Kris Letang RUMORS & NEWS

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Defenseman Kris Letang and winger Craig Adams are not participating in the Penguins' game-day skate at Consol Energy Center today. There was no immediate explanation for that absence and their status for Game 2 of the Penguins' second-round playoff series against Ottawa tonight at 7:38 is not..." May 17

NHL.com "The field for the James Norris Memorial Trophy received a makeover this season. Kris Letang of the Pittsburgh Penguins, P.K. Subban of the Montreal Canadians and Ryan Suter of the Minnesota Wild are this year's finalists for the trophy awarded to the defenseman that shows the "greatest..." May 07

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Penguins winger James Neal returned to practice Sunday for the first time since he sustained a concussion April 5 -- if only for 18 minutes. Coach Dan Bylsma noted that Neal "joined us for just a few drills," but added, "That would be an indication of him moving along in his protocol." Neal, who..." April 22

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Defenseman Kris Letang's recovery from toe and groin injuries is taking longer than expected. Letang has played in one game since injuring his groin March 17 against Boston. After Letang broke a toe against Montreal on March 26, the Penguins announced he would miss seven to 10 days. He..." April 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins made three moves involving defensemen today. Kris Letang was placed back on injured reserve, Simon Despres was recalled from Wiikes-Barre/Scranton and Robert Bortuzzo was sent to Wilkes-Barre on a conditioning assignment. Letang returned from a leg injury for Tuesday's 1-0 win..." March 27

TSN.ca "The streaking Pittsburgh Penguins could get Evgeni Malkin back soon but could lose Kris Letang again. According to Renaud Lavoie of RDS, centre Evgeni Malkin, who was placed on injured reserve Sunday, retroactive to March 10, with an upper body injury, is expected to be back in the lineup..." March 27

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins will attempt to win their 10th consecutive game Tuesday night against Washington without two of their stars. Evgeni Malkin remains out with a shoulder injury, and defenseman Kris Letang is out with a lower-body injury. Letang's injury is not believed to be serious, and coach..." March 19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins' ninth consecutive victory did not come without a price. Defenseman Kris Letang, a catalyst at both ends of the rink during the team's March surge, sustained a lower-body injury during a 2-1 victory over the Boston Bruins at Consol Energy Center on Sunday. Letang was injured..." March 18

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Nine wasn't quite fine for the Penguins. Kris Letang, the NHL's scoring leader among defensemen, didn't finish a 2-1 win over the Boston Bruins on Sunday at Consol Energy Center. The Penguins reported Letang as having a lower-body injury. A late first-period goal by fourth-line center Joe..." March 17

Pro Hockey Talk "Kris Letang has missed Pittsburgh’s last two games and he’s going to miss at least one more tonight. The Penguins placed Letang on injured reserve retroactively to last Tuesday with a lower body injury. In his place, they’ve called up 2011 first-round pick and Pittsburgh native Joe Morrow." February 10

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Defenseman Kris Letang did not accompany the Penguins to Newark, N.J., and will miss a second consecutive game Saturday against the Devils. Letang, who was hurt during a win at Washington on Sunday, is considered day to day with a lower-body injury. • Upper St. Clair native Dylan Reese will..." February 09

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Say this for Penguins defenseman Kris Letang: He might not have supreme travel sense, but he isn't lazy. At the end of a whirlwind week that saw Letang spend four nights in Russia, the all-star defenseman arrived in Pittsburgh at 4 a.m. Friday and was attended a workout at Southpointe seven..." January 12

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Kris Letang clearly does not think of it as a wasted trip. Not when he was able to get in a few quality workouts. Not when he had a driver responsible for taking him anywhere he wanted to go in the city, whenever he wanted to go there. And, heck, not when he got his picture taken in a..." January 12

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Timing, it has been said, is everything, and Kris Letang's usually is pretty good. Monday morning, though, it seemed a bit peculiar. At best. Late Saturday night, the NHL locked out its players when the league's collective bargaining agreement expired. About 30 hours later, Letang made..." September 18

CSN Philly "It sounds like such a simple thing to do: get pucks deep. Get them behind the Penguins' defense. Make their defense go back and retrieve those pucks. Then hit them. And the key is to do that every time Kris Letang is on the ice. That's something the Flyers couldn't do..." April 13

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins didn't ask defenseman Kris Letang whether he was healthy enough to return to the lineup for a matinee Sunday against the Philadelphia Flyers. They didn't have to. "That's kind of me," Letang said after a 6-4 loss to the Flyers. "I told them I was ready to go." Letang had missed..." April 02

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "With Kris Letang's concussion history this season, the Penguins weren't taking any chances Sunday when he collided with New Jersey's Dainius Zubrus. They made him leave the game until he got cleared by a doctor. "We wouldn't put him [back] on the ice if he had any lingering effects until a..." March 28

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Dan Bylsma didn't try to sell his players on the importance of this game. He didn't have to. Bylsma knew they could read the standings and do the math. And mostly, that they understood that taking anything less than two points from the New York Rangers Thursday night would effectively, if..." March 16

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The two points weren't really that important. Kris Letang's health is. The Penguins' star defenseman left Wednesday's 4-3 win — Pascal Dupuis won it in a shootout — in Dallas with a head injury. Already having sustained a concussion earlier this season, Letang was drilled in the head by..." March 01

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Fittingly, as the capper to a four-day stretch over which he constantly unveiled a personality worthy of attention, Penguins center Evgeni Malkin delivered a wicked one-liner about his own teammate after the NHL All-Star Game on Sunday. Of course, defenseman Kris Letang was not a teammate of..." January 30

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Kris Letang lurched forward, eyes wide, and guffawed when he was told what a Penguins teammate had said about him 20 minutes earlier. "He's the best [defenseman] now in the league," center Evgeni Malkin declared. Letang, who along with Malkin and winger James Neal are representing the..." January 28

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins are guaranteed to have at least one player on the winning team Sunday in the NHL All-Star Game at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. At least one on the losing club, too. That is because their three representatives in the game -- center Evgeni Malkin, winger James Neal and defenseman..." January 27

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Kris Letang sat out 21 games while recovering from a concussion. It wasn't easy, especially when his teammates were struggling, but Letang realized that neither he nor the Penguins would benefit if he tried to come back too quickly. "You need your head for the rest of your life," he said..." January 20

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "While the Penguins got a day off Thursday in south Florida, general manager Ray Shero, who is not on this trip, kept busy talking about his slumping team and injured star center Sidney Crosby. The message was clear -- reason trumps panic. Shero ditched a notion that has gained popularity among..." January 13

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The 4-3 overtime victory Saturday night in Montreal, when the Penguins overcame a 3-1 deficit, was one of their most impressive of the season. It also might turn out to be one of the most costly. Two defensemen, Kris Letang and Zbynek Michalek , took hits to the head late in the third..." December 01

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins were without defensemen Kris Letang (broken nose) and Zbynek Michalek (undisclosed injury) on Tuesday night. Each player will be re-evaluated Wednesday in Pittsburgh for precautionary reasons, coach Dan Bylsma said after a 4-3 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square..." November 30

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The blind-side blow to the face defenseman Kris Letang absorbed Saturday from Montreal's Max Pacioretty broke his nose and compelled him to spend a lot of time with medical personnel the past few days. Even so, Letang doesn't seem to be carrying a grudge and said he believes the three-game..." November 30

Montreal Gazette "Max Pacioretty says he's sorry he delivered a hit to the head of Pittsburgh's Kris Letang with 3:14 remaining in regulation of Saturday's 4-3 overtime victory over the Canadiens which left the Pittsburgh Penguins defenceman bleeding heavily from a broken nose. He also says he apologized to the..." November 29

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Things can change quickly in this game, and the Penguins were reminded of that Saturday night. One moment, defenseman Kris Letang was in the Montreal zone, trying to get off a shot that would break a 3-3 tie at the Bell Centre late in the third period. The next, Letang was on the ice,..." November 28

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins have recalled defenseman Alexandre Picard from their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. Defenseman Kris Letang has an unspecified injury. He practiced Wednesday, but it has not been determined whether he will play tonight against the San Jose Sharks." November 04

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Tough job. That phrase comes to mind every time I watch Brendan Shanahan explain his latest punishment via streaming video on nhl.com. The NHL's new head of discipline looks as if he's aged 10 years in two months. I can see why. In emerging from the Paleolithic Age, the NHL has entered a..." October 20

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins offered no complaint after the NHL suspended defenseman Kris Letang two games Tuesday for a boarding penalty incurred the previous night. In the third period of the 2-1 loss at Winnipeg, Letang hit Jets left winger Alexander Burmistrov from behind. Burmistrov went into the boards —..." October 19

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins will be without top defenseman Kris Letang until Saturday night because he was suspended for two games today by the NHL. Letang, the team leader in points (seven), average ice-time (26:01) and plus/minus (plus-3), was suspended today after a hearing with new league discipline czar..." October 18

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Defenseman Kris Letang played 23 minutes, 20 seconds Saturday night. Took a couple of shots. Blocked one by Buffalo. That's a slow night at the office for Letang this season. His ice time in the Penguins' 3-2 loss to the Sabres dropped his average to 26:26, still highest on his team and..." October 17

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Kris Letang, like many notable Penguins, did not practice Wednesday, which is not to suggest he took the day off. Trainers treated a few of his bruises that come with playing defense in the NHL. Letang also studied video of his latest gem of a performance — an assist, a plus-3 rating, two hits..." October 13

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "They aren't exactly clones, Kris Letang and Joseph Morrow. Letang is 24, grew up speaking French and shoots right-handed. Morrow is 18, has English as his first language and shoots left. Pretty significant differences. But they also have a lot more than just a position and an employer..." October 03

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "The Penguins didn't do a new contract with Sergei Gonchar after last season because it wasn't fiscally prudent to guarantee him a third year at his age, 37 at the time. They also had Kris Letang to run their power play. The Penguins traded promising offensive defenseman Alex Goligoski to Dallas..." April 27

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins won't have their second Norris Trophy winner. Kris Letang was midseason favorite for the award -- given to the NHL's top overall defenseman -- after being a write-in starter for the All-Star Game. But he isn't one of three finalists after finishing with only two goals over the..." April 26

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "Midway through the regular season, Kris Letang of the Penguins wasn't just being mentioned as a candidate for the Norris Trophy, which goes to the NHL's top defenseman. He was being touted as the favorite in some circles. Letang wasn't able to maintain his early level of play, however, and..." April 26

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Now that Kris Letang has evolved into the Penguins' top defenseman and an NHL All-Star, he would prefer that the emphasis be placed on his defensive play instead of his goal-scoring prowess. Considering he hasn't scored a goal since Jan. 10, that only makes sense. Letang had eight goals and 50..." April 18

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A few months ago, Kris Letang was turning up in a lot of conversations about top contenders for the Norris Trophy, which is awarded annually to the NHL's top defenseman. And not as an afterthought. Letang was flat-out sensational for most of the first half or so of the season, but his..." April 10

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "It was a three-step sequence one sees several times in any hockey game: 1. Defenseman pursues puck in his own end. 2. Forechecker pursues defenseman. 3. Defenseman retrieves puck and sends it back the other way. No big deal, really. Except when Kris Letang did it Jan. 15 in..." March 01

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "Alex Goligoski was traded to Dallas for many reasons, but Penguins general manager Ray Shero was able to orchestrate the move because of one man -- Kris Letang. Letang has escalated his game this season from quality to something approaching stardom. As his game blossomed, so did Shero's..." February 28

Pittsburgh Tribune Review "The Penguins' first practice after the All-Star break included their two players who participated in All-Star Weekend at in North Carolina. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and defenseman Kris Letang each took the ice Monday at Consol Energy Center less than 24 hours after playing in the All-Star Game at..." February 01