The Penguins had Letang, Olli Maatta and a group of castoffs (Ian Cole, Justin Schultz, Trevor Daley) that other teams didn’t want. Three days before Sullivan was hired, Kris Letang suffered an upper-body injury that kept out him out of the lineup for six games. The Penguins ended December on a 3-1-1 run and finished the season with just 11 regulation losses in 50 games. I think he’s one of the top defencemen in the league.”Heading into the Stanley Cup final there were questions about how Pittsburgh’s undersized and unknown defence would hold up against San Jose’s large and highly skilled forwards. Letang has been Pittsburgh’s anchor on the backend, averaging nearly 29 minutes and scoring 14 points in 22 games.

Source: National Post June 12, 2016 22:07 UTC