Sabres Continue Spending Spree With $27 Million Offer To Leino

The spending spree in Buffalo continues under new owner Terry Pegula. In the department of spending money because they now have it, the Sabres inked one of the prized middle-level talent free agents available this offseason in the form of Ville Leino for the next six years at $27 million. He will see and count as a cap hit annually at $4.5 million - ranking third most among Sabres forwards in salary.

Leino was essentially finished in Philadelphia when the team needed to start losing salary in an effort to sign goaltender Ilya Byrzgalov ... and then Jaromir Jagr and Max Talbot.

Leino put up decent numbers last year with the Flyers by netting 19 goals and accumulating 53 points through 81 games. His playoff performance wasn't memorable, but the seven goals and 21 points he put up two years ago in the postseason was rather impressive.

But this is still an overpayment of sorts for a player that only has a few years of experience and lacks a consistent level of play. If this deal doesn't work out, the Sabres are going to be regretting it all the way through the 2016-17 campaign.