For a little over a month last year (late November to early January), he regularly played 20+ shifts for the Pens, and was around 17 to 22 minutes per game. +2 during that stretch and the team went 12-3.
Contract value aside, he looks like a decent, physical 3rd pairing guy that can eat up some extra minutes in a pinch. If he can smash a few faces along the way, all the better.
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