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Pittsburgh Penguins sign defenseman Kris Letang to a 4 year deal

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced that defenseman Kris Letang was signed for four more years and seriously it’s about time Ray Shero started shoring up the Penguins defense for the future or for next year which ever comes first. The Sergei Gonchar vs Ray Shero signing has taken center stage and because of that there hasn’t been much talk about how the Pens could lose not just their core defense, but also their main prospects next year. All 8 of the players that have seen time on defense in a Pittsburgh Penguins uniform are unrestricted free agents next year.

 

With the signing of Letang, the Pens now have  3 defensemen signed for next year, Orpik, Goligoski and Letang. It has been reported that Kris Letang got $3.5 million a year by ESPN.   Rob Scuderi got a contract last year with LA for $13.6 million for four years and he was an average defenseman, which they are finding out about now with his no goals 10 assists.  Though Letang is less experienced than Scuderi, I would take him for $14 mil for four years ahead of Scuderi any day of the week

Here is the players salaries and next years status:

Here are the Pittsburgh Penguins defensive stats so far this year: 

GP G A PTS +/-“ PM
Sergei Gonchar 57 10 34 44 -7 49
Alex Goligoski 63 7 24 31 5 22
Kris Letang 67 3 24 27 3 47
Brooks Orpik 68 1 23 24 9 62
Mark Eaton 73 3 11 14 4 26
Jay McKee 59 1 9 10 6 54
Jordan Leopold 14 0 4 4 5 2
Ben Lovejoy 12 0 3 3 8 2
Deryk Engelland 9 0 2 2 -2 17
Nathan Guenin 2 0 0 0 -2 0

Additional Reading:
Penguins Sign Defenseman Kris Letang to Four-Year Contract
It’s time to start shoring up the Pittsburgh Penguins Defense

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Phil Krundle

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