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.

 

[Miro4Norris]

As a Pens fan, I'll take the guy who is NHL level player.. Letang AINEC Karlsson's defense is by far the worst i've ever seen in my life.. and i'm watching Finnish Liiga as well.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think this has to be Letang due to his lower AAV. Regardless of how you want to argue Letang vs Karlsson, Karlsson is factually not worth $3.9 million more than Letang.

Both have gross contracts though, that 4 years of term left on Letang's deal is ugly. Karlsson's AAV is obviously gross but Letang's term is also gross.

 

[SomeDude]

 

[norrisnick]

Gun to my head?


I take the bullet....