Of the two darlings in the preseaon Brandon Pirri might have stood out the most. Oh don’t get me wrong, Adam Clendening was doing wondrous things, too, but it was Pirri who was scoring every night. Pirri who seemingly couldn’t stop. And Pirri who was forcing his way into a forward lineup loaded with skill.
The hot start to the preseason carried over to the regular season.
In his first game he had a goal and an assist. All told he posted a 4-2-6 statline in his first seven game. I gushed about Pirri’s impact in the notes after the win over Boston in late October:
Pirri has four goals in seven games, and brings a level of offense to the bottom six I don’t think the Rangers have had in a long, long time.