Phil Kessel – Page 12 – Pittsburgh Penguins

The Phil Kessel saga finally ended yesterday, not so much with a bang as with a whimper. Performing an abrupt…

Hockey basics, you win games when you are able to score at least 1 more goal than your opponent. That…

Olli Määttä is out and Dominik Kuhan is in. Yesterday, our Pittsburgh Penguins traded 24 year-old Finnish Defenseman Olli Määttä…

“The change, it had to come We knew it all along We were liberated from the fold, that’s all” On…

Can YOU Handle the Truth? For our Penguins, trading away a player or 2 (or more) is a must, not…

Following Other Rick’s terrific series of articles grading the Penguins’ individual performances over the past season and playoffs, I decided…

I started to respond to a reply our good friend Rick Buker wrote to my post grading the Penguins‘ Goalies…

Now it is time to wrap up this series. It is time to grade the Coaching and GM – as…

the Other Rick on Penguins Update: What’s Happened to Drew O’Connor (and Can He Be Fixed)?: “Hey Rick, Sorry, even though I like DOC’s size and his hustle, he really isn’t that good of a player…”
Outsider on Penguins Update: Is This What Kyle Dubas Intended?: “Dubas has done exactly what the caps have done. The Caps sold Matha and Kuzentsov for (crappy) futures. Dubas sold…”
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…”