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Lockout may force Penguins’ Letang overseas

About 30 hours later, Letang made his first appearance of 2012 at one of the Penguins’ informal, pre-training camp workouts, joining 13 teammates for drills and a scrimmage at Southpointe.

And while it appeared to be a bit odd for a guy to report for work little more than a day after being told his job was on hold, it turns out that Letang’s motivation for returning to Western Pennsylvania was more paternal than professional.

“We’re expecting a baby in November,” the Penguins defenseman said. “So I wanted to make sure the baby room was ready.”

The room might welcome the baby just as planned, but it’s not entirely clear that Letang will be around to do the same.

Although he has no immediate plans to seek work overseas, he won’t rule it out if the lockout drags on
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Penguins’ Letang fully recovered from hip injury

Kris Letang’s hair is a little shorter, but otherwise, the star defenseman looked like himself Monday at Southpointe.

This serves as a welcome relief to the Penguins despite the 2012-13 season being in jeopardy because of the NHL lockout.

Letang injured his hip late last season and acknowledged that it had become a problem during the Stanley Cup playoffs. But Letang never thought surgery was necessary.

“It’s good now,” Letang said. “I talked with doctors after the season. They told me to let me know how it felt during (summer) training. It feels good.”

Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/2619337-85/letang-season-hip-games-playing-summer-monday-penguins-acknowledged-despite#ixzz26uw9Igmu
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