The New York Rangers’ season is finally here, and the ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ crew is breaking it all down!
Mollie Walker, Brian Boyle, and Larry Brooks deliver their season preview for the ’25-’26 New York Rangers. From pre season roster battles, to injury concerns, Artemi Panarin’s contract situation and Matt Rempe’s impact. Can the Rangers return to form at the top of the Eastern Conference this year?! Find out on this weeks edition of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’.
Timecodes:
00:00- Intro
2:24- J.T. Miller and Artemi Panarin injury updates
11:35- Preseason Roster Moves
27:00- Artemi Panarin’s contract situation
31:54- Matt Rempe’s impact on the season
42:55- Season predictions
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23 Comments
I was surprised to see Morrow sent down. I thought he has outplayed Sucy and Vakaninen.
This roster isn't good enough , there is gonna be a clear difference when we play actual contenders .
All around bad vibes so far. The players who SOOOOOO desperately lacked guidance and needed miracle Mike's golden touch have looked worse or terrible under his watch. They demote Perrault in favor of Sullivans son in law. Cronyism bleeding down from the top on down. Drury really has no idea. Who could have any optimism?
Miller, Trochek, Cuylle,
Laff Carrick and Schneider all gonna step up and play tough I hope
I’m lowkey salty that Brian has the Lightning backdrop behind him.
This team will have no changes from last year other than Gavrikov. The rest is same shit , different day.
Hopefully Drury finally gets fired and the new GM with those two first round picks and hopefully more if they add by deadline day can start a true rebuild
Sorry Larry, Laba isn’t making the team even though he obviously should as does Berrard
Best pod on YouTube!
This was a brutal listen
Havent like what Ive seen from Fox in limited play. His body language is in midseason form.
are you freaking kidding me, LABA is a stud, he has speed, vision, smart and grit on every shift.
Perreault showed only some but some mistakes.
Othmann has shown nothing for 2 years.
Robertson is a joke, constantly out of position.
I like Parsinnen and Berard too.
I don't think Miller will allow this team to be soft.He'll set the tone for the season early on.
Too many big contracts, not enough talent on the NHL level, and built horribly. There’s no future with this squad where it ends well. I’m gonna wager that Panarin will be moved by the deadline if the Rangers struggle. It’s gonna be a rough 100th season for the New York Rangers because they don’t have an identity.
Love the podcast!
Looking forward to another hockey season – LGR!! 🏒
The elephant in the room Molly is not Breads contract its that Mika and Fox have regressed below there contracts and are blocking the growth of this team
Not a fan of brooks but I agree with him I don’t think this team makes the playoffs
Too long a season? I'd watch hockey all year long if I could. I love it.
Mollie, when you run out of air mid-sentence, take a breath. We'll wait!
Breadman won't take a hometown discount? Do svidanya!!!
Drury's prospect cupboard has been bare for years. No big time prospects have been developed under his regime and none of the beat writers including Larry have called him out on this. One of his first moves as GM was trading Buch for crap and it didn't get better from there. The goal this year should be to retool this roster and build a team that can win a cup next season and beyond
I agree with Larry. I love Mollie and Boyler. However, have they seen the Rangers bottom six forwards? Their D group is thin with Soucy and Vak on the left side. Even the Rangers top 6 is made up of 4 guys in their 30's. Zibanejad looks like toast. Panarin and JT are entering the season with injuries, Miller suffered a groin injury in practice. He skated in a no contact jersey in practice. Those injuries can linger. Who knows what's wrong with Panarin? First it was lower body and now it's upper body. Sullivan said it's the same injury. Did it travel up his body? I just see his contract situation playing games with his mind.
If we don't have a cup contending roster then there's no need to make trades to just make a playoff spot. If a trade is made it better for next year and beyond. We don't a have Stanley Cup at the moment our goal this year should be to finally play a system that can compete and protect our greatest strength the goalies. We need to have an identity whatever it is. If we somehow play ourselves into a playoff so be it but I'm not trading a first pick to do it unless a players like Brady Tkachuck is coming back. Right now the word for this team is hope. Hope Mika is back. Hope the defense can defend our goalie. Hope we get secondary scoring. Hope our youngsters will develop and hope that they put out a product that fans can be proud of. Drury you're on notice. 😊
Can somebody please get a mute button for Brooks!! Holy F!! Let other people talk