Posts About "Kris Letang"
Penguins' Letang & Murray Hit Milestones
October 21st, 2018 On Thursday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins visited the Toronto Maple Leafs for the first game of a four-game road trip across Canada. It wasn't just Penguins goaltender Matt Murray's return to the ice after missing some time with a concussion, but Maple Leafs netminder Frederik Andersen made his first appearance back in the net since...
Penguins Pulpit: Letang, Dumoulin, Malkin & Murray
October 20th, 2018 It can't be easy for the Pittsburgh Penguins to get into a rhythm right now. Since opening their season on Oct. 4, they've played just six games in 15 days, or once every three days. Week three of the season was no exception, as the Penguins had another two-game slate. On Tuesday night, the Penguins forgot to show up and were lucky to...
Penguins' Unique School of Defense
October 8th, 2018 The Pittsburgh Penguins are excellent at rehabilitating defensemen. But it's also rare to see them praised for their defense: especially coming off a 7-6 overtime win against the Washington Capitals, an opener that felt like an early 90's time warp. Even Sidney Crosby couldn't contain his excitement when he referred to "old...
Penguins Pulpit: Letang's New Record
October 8th, 2018 For the first time since the 2015-16 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins weren't entering as the defending Stanley Cup Champions. Instead, they were looking to get revenge for their second-round defeat at the hands of the Washington Capitals — the new defending champs. They were given an early chance to do so, opening the 2018-19 schedule...
Pittsburgh Penguins 2018-19 Season Preview
September 25th, 2018 After becoming the first team to repeat as Stanley Cup Champions in the salary cap era, the Pittsburgh Penguins entered the 2017-18 season with the chance to three-peat, the first opportunity since the 1980-83 New York Islanders. In the offseason, they lost Nick Bonino, Chris Kunitz, Marc-Andre Fleury, Matt Cullen and Trevor Daley. It...
Is Kris Letang Elite?
September 24th, 2018 Pittsburgh Penguins' number one defenseman Kris Letang is one of the more divisive players in the league. Some recognize his offensive abilities as being among the best for a defenseman in addition to his importance to a defense that's been lackluster at times, and consider him among the game's elite. They also point to his role on two...
