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

 

[Jim Bob]

 

[couture23]

Mission Accomplished!

 

[MayDayMayDay]

I'm so happy :')

 

[Jame]

Good ****ing riddance.

13.5m on the cap over three years?

compliance buyout, no cap hit

 

[Gabrielor]

Very soon we'll be hearing about how it's entirely the Sabres' fault why he didn't succeed.

 

[Moskau]

Must be a nice world to live in where you can be a ****** employee, call out your employer and fellow employees and then get paid almost $14 million dollars because you're so toxic to the working environment. Oh and likely get paid a few more million to go work for someone else.

 

[zbubble]

Must be a nice world to live in where you can be a ****** employee, call out your employer and fellow employees and then get paid almost $14 million dollars because you're so toxic to the working environment. Oh and likely get paid a few more million to go work for someone else.

Maybe the next lockout will be over guaranteed contracts.

 

[Jim Bob]

Everybody knows they are doing this to free up #23 for Samson, right?

 

[Paxon]

 

[JLewyB]

thank you new CBA.

 

[26CornerBlitz]

Sabres waive Ville Leino in first step toward buyout

As expected, the Sabres have placed Ville Leino on unconditional waivers and will be using a compliance buyout on the final three seasons of the Finn’s six-year, $27 million deal, ridding themselves of perhaps the worst contract in NHL history.

The breakdown of the $7,333,333 payout, according to capgeek.com:

– 2014-15: $1,722,222

– 2015-16: $2,222,222

– 2016-17: $2,222,222

– 2017-18: $1,222,222

– 2018-19: $1,222,222

– 2019-20: $1,222,222

 

[Tapu Coco]

Not much to say really. See ya ville

 

[jBuds]

compliance buyout, no cap hit

Okay... Fine with it. GTFO

 

[WNY to NoVA]

I know he sucks by just watching him, but sometimes perception can be misleading, so I like to double check my gut with stats....not helping him

I think the most damning:

3 seasons with Buffalo played 137 games

127 shots...

 

[jBuds]

Very soon we'll be hearing about how it's entirely the Sabres' fault why he didn't succeed.

I think we already heard that during the season and past poor performances.


- not enough pp time
- ****** linemates
- too much line fluctuation
- not enough encouragement from the coach
- can't play well in a year in which the team isn't supposed to succeed


Never once did you hear a simple "I have to play better"...

It was a disastrous experiment from the start, with "HE WAS A SENTERR IN BANTAMS IN FINLAND, surely he can play center in the NHL!"

 

[joshjull]

I know he sucks by just watching him, but sometimes perception can be misleading, so I like to double check my gut with stats....not helping him

I think the most damning:

3 seasons with Buffalo played 137 games

127 shots...

That is impressive.

I wish there was a stat called ignored/passed up scoring chance. He would dominate it