Who would you take - Erik Karlsson vs Kris Letang?

[biturbo19]

Between these two RH shooting Penguin Defencemen...age, contract, performance considered...which of the two would you rather have on your team?


Erik Karlsson (34): 3 Years x $9.999999999 repeating. We'll be generous and include the retention work the San Jose Sharks should be recognized for.

Kris Letang (37) : 4 Years x $6.1M.

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[bambamcam4ever]

Letang because he might LTIRetire first

 

[Shark Finn]

I'd probably take any defenceman with puck-moving ability to the Sharks at this point

 

[ijuka]

I'd easily take Karlsson. In the right situation, he could still be great. Letang is, well. His potential is nowhere near as high. And he's not exactly steady or stable himself. I feel like Letang's reputation is perhaps a bit inflated due to spending his entire career with Malkin and Crosby.

 

[Hisch13r]

I'd never want to see Letang play anywhere else.

 

[Coffee]

Karlsson is horrible and even the biggest penguins homers @SomeDude and @Empoleon8771 will tell you the same thing

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

EK because i've always loved the idea of Doughty playing shutdown and Karlsson going cleanup and yet having them both out when down by a goal

who cares if it's a 22 million dollar + pairing and they're geriatrics now

Also 3 years isn't nothing at that age, you're more likely to get a little bounceback from EK than you are from Letang. 37 is when guys crash hard, often.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Letang because he’ll retire sooner

 

[joestevens29]

Letang his wife isn’t a high maintenance bitch

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Letang doesn’t hurt a team as much.

 

[biturbo19]

Letang his wife isn’t a high maintenance bitch

Bonus to this poll...

We found Mike Hoffman's wife's Burner hfboards account.

I'd never want to see Letang play anywhere else.

This is actually a fair consideration. I think it'd be pretty swell to see Sid-Geno-Letang all retire as career Penguins. And i'm certainly not even a Penguin fan. I just think that kind of story is sweet and ultimately good for the game.