The Buffalo Sabres announced this morning that they’ve placed Patrik Berglund on unconditional waivers for the purposes of terminating the contract.
Berglund had been suspended since Saturday when he failed to show up for the team flight to D.C. on Friday. The disgruntled forward made it known that he no longer wanted to play in Buffalo and the Sabres have now obliged to his request prior to the roster freeze going into effect tonight.
The 30-year-old forward had three years at a $3.85 million cap hit remaining on his deal. When the contract is terminated, that cap hit will come off the Sabres salary cap with no repercussions.