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Letang Cleared For Full Participation
by Paul on 01/16/12 at 08:36 PM ET
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via Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Penguins general manager Ray Shero said today that defenseman Kris Letang not only will join the team Tuesday for a game-day skate but also is medically cleared for contact and games after recovering from a concussion.
Letang will not play Tuesday night when the Penguins face Carolina at Consol Energy Center, but it could be soon.
Letang has been out since he got leveled by Montreal’s Max Pacioretty in a Nov. 26 game. Letang, who also got a broken nose, returned to score the winning goal in overtime that night before his concussion was diagnosed.
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Dan Bylsma Updates Letang’s Health Status
by Paul on 11/30/11 at 11:47 PM ET
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via Sam Kasan of Penguins Report at the Penguins website,
Kris Letang suffered the hit to the head (in Montreal), a facial injury. He has felt fine for a couple days and skated with us after being evaluated a couple different ways on Monday. He skated with us, felt fine. Started to get some symptoms in New York. He also has a virus and some sickness. So there’s some other things going on there with Kris that he’s not even to the point where he can take a baseline test right now because he’s ill. He is suffering from a virus as well.
On Letang’s illness presenting symptoms that could be comparable to a concussion:
Yes. In addition to the injury to the head, the shot to the head that produced a broken nose, flying (on the plane to New York produced) some of that swelling.
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To Hit Or Not
by Paul on 11/29/11 at 07:36 PM ET
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from Sean Gordon of the Globe and Mail,
...Pacioretty says he’s been left confused by several assertions made by Shanahan, who he said compared the incident to the Pens’ Matt Cooke’s infamous blindside hit on Boston centre Marc Savard.
“I think that couldn’t be any further from the truth. If you looked at the situation, me and Letang made eye contact, and I think that’s what gave me the green light to try and hit him. I felt he put himself in a vulnerable position, maybe I shouldn’t have even thought about hitting him because of the way the wind is blowing right with head shots, but I’d like to see a little bit of consistency,” he said Tuesday. “If the onus is on the hitter every single time I’d be fine with a suspension, but you ‘ve seen instances where they’ve placed the onus on the person receiving the hit as well so I’m confused and a lot of other players are confused right now.”
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Letang, Michalek Sent Back To Pittsburgh For Evaluation
by Paul on 11/29/11 at 06:23 PM ET
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via Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Penguins defensemen Kris Letang and Zbynek Michalek will be returning to Pittsburgh for further evaluation of medical issues.
That means defensemen Robert Bortuzzo and Alexandre Picard, both of whom were recalled from Wilkes-Barre this afternoon, figure to be in the Penguins’ lineup against the New York Rangers tonight.
Letang has a broken nose and might be suffering other problems after taking a blindside hit in the face from Montreal’s Max Pacioretty Saturday.
There is no word on the nature of Michalek’s problem, although he recently missed 10 games because of a broken finger and did leave the Montreal game early.
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Why Was Letang Even Playing?
by Paul on 11/29/11 at 08:38 AM ET
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from Red Fisher of the Montreal Gazette,
By allowing Letang to return for the overtime, what the Penguins were telling us was that the miniscule minutes an intermission lasts were enough to probe into a player’s brain and determine beyond question that no damage had been done.
Are you kidding me?
Why, after their experience with Crosby would they even think of allowing Letang to return to the ice? What was the upside to it? Did they feel they truly needed him on the ice in the overtime, or that without him they ran the risk of losing the game either in overtime or during The Gimmick?
Did they think the extra point was so important to a team which had been winning consistently without Crosby would be unable to do the same without Letang?
What I’m really saying is that the organization’s decision was even more reckless than the Pacioretty hit … that somebody up there has a thought process badly twisted out of shape.
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Video- Shanahan Explains Letang’s 2 Game Suspension
by Paul on 10/18/11 at 03:12 PM ET
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Letang Will Meet With Shanahan
by Paul on 10/18/11 at 08:21 AM ET
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via Bob McKenzie tweet,
NHL announces PIT’s Kris Letang will have disciplinary hearing today for boarding WPG’s Alex Burmistrov last night.
added 11:54am, video added below…
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The Bolts Beat, 10/19/10: Lightning on the Road and a Look Ahead, Plus NHL Officiating Issues & More
by Jon Jordan on 10/19/10 at 10:15 AM ET
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In the latest episode of The Bolts Beat, the boys discuss the Tampa Bay Lightning’s first road swing of the season and preview the week ahead for the Bolts, Jon’s “What the Hell Was That?” segment brings up an interesting debate on replay, major penalties and the like, Mike defends referees (a sure sign of the apocalypse) and much more.
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Letang Hit On Comeau Tonight
by Paul on 10/15/10 at 07:56 PM ET
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Kris Letang received a five minutes for an illegal check to the head, a ten and game misconduct.
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The End Of The Penguins/Flyers Game Tonight
by Paul on 10/08/09 at 09:38 PM ET
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Then in the post-game, Kris Letang asked what happened and he states “go ask Hartnell”.
Watch that video below…
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The Russian Cooking Show
by Paul on 03/25/09 at 11:50 AM ET
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Alyonka Larionov and Mr. Malkin try their hands at some Russian cuisine and Kris Letang does the food testing.
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Friday with Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang
by Alanah McGinley on 05/30/08 at 12:40 PM ET
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Q. There’s been a lot of attention in terms of the Red Wings, maybe their top 5-man unit, particularly with the defense, people focus on Lidstrom. But can you talk about what Brian Rafalski means. He played with a tremendous Hall-of-Famer in New Jersey, and just kind of gets the short shift of attention in Detroit.
SIDNEY CROSBY: He’s a good puck moving defenseman. He skates well. He’s not the biggest guy, but I think he’s smart and plays his position well. So I think he probably makes up with his size with how well he plays his position, and probably helps anybody he plays with to be that much more solid.
Q. This is a time to kind of celebrate the game, but there’s some sad news yesterday with Luc Bourdon. I know you new him a little from Atlantic Canada Midget Hockey, can you talk about how you’re getting set to play the biggest game of your career and there’s some sad news like that?
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