Confirmed with Link: Penguins sign Matt Hunwick (3 years, $6.75 M | $2.25M AAV)

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[Le Magnifique 66]

I like it. Good replacement for Daley

 

[Shrimper]

I can live with that. Would have preferred a flat $2m each year but could be worse.

 

[wej20]

Not bad, would have preferred 2 years but think he'll be a solid guy for the bottom pairing.

 

[TNT87]

Is he a durable player?

 

[pensfansince88]

feels like over-payment but what do i know

 

[pokey10]

Marc Savard must hate the penguins even more now...

 

[Peat]

Is that a custom staggering of salary, or is that them trying to keep him tradeable in season 3 just in case?

Anyway, sounds like a decent deal to me. Welcome to Pittsburgh Matt, help us to help you win a ring.

 

[Shrimper]

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Is he RD?

 

[Jacob]

I think he'll be an adequate #6 that is comfortable with a lot of DZ starts and heavy-ish PK minutes.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Good player, I think the term is there because JR is afraid of losing Cole after next year. He's a good player, strong skater, good puck mover and good defensively.

 

[DegenX]

 

[Dying Alive]

So they got exactly what they needed without overspending or chasing a bigger name. I'm happy with it.

 

[orby]

Deal sounds reasonable to me. Third pairing guy for under 2.5 mil AAV.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Never paid much attention to him, but my wife (Leafs fan) just told me she wanted him back on the Leafs, that he's a pretty good player. She usually hates everyone, so that's a good sign.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Pretty solid deal for the Pens. Should work out well.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

The only thing I don't like is the third year.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Not bad.

 

[OnMyOwn]

Can skate, make a good pass and pk. Nothing to hate about this

 

[Woodrow]

Seems ok.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Leafs fans used to rag on this guy all the time, but whenever I watched the Leafs (which was a lot because I live in the TO area and their games are on all the time) I thought he was solid. Decent at moving the puck, decent skater, solid positionally. Basically just a solid guy to have on your bottom pairing.

 

[td_ice]

Sounds like a lesser Brian Dumoulin.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Again, we have 4 LD and 2 RD. Can Hunwick play the right side?

 

[Empoleon8771]

He's going to play RD here.