News Article: Oh My God - Another stroke for Letang

[Clare2904]

This is terrible Oh please God get better soon. Forget hockey, just get healthy.

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[Turin]

WTF

 

[Pens1566]

Holy shit

 

[Gurglesons]

Just awful. Wonder if he retires at this point.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Damn

 

[BHD]

Holy shit

 

[Shrimper]

He needs to just retire. It's unneccesary at this point

Put your feet up Kris

 

[Clare2904]

I really don't know what to say, twice now. Is it worth it anymore. Sure money is nice but what is money if you are disabled and can't enjoy your kids or worse, dead.

 

[Gurglesons]

I really don't know what to say, twice now. Is it worth it anymore. Sure money is nice but what is money if you are disabled and can't enjoy your kids or worse, dead.

Looks like he doesn't share the same thoughts, but yeah.

 

[orby]

Wow. That's a pretty awful and unexpected turn of events. Gotta wonder if LTIR retirement is on the table. Just lousy news.

 

[Clare2904]

Looks like he doesn't share the same thoughts, but yeah.

Well not to kick a man when he is down but Letang ain't the brightest light in the room

 

[Empoleon8771]

Letang won't retire due to this but he absolutely should. He'll get his money by sitting on LTIR regardless of whether he plays or not.

I guess this is Ty Smith's opportunity to show what he can do, though. Or it at least better be.

 

[Trade]

Damn, dude. That’s insane. Hope he can bounce back from this one like he did the last, even just for his livelihood. Who cares about hockey at this point?

 

[orby]

Damn, dude. That’s insane. Hope he can bounce back from this one like he did the last, even just for his livelihood. Who cares about hockey at this point?

He doesn't need to play again for the sake of his livelihood tbh. There's no way the Pens wouldn't make sure he was set for life, one way or the other.

 

[Icarium]

We did sell our souls for that Cup in 2017 after all.

Get well soon, Kris.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Looks like he doesn't share the same thoughts, but yeah.

Reminds me of the Pascal Dupuis situation where he kept trying to play through something he shouldn't have.

Hopefully Tanger is OK and this doesn't affect him going forward. But I think at some point he needs to prioritize his health and his family over returning.

 

[Gurglesons]

Reminds me of the Pascal Dupuis situation where he kept trying to play through something he shouldn't have.

Hopefully Tanger is OK and this doesn't affect him going forward. But I think at some point he needs to prioritize his health and his family over returning.

I think the difference with that is Dupuis was lying about his condition. But I agree.

 

[Trade]

He doesn't need to play again for the sake of his livelihood tbh. There's no way the Pens wouldn't make sure he was set for life, one way or the other.

Agreed. But like the Tweets above suggest, I’m sure it’d be hard for a guy like Letang to stomach not going out on his own terms.

Just feel for the guy and his family. Even Sid and Geno have to feel awful.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Reminds me of the Pascal Dupuis situation where he kept trying to play through something he shouldn't have.

Hopefully Tanger is OK and this doesn't affect him going forward. But I think at some point he needs to prioritize his health and his family over returning.

I agree but I think Dupuis' case was a bit worse because of the specific diagnosis. I think Dupuis returning to play was way riskier than Letang returning to play.

Letang shouldn't be trying to returning, but you know he will.

 

[Gurglesons]

Also, if it is like Dupuis. Hopefully the boys are motivated to win another cup for Tanger.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

We may mock his play on the ice but we all like Letang. He's 35 and has a family, the game isn't important enough to risk being there for his family. I know he'll want to play, he'll be medically cleared etc. But should he? LTIR him so he has the insurance and can take care of his family, but the first one really did a number on him, the fact that he had a second one at 35 isn't good even if they're downplaying the severity of it. A stroke is a stroke.

Hope him and his family are doing well.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

At least this will be a more legit retirement than Hossa's

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Reminds me of the Pascal Dupuis situation where he kept trying to play through something he shouldn't have.

Hopefully Tanger is OK and this doesn't affect him going forward. But I think at some point he needs to prioritize his health and his family over returning.

Immediately thought of this too. Dupuis admitted later in the players tribune that he was stupid to do that and was lucky he didn't have his life shortened. Letang needs to take a hard look at life vs a game.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Sucks for Letang. Wishing he makes a speedy recovery and thinks about his health and family before rushing back if he does at all.

In terms of the team, that hurts a bunch. Thankfully Petry was brought in and can absorb those minutes.

Opens up a healthy portion of cap for maneuverability with LTIR. If he can regain his health and come back for the playoffs and we somehow make it, could have a healthy Letang plus whatever else we can bring in with his money.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Sending positive vibes to Pens fans and Letang. Scary to see a professional athlete suffer from this so young and he even has a history with it. Game is better with him on the ice, but he's also won his cups and got a fresh contract and is set for life, so hopefully he makes the right decision. Only he knows what that is.