Posts About "Ville Leino"
Ville Leino Released From Dynamo Riga
December 16th, 2015 KHL club Dynamo Riga has had Ville Leino released from his contract with the club, they announced on Tuesday. Leino, a former 50-point scorer, has not played in the NHL since the 2013-14 season. Leino put up just three goals and nine assists through 39 games this season, his first with Riga. With the release, he sees the end of a a...
Ville Leino Signs With Dinamo Riga
July 23rd, 2015 Former NHLer Ville Leino will sign a deal with Dinamo Riga in the KHL, according to Igor Eronko of Sport-Express, who says the deal will be signed on Friday. The terms and length of the deal are unknown at this point. Leino was bought out of a six-year contract with the Buffalo Sabres following the 2013-14 season. The deal carried a...
Trade Analysis: Ville Leino
July 20th, 2015 The story behind Ville Leino’s NHL run is an interesting one. In 2008, the 24-year-old Leino was playing for Jokerit of the Finnish Elite League. He lead the team in scoring with 77 points in 55 games, was second in the league for scoring, and won the league’s MVP award, The Oskanen Award. His play was enough for him to be wooed by...
The Worst NHL Free Agent Contracts Since 2005
June 23rd, 2015 With the NHL free agent frenzy coming up in nearly a week, we look back to the worst contracts given out to free agents since 2005. Each year it seems, one player in the free agent market is severely overpaid for, causing fuss for that team down the road. Often, buyouts are the result of these terrible contracts, and careers can easily...
Sabres to Retire Third Jersey
March 21st, 2015 Ted Black, the President of the Buffalo Sabres, recently announced on WGR550 that this season will be the last for the Sabres third jersey. The jersey has been controversial since it was unveiled back on November 24, 2013. You can hear all of Ted Black's comments from his appearance on WGR5550 by clicking here. The Sabres third jersey...
Christian Ehrhoff's Tenure in Buffalo Comes to an End
June 29th, 2014 With their second and final compliance buyout, the Buffalo Sabres have decided to part ways with veteran defenseman Christian Ehrhoff. Ehrhoff becomes an unrestricted free agent while the Sabres are free from his giant contract. After a difficult season in Buffalo, Ehrhoff expressed his desire to move on from the Buffalo Sabres....
Buffalo Sabres Part Ways with Ville Leino
June 22nd, 2014 On July 1, 2011, the Buffalo Sabres signed free agent forward Ville Leino to a six year, $27 million contract. To put things mildly, Leino was unable to live up to his giant contract. After a season in which he scored no goals and only fifteen assists in fifty-eight games, GM Tim Murray decided the time had come to part ways with the...
Hockey News: LA Kings Dynasty; Booth, Leino on Waivers
June 19th, 2014 Oilers captain Andrew Ference is your 2014 King Clancy award winner. What exactly is Craig MacTavish doing? Edmonton is on a mission to improve their defence. Looking at last year's blueline, it won't be a tall task. Might they be looking at say, a Brian Campbell? Honoring the dynasty-esque Los Angeles Kings. The...
Buffalo Sabres Performance: Forwards
December 3rd, 2013 Overview: It’s no secret by now that the Sabres are not a good team. The core of the team that was once a playoff team has dissolved over the last few years. That will happen when you deal your star players and the Sabres did just that in a rebuilding effort: Jason Pominville to the Minnesota Wild for picks and prospects, Thomas Vanek...
The Buffalo Sabres And Your Fantasy Team
September 27th, 2013 Fantasy sports have become a huge element of every professional league including the NHL. The popularity is huge, men, women, young and old are testing their knowledge against each other every week for bragging rights and possibly cash. No matter the team, there is always value with certain players on the roster. While projections for...
Things That Must Go Right For The Buffalo Sabres In 2013-14
September 11th, 2013 With the new alignment in the NHL, things might get even tougher for the Buffalo Sabres this season. To begin, the sheer numbers of having eight teams in their new Atlantic Division, does not favour the Sabres who must be better than four teams to qualify for the playoffs. For the record, last season, they were only better than three...
Shawn Horcoff and the Plight of the Overpaid Player
June 14th, 2013 It's happens all the time, across all sports. No one is immune. In the billion dollar industry that is the NHL, there has to be accountability. When a player is handed multi-millions of dollars in salary, there are expected to perform. But General Managers need to be saved from themselves, and from player-agents who get their clients big...
This Day In History: "The Comeback"
May 14th, 2013 "It is a night they will talk about forever, and the Flyers all know it. For the record, it was May 14, 2010. It was the night when the Flyers did the impossible." - Rich Hofmann, Phila. Daily News "Peter Laviolette sat there and for several seconds, his eyes seemed to tear up. The coach appeared to be overcome by another, frantic...
