Penguins Update: Letang Wins the Masterton

I was most pleased when Kris Letang garnered the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy at the NHL awards ceremony last night. Making him the third Penguin to win the award, along with Lowell MacDonald in 1973 and Mario Lemieux in ’93.

Not that his co-finalists weren’t deserving, too. Arizona’s star forward, Clayton Keller, recovered from a femur broken in two places to register an 86-point season. Chicago goalie Alex Stalock rebounded from Covid-induced heart issues that sidelined him for the better part of two seasons to resume his career.

But with all due respect to his fellow nominees, for me Letang was the clear choice.

The quicksilver defenseman has overcome so much in his career, from his first…