Speculation: Letang: Is he traded and/or Does he chase?

[Buddy Bizarre]

Maybe I got my years wrong. Hainsey was big for us too. But Daley basically revamped our defense on his own that one run.

Yea the Championship years can get confusing. But I always go by what year they won the Cup in. So the 20215-2016 Pens won their 1st Cup, but it's generally referred to as the 2016 Pens.

I still can't say it was 1 player that transformed the team. It was everything: Horny, Kessel, Hags, Daley, Sullivan, etc - all had a hand in changing the culture of the team.

Here is the roster with Daley on it from that year.

Pittsburgh Penguins 2016-17 roster and scoring statistics at hockeydb.com

The roster, scoring and goaltender statistics for the 2016-17 Pittsburgh Penguins playing in the NHL.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I think he LTIRetires here.

I could see a Price + for Letang trade.

They get out of LTIR on Price at 10.5 for a year. We get an asset and they get a veteran RD. Put him on the 2nd or 3rd pairing playing 18 a night for a couple of years. I could see that be something they would be interested in.

 

[Sidgeni Malkby]

Kris Letang has been a Penguin for nearly 20 years and is the franchise record holder at pretty much everything for a defenseman.

He was a huge part of two cup wins and three finals runs.

Bizarre take.

I put Letang in the same boat as Fleury.

I respect Letang like crazy, and have no issue with him retiring here, but sorry...he's still not in the same league as Geno/Sid.

 

[Sidgeni Malkby]

We won in 2017 because we got Daley for basically free and he turned into a stud defenseman for us. White-knuckled defense about sums that run up.

Daley and Schultz both stud reclamation projects!! It was awesome!

Why does it feel disrespectful to you guys to state that we won without Letang?

 

[Zirakzigil]

Daley and Schultz both stud reclamation projects!! It was awesome!

Why does it feel disrespectful to you guys to state that we won without Letang?

You got it opposite. Its disrespectful to say the Pens would of won back to back cups without Letang. He was playing around a Norris level then.

 

[pistolpete11]

I always hate the "we won in '17 without Letang" takes.

Yeah, we won. But we white-knuckled it almost the entire time with a patch work blue line held together with duct tape and chewed up bubble gum. We got absolutely caved in the finals and PDOd our little hearts out in order to win. The team in '16 (you know, with Letang) was worlds better.

Yeah, that run should be remembered for how great Sid, Geno, and Murray/Fleury were. Not what the defense did without Letang.

Still, I don't put Letang in the same tier as Sid and Geno. He deserves to retire here if he wants, probably will get his number retired, but it's the Crosby-Malkin era, not the Crosby-Malkin-Letang era.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Yeah, that run should be remembered for how great Sid, Geno, and Murray/Fleury were. Not what the defense did without Letang.

Still, I don't put Letang in the same tier as Sid and Geno. He deserves to retire here if he wants, probably will get his number retired, but it's the Crosby-Malkin era, not the Crosby-Malkin-Letang era.

Sid-Geno-Letang-Flower era

 

[plaidchuck]

Sid-Geno-Letang-Flower-Dupuis-Rust sillies

 

[HandshakeLine]

Don't forget Scuderi!

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

Don't forget Scuderi!

Believe me, I've tried.

 

[Andy99]

Wow, if true re this not being his last contract, Letang is delusional about his play lol…

What I’m hearing about Kris Letang’s future with Penguins

Letang's play is fading, but he still has three years remaining on his contract. How will the Penguins handle him going forward?

www.nytimes.com

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Wow, if true re this not being his last contract, Letang is delusional about his play lol…

What I’m hearing about Kris Letang’s future with Penguins

Letang's play is fading, but he still has three years remaining on his contract. How will the Penguins handle him going forward?

www.nytimes.com

Oh. Guess Letang's due to retire any second.

Also lol

 

[Gurglesons]

"Several team sources, who were granted anonymity to protect personal relationships, said Letang and his play were the source of incredible frustration for head coach Mike Sullivan and assistant coach David Quinn this past season. "

Oh okay... Yohe.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Lol. Good lord. Yohe's the worst.

 

[BusinessGoose]

Total bs article to drive engagement of reactionary clicks

 

[JackFr]

Any talk of trading or buying out or whatever-ing Letang is totally strange to me. We're trying to be bad and we have no right-handed defencemen once Karlsson is gone. Run him into the ground until either his contract is up or he LTIRetires! Let him eat as many minutes as he wants!

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Yeah, if anything, this team should be taking other organizations' Letangs at this point.

 

[pistolpete11]

Weren't they frustrated with Karlsson, too?

Maybe when the coaches can't get through to the top 2 defensemen, it's a sign there is a coaching problem?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Sullivan tried to turn EK into Paul Martin.

Letang's always been a stubborn donkey and age has eroded the only thing that made his game work; his athleticism.

 

[plaidchuck]

Yeah EK might have an uptick in his play if he stays. Letang needs less minutes.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Weren't they frustrated with Karlsson, too?

Maybe when the coaches can't get through to the top 2 defensemen, it's a sign there is a coaching problem?

We don't do that in Pittsburgh {blame any coaches}

 

[HandshakeLine]

Weren't they frustrated with Karlsson, too?

Maybe when the coaches can't get through to the top 2 defensemen, it's a sign there is a coaching problem?

Couldn't be! Jack Adams nominations don't come for free! I mean, I guess they do. Huh.

 

[Lust for Life]

I read that Yohe article and I now feel dumber. Like literally. And it wasn't a high bar to begin with.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I read that Yohe article and I now feel dumber. Like literally. And it wasn't a high bar to begin with.

If you re-read it enough times you turn into a Turbojungend once the forelobe of your brain is worn away by exposure to Josh Yohe.

 

[pistolpete11]

Couldn't be! Jack Adams nominations don't come for free! I mean, I guess they do. Huh.

Economics 101. There's No Such Thing As A Free Jack Adams

In this case, we're the ones who have had to pay the price