National Hockey League – Page 196 – Pittsburgh Penguins

It was another Thursday evening. March 22, 1984, to be exact. Before Mario Lemieux, way before our first Stanley Cup.…

If you’re like me, you passed your summer lolling in a bucolic post-Cup haze, secure in the knowledge that our…

It appears the Penguins will have two center slots to fill this season. Forty-seven days after Nick Bonino left the…

Call it a slow news week, Pens fans. I’ve done articles on goaltending, the great and still unresolved center debate,…

The Penguins have signed forward Conor Sheary to a three-year contract worth $9 million, general manager Jim Rutherford announced today.…

Of the top 100 drafted players in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, only nine were goaltenders. Taken at number 83,…

Yesterday I examined the basic components of an NHL farm system—scouting, developmental teams and coaching. Today I’ll delve into the…

When Rick Buker asked me if I would write a few articles for PenguinPoop, I was both thrilled and scared…

the Other Rick on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “Getting Ron Francis, Ulf Samuelsson, and Grant Jennings for John Cullen, Zarley Zalapsky. and Jeff Parker was a Masterpiece trade.…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “Again, I disagree with your assertion that Karlsson was only effective for one out of his three seasons. He totaled…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “You can certainly disagree with me Rick it is your right. However, your comment was “an absolute masterpiece of GMing.…”
Rick Buker on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “Hey Other Rick, Granlund has certainly re-established himself as a good player since leaving the ‘Burgh, as you noted. However,…”
the Other Rick on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “Sentiment not sediment”
the Other Rick on Penguins Dubas Finds a Way: “Let me add that I would rather be going into this season with DeSmith sharing the net, bringing Blomqvist and…”