Confirmed with Link: Penguins re-sign Letang to six-year, $36.6m deal

[Lust for Life]

$6.1m AAV

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[Shrimper]

Now for Geno

 

[Turin]

There’s no way they aren’t keeping Malkin with Letangs cap hit going down by a mil and a half.

I’m glad they’re going this route. Malkin and Letang making a combined 12 million instead of 17 is great.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Let's f***ing go. I'm all in on sentimentality now

 

[pensfansince88]

nice, he was priority one.

 

[Empoleon8771]

6 years is a ton but a $6.1 million AAV is just downright bonkers good for Letang.

 

[xlm34]

Not a huge fan of 6 years but that 6 million cap hit will be huge in trying to get one last run out of this core.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Need to see the year by year and any bonuses. If is not frontloaded, this is a massive win for the Penguins.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Six million per year?

That is dirt cheap. Yes, the term may be an issue at the end with him 41 years old but by that time the Pens will be will into a rebuild anyways.

Great job.

I love Hextall as GM.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Dont like the length, but that cap hit is great. Its acceptable.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I mean, if we get out of this with pretty much every UFA signed and under what was projected, Hexy deserves a 2 year pass and I will eat crow for how he handled it. He certainly played the Letang hand well.

 

[Ryder71]

Six years? That's just silly. I get it, but that's just crazy. lol

 

[DrDangles]

Dirt cheap AAV, will be wearing the C after Sid.

I'm so stoked with this deal, LFG!

 

[Malkinstheman]

Great deal imo. Dont care at all about the length. At most I see the team being competitive for another 3-4 years.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Also, love the balls of announcing the deal in Montreal, locking up another good ol' hometown hero so he can never play for the Habs. And at a discount!

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

People will be skeeved out by the length but I still don't really get why. Very smart, well-bargained deal.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Empoleon8771]

Even with the term being 6 years, this is projecting Letang to still provide good value over the length of this contract.

 

[Ryder71]

Why not just sign geno to an eight year deal while we're at it! With a four million per cap hit!

 

[Extra Texture]

Wow. I just cannot believe the hit is that low. Outstanding work.

Penguin for life or not, Letang can write his own ticket at the end. But leaving some money on the table to help us compete in the next 2-3 years is invaluable.

Somehow I see him being another Duncan Keith-type deal at the end of his Penguin career, where he gets moved to a young team on the rise. But either way, very glad he's staying.

 

[Peat]

Fair f***s to Hextall.

Welcome back Letang.

And... Rossi got it right.

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Still waiting for hockey dog to confirm before I get too excited.

 

[dogthateats]

Still waiting for hockey dog to confirm before I get too excited.

 

[SomeDude]

What a cap hit. Now do Geno.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

That AAV is a god send.

6 years is a lot, but he will end up getting Hossa'd if he cannot play.