Avery Hayes – Pittsburgh Penguins

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

There’s an old song by former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello that goes “…promise me the moon and every little star that…

I confess, I only watched tiny snippets of the recent Penguins games at the NHL Prospects Challenge in Buffalo. Contests…

A little less than a month ago, I posted an article showing that last season’s opening night line-up was 30.0…

The Penguins placed three forwards on waivers today and sent six other players to their Wilkes-Barre/Scranton farm club. Andreas Johnsson,…

In our penultimate preseason game at PPG Paints Arena last night, a loaded Red Wings squad rallied from an early…

Once upon a time, in an NHL far removed from today, Mike Sullivan guided our Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cups.…

In an effort to at least not start off this post with any negativity let’s talk Pittsburgh Penguins’ Prospects. There…

Rick Buker on Penguins an Easy Mark(strom), No Match for the Devils: “Hey all, Just a quickie follow-up. My description of the Devils’ second goal and comments about Noesen are in no…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Is Mike Sullivan Reinventing Himself?: “Hey Mike, Always good to hear from you. To address one of your points, I don’t think Sully will ever…”
Mike on Penguins Update: Is Mike Sullivan Reinventing Himself?: “Rick I agree the Pens are scrapping, and overachieving, and really this is happening with Crosby, Malkin and Karlsson just…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Acquire Joseph from the Blues: “Rick, Lightning in a bottle? Ahh NO! This is more evidence for me that management hasn’t a clue and explains…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Building Through the Draft a Cautionary Tale: “Hey Outsider, With all due respect, I beg to differ. The Caps were in the tank for only three seasons…”
Outsider on Penguins Update: Building Through the Draft a Cautionary Tale: “Nothing has changed recently. You forget the Penguins 1984 rebuild. The Penguins failed to make the plays in the first…”