The Rangers continued to add depth to their forward corps Thursday when, according to reports, they signed free-agent winger Brandon Pirri to a one-year, $1.1 million contract.
Pirri, 25, spent most of the last two seasons with Florida, and finished last season with Anaheim, scoring a combined 14 goals and 29 points in 61 games. He had 22 goals, but somehow just two assists in 49 games with the Panthers in ’14-15, and 13 goals, 25 points in 49 games split between Chicago and Florida in ‘13-14.
Pirri, a 6-0, 183-pounder who has played some center, has good advanced stats because he is a good skater and a pure shooter (a lefty), who had fired 271 shots on goal in his last 110 NHL games.