Rick Buker

My obsession with the negative aspects of Kris Letang’s play began innocently enough. Sometime during the early part of the…

Oh ye of little faith. The good Lord has admonished me in this manner on more than one occasion. Truth…

I confess. I was pulling like mad for Columbus to win its first-round playoff series with Washington. Not that the…

As I watched from my favored perch at the Pennsbury Pub & Grille yesterday afternoon in muted horror, Philadelphia forward…

During a break in the Penguins’ 5-0 Game 4 thumping of the Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center last night,…

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins finished the 2017-18 AHL regular season in second place in the Atlantic Division with a record of…

Back in the early 2000s, the Flyers entrusted their netminding chores to a goalie named Roman Cechmanek. Fluxing between stretches…

It was a chili night in the ‘Burgh on Wednesday. No, I’m not referring to the unseasonably cold weather that’s…

the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Is Dubas Done Dealing?: “I hear you too, Rick, but should the team toss $15 mil to Fantilli, they will not be able to…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Is Dubas Done Dealing?: “Hey Other Rick, I hear ya, I really do. And your point is well taken. It’s always best to put…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Is Dubas Done Dealing?: “Does Carolina have anybody paid that high? Yet they won a Stanley Cup. So, would you rather win Stanley Cups…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Is Dubas Done Dealing?: “Hey Other Rick, I hear and certainly understand your concerns about the economics. I don’t care for current financial state…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Is Dubas Done Dealing?: “Rick, I have no idea what will happen, Dubas is stupid enough to do anything. Also, our friend who has…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Andrei Kuzmenko: Mistake or Master Stroke?: “Rick, I am a stat man. Stat’s are objective evidence of what happened on the ice. The only problem with…”