{"id":47895,"date":"2019-07-01T09:44:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=47895"},"modified":"2019-07-01T09:44:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T13:44:54","slug":"report-ron-hainsey-signs-with-ottawa-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/07\/01\/report-ron-hainsey-signs-with-ottawa-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ron Hainsey Signs With Ottawa Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced today that free agent defenseman <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hainsro01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ron Hainsey <\/a><\/strong>will reportedly sign with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a>. TSN&#8217;s Bob McKenzie reported the deal first. Terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Let\u2019s keep the OTT-TOR theme going here: Expect OTT to sign veteran defenceman Ron Hainsey and forward Tyler Ennis to contracts today. Both, of course, played in TOR last season.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TSNBobMcKenzie\/status\/1145683171872321537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ron Hainsey to Sign with Ottawa<\/h2>\n<p>Over his 16-year NHL career, Hainsey has played for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/canadiens\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Montreal Canadiens<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/blue-jackets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Columbus Blue Jackets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Thrashers\/Winnipeg Jets<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/hurricanes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/maple-leafs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Maple Leafs<\/a>. He has put up 58\u00a0goals and 241\u00a0assists for 299\u00a0career points in 1068\u00a0career games. He was originally drafted in the 1st round, 13th\u00a0overall of the 2000\u00a0NHL Draft by the Canadiens.<\/p>\n<p>Last season he scored five goals and 18 assists for 23 points. He also added 21 minutes in penalties. His possession numbers were 48.9 percent Corsi\u00a0and a relative Corsi of -4.2%. In the playoffs with Toronto, he tallied only one assist in seven games.<\/p>\n<p>His best season offensively came in 2008-09 with the Thrashers, tallying 39 points in 81 games. He was also part of the 2016-17 Stanley Cup Champion Pittsburgh Penguins.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Ron Hainsey is a dependable, veteran presence on the blueline. Ottawa will like having the veteran blue-liner.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s not much else to say other than that. While solid, he&#8217;s 38 years old and his offensive game is non-existent, tallying nine goals over the past two seasons. He&#8217;s a plug-in player for this team,\u00a0best suited in a bottom-six role. Playoff experience is not something you&#8217;re really getting with him, either. His first playoff experience was in 2017,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/06\/12\/stanley-cup-victory-special-one-hainsey-cullen\/\" target=\"_self\">winning the Cup with Pittsburgh<\/a>.\u00a0However, he hasn&#8217;t lost everything. While lagging behind the top players of today, he still has mobility moving up the ice.<\/p>\n<p>He comes with his downsides, though. He tires easily, and his big-minute days are over as evidenced by his out-of-position play with the Leafs. His defense-first nature can sometimes lead him to have a one-track mind, leading him to be stationary in the defensive zone.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/05\/ron-hainsey-of-the-toronto-maple-leafs-looks-on-during-the-third-of-picture-id1143838491.jpg\" alt=\"\">BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS &#8211; APRIL 19: Ron Hainsey #2 of the Toronto Maple Leafs looks on during the third period of Game Five of the Eastern Conference First Round during the 2019 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden on April 19, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. The Maple Leafs defeat the Bruins 2-1. (Photo by Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was announced today that free agent defenseman Ron Hainsey will reportedly sign with the Ottawa Senators. TSN&#8217;s Bob McKenzie reported the deal first. Terms of the deal are yet to be disclosed. Let\u2019s keep the OTT-TOR theme going here: Expect OTT to sign veteran defenceman Ron Hainsey and forward Tyler Ennis to contracts today. 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