By now, I am sure y’all have heard just about enough headlines and thread titles that rhyme with Peca, sophomoric “pecker” euphemisims and plays on words. Time for the Peca Puns to stop.

On the eve of what might be the signing of Michael Peca, one has to primarily be concerned with Peca’s physical health. You can’t question Peca’s track record. A two time Selke winner, Peca has great record as a checking center, faceoff man, penalty killer and all around pest.

Aside from obtaining a puck moving defenseman, the Rangers need to replace two of their best penalty killers lost in this off season, Jed Ortmeyer and Matt Cullen. Matt Cullen along with Blair Betts were their two best faceoff men, percentage wise. Losing Matt hurt.

If healthy, Peca will fill the bill nicely. His track record is excellent. He can be had for less then Matt Cullen. And, most importantly, he has expressed a desire to play for the New York Rangers.

So let’s hope that, if now healthy, Peca can stay healthy and contribute to the Rangers run for the Cup. He will bring more depth at center and you know what they say, you can’t be too deep at center. Signing Peca just expands the Rangers options and that can’t be a bad thing.

Peca picked a peck of pickled peppers… D’oh.

Here’s an idea. If we sign him, we should nickname him MP, policing the oppositions best scorers.