Posts About "Ville Leino"
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...
