from Mike Zeisberger of hte Toronto Sun,
...Letang has to be better, both between the boards and between the ears.
When defenceman Trevor Daley broke his ankle in the second period of Game 4, the onus on Letang to carry the load became even stronger now that the Penguins No. 2 defenceman was lost for the remainder of the playoffs. Instead, he was anything but.
Within minutes of Daley’s injury, Letang snapped, shooting a puck at the Lightning forward, then immediately hunting down big-bodied Tampa Bay winger Brian Boyle. With Letang serving a subsequent double minor for his brain drain, Tampa Bay scored a power-play goal to go up 3-0 in a game they would win 4-3.
How is that helping your team?
In Game 5, Letang was on the ice for all four Lightning goals. How is that helping your team?
In both cases, it isn’t. And he didn’t.
Of his dubious minus-4 result, Letang said Monday: “That’s a stat and I certainly didn’t feel that good to look at it, but break down the film, it’s a team game. Some nights I will get plus, and I don’t do anything out there. But certainly, I have to be better, and I have a chance to prove it (Tuesday).”
from Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,
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