‘“Free agency starts first of July, and we’ll go from there,” Lehto said. “His priority is to play in the NHL. He knows he’s a very good NHL player. Obviously, the past two seasons have been just average, I would say, but I’m not going to go and try and analyze what happened. I mean, we’ll just look forward.”’
Archives for June 18, 2014
Ville Leino’s NHL career in jeopardy with Sabres planning buyout
‘It’s easy to forget now, but signing Leino, while risky, made some sense as free agency opened in 2011. Back then, the Sabres needed another scoring center as they loaded up for what they believed would be a long Stanley Cup run.’
AP sources: Sabres to buy out F Leino’s contract
‘The Sabres had high hopes for Leino to be a fixture on one of their top two lines.’
The Sabres waive Leino
‘Leino is still owed $11 million for the final three years of his contract. He will get 2/3 of that.’