Weber & Letang: Who had the better career?

[FrankSidebottom]

Two great defensemen with prime years in the 00s and 10s, a lot of high Norris placements, although without a single 1st place. Weber is factually retired, Letang seems to have a couple of decent years in him. Weber was better defensively and Letang offensively. Who had the better career?

Weber:
RS: 1038GP-589P, +79
PO: 97GP-42P, -1
Norris: 2-2-3-4-4-6-7-8-10

Letang:
RS: 959GP-661P, +90
PO: 149GP-90P, 0
Norris: 3-4-6-6-7-8-9-9
3 cups

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[jigglysquishy]

I would rather be Letang. 2 Cups, better hair.

But I will rank Weber higher all time.

 

[Hockeyholic]

Letang had the better career

Weber was much better as a player

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Two great defensemen with prime years in the 00s and 10s, a lot of high Norris placements, although without a single 1st place. Weber is factually retired, Letang seems to have a couple of decent years in him. Weber was better defensively and Letang offensively. Who had the better career?

Weber:
RS: 1038GP-589P, +79
PO: 97GP-42P, -1
Norris: 2-2-3-4-4-6-7-8-10

Letang:
RS: 959GP-661P, +90
PO: 149GP-90P, 0
Norris: 3-4-6-6-7-8-9-9
2 cups

3 cups for Letang. 4 finals.

Looking at Letang's profile I'm kind of shocked he isn't a member of the triple gold club. No WC gold or Olympic gold for him?

 

[FrankSidebottom]

3 cups for Letang. 4 finals.

Looking at Letang's profile I'm kind of shocked he isn't a member of the triple gold club. No WC gold or Olympic gold for him?

Did he get the ring in 2017? If so, my bad

 

[jigglysquishy]

3 cups for Letang. 4 finals.

This one comes down to a technicality.

His name is on the Cup for 2017 and he got a ring. But he played 0 playoff games.

 

[NordiquesForeva]

I would rather be Letang. 2 Cups, better hair.

But I will rank Weber higher all time.

Pretty much. Although Weber does two Olympic gold medals, and was (imho) a top-2 defenseman on both teams in terms of performance (2010: Keith, Weber; 2014: Doughty, Weber).

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

LetAINEC

 

[MXD]

Weber was the better player and will almost certainly be the lone HHOFer between them.

Though Letang was basically 5 healthy games in 2012-2013 from being an HHOFer, too.

 

[Ezpz]

Pretty much. Although Weber does two Olympic gold medals, and was (imho) a top-2 defenseman on both teams in terms of performance (2010: Keith, Weber; 2014: Doughty, Weber).

I mean Weber was used as the #1 d for both Olympics he played. Letang wasn't invited.

Weber better player, Letang better career.

 

[Toby91ca]

Not the biggest Letang fan, but I think he's better than the reputation he's had and he logs a ton of minutes. I think he's somewhat underrated, especially considering Weber has 2 first team all star finishes (none to Letang) and 2 second team all star finishes (same for Letang) and he's had much better results in Norris voting.....same for Team Canada....Weber always seemed to be ranked very high and Letang not a sniff.

 

[tabness]

I feel Letang is one of the more underrated players of his era, I really wanted him in Detroit this offseason (but from what I've seen it looks like age catching up lol?)

Honestly never super impressed with Weber, reminds me of a Kroger brand prototypical nineties defenseman lol

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Letang has always been underrated because people think he leeches off Crosby and Malkin. But he's one of the biggest reasons for their continued success year after year. Second best offensive dman of his era behind Karlsson and top ten overall nearly every year. Was always disappointed he never got invited to international play, imo he deserved it.

 

[biturbo19]

I've enjoyed watching Letang's career a lot more. Probably my favourite defenceman of his generation to watch. But i think Shea Weber has probably had the "better" career.

Between arguably getting closer to the Norris, the Captaincy of two different teams, all of the Team Canada accolades, etc. I think that kind of tilts the deck slightly.

Letang is still going strong though, so who knows how it shuffles out in the end.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Weird, I was thinking that Weber had a better career and Letang was the better player.

 

[JaegerDice]

Letang’s 2016 playoffs, which should have earned him a Conn Smythe IMO, puts him over Weber for me. Three Stanley Cups vs two Gold medals, but only one was far and away THE GUY for any of them.

 

[Satoru Gojo]

Letang had the better career

Weber was much better as a player

This

 

[Boreal01]

Letang but if Weber had won even a single Cup I'd probably go with him

 

[wetcoast]

I feel Letang is one of the more underrated players of his era, I really wanted him in Detroit this offseason (but from what I've seen it looks like age catching up lol?)

Honestly never super impressed with Weber, reminds me of a Kroger brand prototypical nineties defenseman lol

Came here to say this and despite having a slight injury almost every year which reduced his Norris votes he still has 8 top 10 finishes and a really good playoff resume but it hurts him that the Pens won the SC without him as well.

He will be a bubble HHOF guy depending on how he ages in his last contract with the Pens.

I also think that Weber got under rated for a while and now might get over rated a bit since he played with the Habs, 2 pretty decent Dmen though.

 

[Oneiro]

Letang is underrated, Weber (vastly) overrated. Narrative > reality with both players.

 

[Jack Spider]

I mean Weber was used as the #1 d for both Olympics he played. Letang wasn't invited.

Weber better player, Letang better career.

Letang was invited. There's footage of him practicing on shoes hockey with the group.

 

[stl76]

Weber never helped a HF poster who’s truck broke down outside Montreal on a snowy sexy evening, but I’ll still go with him here.

 

[Voight]

Weber was the better player and will almost certainly be the lone HHOFer between them.

Though Letang was basically 5 healthy games in 2012-2013 from being an HHOFer, too.

Suter should've won that Norris, not Letang or Subban....

 

[MXD]

Suter should've won that Norris, not Letang or Subban....

My point was mostly that, if Letang had won the Norris that season, something he would certainly have done had he led the D-Men in scoring and 5 games would've sufficed (maybe 2 actually, but erring on the side of caution), then he becomes pretty much an sure thing for the HHOF... Despite being the exact same player.

 

[Mrb1p]

Weber was the better player and will almost certainly be the lone HHOFer between them.

Though Letang was basically 5 healthy games in 2012-2013 from being an HHOFer, too.

If you expect Letang to not be a HHoFer youre going to have a bad time.