Penguins Update: Nothin’ the Maatta with Olli
Last season, right around this time, I posted an article titled, “What’s the Maatta with Olli?” on PenguinPoop. I delved…
Penguins Update: Patsies No More
Rail-thin and timid as a kid, I often was the target of a neighborhood bully named Tommy S (I’ll withhold…
A View From Up North!
Can you imagine my shock when I received an e-mail from Mr. Buker, asking me if I would like to…
Penguins Update: The Recchin’ Ball Crashes the Hall
When the Penguins took Mark Recchi in the fourth round of 1988 Entry Draft, it was hardly a lock he’d…
Penguins Playoff Update: NHL Justice a Mockery
What do Penguins Tom Kuhnhackl, Chad Ruhwedel and Scott Wilson have in common? If you answered each has been a…
Penguins Playoff Update: Shades of ‘92
I remember the incident like it was yesterday. It was Tuesday, May 5, 1992. Game Two of the Patrick Division…
From Russia with Love: Malkin Leads Penguins Assault
Maybe my title—lifted from an old James Bond flick—isn’t politically correct. Especially given the heightened intrigue and tension present between…
Penguins Kunitz Thrives in New Role
Back in mid-January, I suggested in one of my follow-up comments that the Penguins consider moving Chris Kunitz at the…