Speculation: Letang Doesn't Close Door to Trade, 'It's a Business'

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Everybody moves, dude

Actually, no.

 

[Epic Neal Time]

At the same age, Duncan Keith returned Caleb Jones and a 3rd round pick. He had1.5 less years on his deal (2 years vs. 3.5 years) and ~600k less AAV (5.5M vs 6.1M). That would be the ceiling. Lower-lineup RFA-aged player + 3rd.

Montreal is probably the favorite landing spot if it were to happen, so the equivalent I guess would be Struble + 3rd. Don't expect more if it does go down, which is why I think it won't. Letang is probably more valuable as a tank commander and vet for the eventual youth movement to lean on. Contract isn't a problem for Pittsburgh with what the team will look like over the next few years.

 

[PenguinSuitedUp]

Every single cup winning team in the cap era, their best player nucleus are always 31 and under. Lidstrom and hossa were older when they won, but they also had prime Kane, Toews, Keith, Datsyuk and Zetterberg. You don’t win a cup where a majority of your good players are in their 30’s, ever. Not in a cap world anyway

And as we all know, 1 is the majority. Because math.

The “reporter” quoted here already adjusted his story and title and deleted the tweet quoted in OP.

When I read it originally I took it as Letang saying it’s a business and whatever happens, happens referring to the possibility of losing teammates at the deadline.

For reference, this is the moron who tried to say Hornqvist was mad with the Penguins because someone sent a photo of him drying his equipment in his driveway during the offseason.

He makes Eklund look like Bob McKenzie.

I wish he was right as it would be huge to get out of Letang’s deal, but he’s wrong. Always wrong. Always making a story about nothing to get clicks for his tabloid level garbage blog.

I actually don’t know if it’s huge to get out of any of our contracts. We don’t need the cap space for the next few years.

 

[The Old Master]

point of info. Tanger was talking about his teammates not himself.