Sabres GM Murray: 'Very good possibility' that Ville Leino's contract will be bought out

Buffalo Sabres general manager Tim Murray has started writing up an offseason to-do list, and it appears as though contract removal may be high up on the page.

As per Pro Hockey Talk, the Sabres have yet to use one of their two compliance buyouts, whereby "the salary-cap charge is completely wiped clean, but the team must pay two-thirds of the remaining contract across twice the remaining term of the deal."

If they choose this route, the Sabres would free themselves of a $4.5 million cap hit over the next three seasons, but would be paying Leino $1.22 million per season until 2020.