Rick Buker

Back in the 1960s, Pirates Hall-of-Famer Pie Traynor served as a TV ad-man for American Heating Company. His famous sales…

I confess, life kept me otherwise detained yesterday and I didn’t watch any of last night’s Penguins-Islanders game at the…

At the end of my last post I included a section titled Call Me Crazy. I alluded to the very…

Thank goodness for the Buffalo Sabres. At a critical juncture of the season when Penguins forwards are dropping like so…

Back in the day I used to belong to a bowling league. I wasn’t a very good bowler, especially at…

As I watched our Penguins hold off those pesky New Jersey Devils yesterday afternoon from my perch on a rowing…

Let’s face it. The news surrounding our Penguins is pretty dismal these days. Top-six forward Jason Zucker is out “longer-term”…

How quickly things can change. Only a few days before our Penguins were riding high on the crest of a…

the Other Rick on Penguins Draft Day Update: Hard Pass on Stars’ Robertson: “Rick, I know that Blomqvist is the best goalie in the Penguins system – has been since he came across…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Draft Day Update: Hard Pass on Stars’ Robertson: “Hey Other Rick, I like your thinking and agree with you. I especially like your idea of trying to acquire…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Draft Day Update: Hard Pass on Stars’ Robertson: “Rick, I get it, if Dubas sells cap space to Edmonton (Darnell Nurse) and he gets paid Podokolzn and draft…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Draft Day Update: Hard Pass on Stars’ Robertson: “Rick, We talked about this just a couple of minutes ago, but I will say it again here on these…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Acquire Lapierre from Caps: “it was just a typo – I was thinking about trades so I typed trade instead of Rick, but yes…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Acquire Lapierre from Caps: “Hey Other Trade, I’m assuming you’re actually The Other Rick in disguise…lol. I certainly get your take. Especially since Lapierre…”