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2023-23 Season In Review: Kris Letang

Player: Kris Letang
Born: April 24, 1987 (36 years old)
Height: 6’0
Weight: 201 pounds
Hometown: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Shoots: Right
Draft: Third-round pick 2005 (No. 62 overall)
2022-23 Statistics: 64 games played, 12 goals, 29 assists, 41 total points, minus-13, 30 penalty minutes
Contract Status: Letang just finished the first year of a six-year $36 million contract extension that will run through the end of the 2027-28 season.
Fun fact: This year Letang became just the third player — and first defenseman — to ever play in 1,000 career games with the Penguins, joining longtime core members Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.