Casey DeSmith – Page 5 – Pittsburgh Penguins

I wasn’t planning to write an article today. I even told myself, “Buker you’re not going to write today. You’re…

New Year’s Eve 1978. Home on holiday break from college, I hunkered down next to my family’s stereo/radio console to…

In the wake of the Penguins’ dreary 4-1 loss to the Panthers last night at FLA Live Arena, I thought…

It isn’t often I can claim to be a good luck charm. In fact, most of the time I have…

Back when the score was 1-0 in favor of our Penguins (seems like 100 years ago) a couple of Wright’s…

Our Penguins tried to atone for Friday night’s ghastly giveaway loss to the Islanders. Sort of. They played a reasonably…

Back in the early 2000s there was a netminder named Roman Cechmanek whose puck-stopping was so erratic he was dubbed…

When I wrote my last post on trade deadline GMing, I didn’t really plan on doing a follow-up post. First,…

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…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “Hey all. Mike Sullivan never ceases to amaze me. Apparently he’s unhappy with the team’s compete level, so he had…”
Mike on A Shot in the Dark: Penguins Blow Lead (Again), Lose to Lightning in OT: “The Other Rick I agree with you regarding certain players not being held accountable. It seems as though Sullivan plays…”