06-27-2013, 06:41 PM
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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An update from Rossi:
http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/...#axzz2XNlsoSzx
Quote:
The Penguins are agreeable to paying Letang slightly over $7 million annually, sources said.
Letang, who is set to count at $3.5 million against the salary cap next season, can negotiate an extension under terms of the NHL's new labor contract.
If he accepted the Penguins offer, Letang would rank no worse than sixth among current defensemen with about a $6.75 million salary-cap hit. The offer to Letang could be considered the third most lucrative to retain a player in Shero's seven-year tenure.
Shero has said since January that signing Letang to a long-term contract is a top priority.
However, Letang's situation is seemingly playing out similarly to the one faced by center Jordan Staal last summer.
Then, the Penguins presented an offer with little wiggle room — 10 years at around $57 million — and after Staal rejected it, Shero traded him to Carolina for a package that included eighth overall pick (defenseman Derrick Pouliot) at the NHL Entry Draft, center Brandon Sutter and defensive prospect Brian Dumoulin.
The Penguins do not pick until the third round of the draft, in Newark, N.J., on Sunday.
Shero had not yet decided to trade Letang as of Thursday.
The Penguins would want at least one NHL player under contract for several seasons, a top prospect and a first-round pick in exchange for Letang, the sources said.
If a trade were necessary, the Penguins would prefer to move Letang to the Western Conference, and they are intrigued by prospects with Anaheim and Vancouver, the sources said.
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