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Trade Letang

01/23/2014 at 9:23am EST

from Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review,

He's a great kid. Occasionally a great defenseman, too.

And that's precisely why it's time to trade him.

Or at least think a whole heck of a lot about it.

To repeat, this isn't negative. It's not about Letang's maddening tendencies, his misfires or giveaways. It's certainly not about any one game — and Letang was quite good, for the record, in the 5-1 flogging of the Canadiens, including a sweet assist on a Sidney Crosby goal — nor is it about his injury-plagued season, nor even his star-crossed career.

Rather, it's quite the opposite. It's that Letang remains so valuable that he can get you a mint. And if that mint happens to involve pieces that work better with the Penguins' broader puzzle, all the more reason a trade merits robust consideration.

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