Rick Buker

Hey all. A quickie post detailing some of the highlights of the Penguins’ snappy ‘n’ scrappy 5-2 preseason victory over…

Before I begin, I need to be clear. What I’m about to write is just me thinking out loud. In…

The Penguins have sent 14 players to their minor-league training camp in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, including eight forwards, five defensemen and a…

Hey all. Just a brief Penguins hodgepodge from yours truly to begin your Thursday. Yesterday, PP colleague Caleb DiNatale called…

Way, way (waaaaay) back in the day, before Chuck Noll and Mean Joe Greene and Terry Bradshaw led the Steelers…

I was rereading some articles about Saturday’s 7-3 preseason shellacking at the hands of an established Sabres squad when a…

Hey all. Still in the process of figuring out this “semi-retirement” bit. While I don’t plan to write game summaries…

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK… There’s an old adage about opportunity knocking on your door. Another about striking while the iron’s hot.…

Rick Buker on Sid Scraps, Penguins Bow to Jets: “Thanks, my friend, for feeling my pain. It just frustrates me to no end that no one else on the…”
the Other Rick on Sid Scraps, Penguins Bow to Jets: “Hey Rick, You know I feel your pain. I may not really be enamored of Joshua and Imama, I would…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “Truer words were never written”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “Amen, my friend. I read on PHN that Sullivan refers to his system as a “philosophy.” Well, we need a…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “Hey Rick, I am not surprised by more evidence that Sullivan has no idea of how to troubleshoot the team’s…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “Hey Rick, The sad part of this team is that it is far closer to the 83-84 team than it…”