Hainsey to Leafs [2 years, $3.0mil AAV]

[Kin]

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[Redleaf]

A Hunwick replacement.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Worth noting that he played right side for Pittsburgh.

Probably a Polak replacement.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

With Pittsburgh (likely) signing Hunwick, the teams basically swapped defencemen. Wonder how Matt's contract compares to this one.

 

[Redleaf]

2 yr. contract. More details. ..

http://www.tsn.ca/leafs-have-two-year-deal-with-d-hainsey-1.794224

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Worth noting that he played right side for Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh only had 1 right-handed defenceman though, so that was entirely out of necessity.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

Over the past 2 seasons Hainsey's most frequent defence partner has been Justin Faulk. I believe their Slavin-Pesce pairing did a lot of the heavy lifting there but that's still top-4 minutes. So if he's coming in here to play bottom pairing minutes + tons of PK it'll of course put him in a much easier/more suitable role.

 

[Bender]

Is Hainsey still a good dman? Upgrade on Hunwick?

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[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

He's top five in the league in gud pro/60 too.

 

[Kin]

Rings in the room boys, rings in the room.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

This chart that herman posted in another thread the other day doesn't paint a great picture for Hainsey, at least in terms of neutral zone play:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/modern-day-defencemans-role-neutral-zone-play-driver/

With that said, he was playing top pairing minutes for the Stanley Cup champs.

 

[ZBBM]

This is very saltine.

 

[princedpw]

This chart that herman posted in another thread the other day doesn't paint a great picture for Hainsey, at least in terms of neutral zone play:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/modern-day-defencemans-role-neutral-zone-play-driver/

With that said, he was playing top pairing minutes for the Stanley Cup champs.

That is disappointing. 

 

[herman]

Do note that that chart is just this past playoffs run. Sample size is smallish, and Hainsey was playing elevated on a new squad.

That being said, ugh. I hope a Swede overtakes him.

 

[slapshot]

I don't mind it. He can play both sides of the ice, so a bit of a safety value on third pairing either way. Has decent size, good reputation and a solid, smart dressing room guy, and certainly stepped up when it counted last year. Plus he's been pretty durable over the past four years. Just wondering about the money side?

 

[princedpw]

Do note that that chart is just this past playoffs run. Sample size is smallish, and Hainsey was playing elevated on a new squad.

That being said, ugh. I hope a Swede overtakes him.

Ok -- didn't realize it was just playoffs. And Pittsburgh as a team got clobbered corsi-wise.

As long as the cap hit is low, commensurate with a 6th dman rate, I'll be fine. We need more NHL depth on D from someone cheap.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

As long as the cap hit is low, commensurate with a 6th dman rate, I'll be fine. We need more NHL depth on D from someone cheap.

It'll start with a 3 I'm sure.

 

[Guru Tugginmypuddah]

Hello, real gud pro.

 

[princedpw]

As long as the cap hit is low, commensurate with a 6th dman rate, I'll be fine. We need more NHL depth on D from someone cheap.

It'll start with a 3 I'm sure.

Hunwick signed for 2.25 in Pittsburgh... hainsey appears to be a downgrade in talent unfortunately.

 

[Bender]

As long as the cap hit is low, commensurate with a 6th dman rate, I'll be fine. We need more NHL depth on D from someone cheap.

It'll start with a 3 I'm sure.

Hunwick signed for 2.25 in Pittsburgh... hainsey appears to be a downgrade in talent unfortunately.

Really? But it's Hunwick!!

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