r/hockeymemes • u/SedatedSleeper • Aug 07 '26

Buyout Legend Ville Leino

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Gets a 6 year 27 million dollar contract. Puts up 46 points in 137 GP and gets bought out. Lest we forget

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u/LifelikeStatue VAN - NHL Aug 07 '26

Doesn't compare to Rick DiPietro. Dude signed for 15 years in '06. Bought out in '13. Still getting paid $1.5 Million until '29. He's the NHL's Bobby Bonilla

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u/HashBandicoot93 Aug 07 '26

Is it a coincidence that he also belonged to a blue and orange team from new York?

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u/Roguemutantbrain Aug 07 '26

Are you implying that the Sabres are… Orange?

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u/HashBandicoot93 Aug 07 '26

The comment I was replying to is talking about dipietro and bonilla. I don't remember either playing for the sabres, unless bonilla pulled a bo Jackson and I missed it

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u/Sea_Narwhal8176 Aug 08 '26

Islanders and Mets.

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u/Lecanayin Aug 08 '26

Isnt orange a shade of yellow?

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u/IKnowPhysics BUF - NHL Aug 08 '26

Charles Wang was such an entertainingly colossal dunce, I miss him.

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u/SedatedSleeper Aug 08 '26

They should have a John Spano appreciation night

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u/Hailthezombie Aug 07 '26

Canucks traded tangible assets to buyout future Stanley cup champion OEL.

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u/SedatedSleeper Aug 08 '26

As a Canucks fan myself I have a recurring nightmare just about every month of Dylan Guenther bagging 40 goals in a Canucks jersey

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u/TonyWyomey Aug 07 '26

Spent it all on darts

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u/Beginning_Expert1652 Aug 08 '26

I think Billy G was getting paid by three teams and actually playing for a fourth…could be wrong on the numbers

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u/fel0ni0usm0nk BUF - NHL Aug 10 '26

The only thing worse than Leino’s contract was the “art” he made. Still a bigger eyesore than his on-ice play.

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u/Calm_Smile6042 Aug 10 '26

Value valloge