No they don't, they need good defensemen. Honka isn't better than what they already have.
If Honka isn't waiver exempt, this deal doesn't make any sense for the Penguins. They already have 8 NHL defensemen with Schultz healthy. They don't need another depth defenseman, they need better than what they already have. When healthy, they already have:
Dumoulin-Letang
Riikola-Schultz
Maatta-Johnson
Oleksiak-Ruhwedel
All of those guys minus Riikola are waiver eligible, and Riikola is better than Honka.
Does this mean that Oleksiak is not a regular anymore... I was hoping that he had been able to make the transition to a regular player... ala Nameth.
Good idea OP, could actually see that working for both sides