It's odd seeing Pens fans so delighted in getting Hunwick for 3 years. Leafs D is terrible to them-except when they sign one of them. Hainsey played over 20 minutes a night and they won a cup. Pens fans should be delighted he played a bigger role and thrived when expectations were much lower when the team traded for him.
Pens said "thanks but no thanks" to Hainsey.
After seeing how much their defense struggled in the playoffs with moving the puck up ice while getting hemmed in their own zone and how much Murray was a shooting gallery needing to bail them out.
Particularly against Nashville the Pens would go 10, 15 and sometimes 20 minutes without a shot on net, while Murray was shelled.
Playoff Icetime.
Hainsey = 21:07 TOI/g verses Hunwick = 25:39.
Take the 5 years younger in age and $750k savings for a bottom pairing Dman capable of playing +20 minutes a night if needed.