Author: Luca Perito

Born and raised in New York. I've lived in Arizona, Maryland, Delaware, and California. Love all sports. Twitter @elbigcalzonelp -- Instagram @thebigcalzone

Five potential deadline targets for the Rangers

It’s yet to be determined what New York Rangers General Manager Chris Drury will do as his first-ever deadline day in the big chair approaches. The Rangers are in a fascinating situation. Arguments for standing pat or going all-in are both reasonable. Here are five players that might fit what they’re looking for. *Many of […]

Chris Drury mid-season grade (part 2 of 2)

Drury has arguably hit most of his moves out of the park, particularly his contract extensions. Shesterkin was signed to the most lucrative second contract for a goalie, and five months later, he’s the front runner for the Vezina. Say what you want about the Mika extension, but where else are you going to get […]

Chris Drury Mid-Season Grade (part 1 of 2)

Midseason grades for players have been coming out during the past week on seemingly every publication. It makes sense given the fact there are no NHL games till Monday. So, while everyone else focuses on the players, let’s take a look at the much-maligned moves of Chris Drury after he was thrust into his duties […]

Rangers enter All-Star break at the perfect time, on a perfect note

The Florida Panthers averaged five goals per game during the entire month of January. Combine that with Adam Fox (reigning Norris Trophy winner) sitting out his third straight game due to an upper-body injury, and the deck was stacked against the Rangers Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. The first period at MSG began on […]

The NHL Butterfly Effect

Since the full-season lockout of 04/05, the NHL has seen a dramatic increase in players and stars under six feet tall. There were the early diminutive trailblazers like Henri and Maurice Richard and Ted Lindsey. They played in an era that would give all of the health and safety experts of today that sit at […]

Rangers Lay an Egg on Eve of Hanksgiving

Everything started off great for the Blueshirts Thursday night in Columbus, getting out to an early two-goal lead in the first five minutes. Artemi Panarin made a quick move into the high slot and got off a quick wrister which seemed to fool Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo. Not long after that, rookie defenseman Braden […]

Predators win streak ends at 3

Juuse Saros did everything he could for the Preds to come away with one point in Thursday night’s shootout loss in Edmonton. Prior to the season, most pundits predicted the Oilers to make the playoffs easily and for the Predators to be fighting for a chance to play in April. Fast forward to the end […]

tHANKs Hank

Despite the fact that their team sits near the top of the Eastern Conference or the Metropolitan division, the New York Rangers fanbase is seemingly split right now on everything from trade deadline strategy to Drury’s prime targets to Drury himself. With Friday nights impending jersey retirement on the horizon, one thing we can all […]

Drury should be a conservative buyer at the deadline

“Almost always, your road to victory goes through a place called failure.”- Bill Walsh. This quote by the architect of the San Francisco 49er’s 1980’s dynasty has been bouncing around in my head for the past few months in regards to this New York Rangers team. They have not made the playoffs since the 2017 […]