Rick Buker

Back in the day, Sonny the cartoon cuckoo bird went bonkers for Cocoa Puffs cereal (so did I). “I’m cuckoo…

As I was pondering our Penguins in the wake of my latest rant over loading up on undersized defensemen, a…

Hey all. Just noticed news of a free-agent signing by the Cup-champion Panthers from nine days ago that stirred my…

As a rule, giving credit to former general manager Ron Hextall in any way, shape or form isn’t the way…

The Penguins wrapped up their prospect development camp on Wednesday, with Team 1 bringing home the gold (actually, the Michel…

So now that the dust has settled on the free-agent season, or at least the early going, what’s the Penguins’…

I was engrossed in conversation with Other Rick at Wright’s Gym yesterday and the topic quickly veered toward our Penguins…

I’ve noticed several other Penguins sites have assigned grades or conducted polls to evaluate the team’s moves this summer. As…

Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Who’s Bad?: “Hey all. Just a quickie follow-up. The Pens activated Blake Lizotte from IR today and placed Valtteri Puustinen on waivers…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Who’s Bad?: “Hey Mike, I played hockey, Goal for most of my career. I never played on a team as soft and…”
Mike on Penguins Update: Who’s Bad?: “Hey Rick Great work. IMO a lot of what show’s up statistically can be contributed to Sullivan’s system along with…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Who’s Bad?: “Hey Rick, And that is why I have a full blown belly laugh when some naive fans dream about this…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Acquire Tomasino from Preds: “Hey Outsider, What I remember reading when he came out was he was an above average skater, not average or…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Acquire Tomasino from Preds: “Hey Outside, Yeah, my bad. JFresh made the comment “foot speed a limiter” so I went with that. Everything else…”