Dave Burrows – Pittsburgh Penguins

As Connor McDavid and the Oilers seek to close out a storybook comeback from a 3-0 series deficit and capture…

For all intents and purposes, the real Pittsburgh Penguins, or a reasonable facsimile, played their first exhibition game last night,…

It’s a Wonderful Life is one of my all-time favorite movies. As the story unfolds, the main character George Bailey…

Perhaps it was the recent expose of my sorely lacking talent-evaluation chops. My literary rambling appears to have shaken loose…

My esteemed colleague, Other Rick, has written on numerous occasions that our Penguins needed to blow up their defense and…

Inspired by an article on the Tribune-Review by Mark Madden, who shares some of his early Penguins memories, I decided…

Over the course of their storied 50-year-history, the Penguins have iced all sorts of hockey teams. From the sublime to…

He wasn’t the winningest general manager in Penguins history. Nor did his teams capture a Stanley Cup. Or even a…

Outsider on Penguins Update: Drafting Franchise Players a Luck of the Draw: “The uncertainty goes beyond drafting a “franchise” player.” Look at the Leafs, who had unbelievable luck getting Mathews, Nylander and…”
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…”