The Rangers’ home ice woes continue, and Up In The Blue Seats is back to break it all down! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle recap a wild stretch for the Blueshirts, including a three-goal comeback and overtime win over Montreal, another shutout loss at Madison Square Garden, and ongoing struggles on special teams. With the Rangers piling up shutouts at home, failing to score consistently, and searching for answers, the frustration is starting to boil over! The crew also dives into Mika Zibanejad’s missed team meeting and benching, the emotional returns of Chris Kreider and Jacob Trouba to MSG, and what the fan response said about their legacies. Plus, thoughts on Matt Rempe’s return, and reaction to the Quinn Hughes trade to Minnesota and how involved the Rangers may or may not have been!
All that and more on this week’s episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’
Timecodes:
00:00- Intro
1:44: Loss to Canucks/ Home ice struggles
12:55 Mika Zibanejad’s benching
21:31: Kreider & Trouba’s return to MSG
25:46: Matt Rempe’s return to the lineup
27:52: Reaction to Quinn Hughes trade
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41 Comments
This team isn’t skilled enough to be a finesse/skill team and isn’t tough enough to be a grinding team. Until they figure out what they are, this mediocrity will continue.
Well Ranger fans…..I am a lifelong fam…..62 years a fan…..I have seen so many bad Ranger teams….over those years…..what I can say is…..Rangers have a number one draft bust…..the worst ever…..Rangers have a 11 million dollar a year player that does not play defense…..does not play on the penalty kill…..Rangers have a coach that did not make the playoffs for how many years before coming to new york??….mistake right from the hiring of Sullivan……not going to make the playoffs…..I will continue to watch….in sadness…..but….a true Ranger fan…..
Mollie Giggles her way through another podcast, and Brian says he doesn't understand what's going on at home. Yes, he does, but he won't rock the PR boat. The locker room is infected. Thisis a team that does not care.
Hey Brian let me tell you something I wish you were playing for this team because this team has no heart or a f**** disgrace I mean this team is a -23 goals at home this season it's a disgrace they've been shut out seven times they don't play hard they don't crash the net or soft as a baby's butt I'm sick and tired of watching Panera and Mika and especially LaFreniere who's just an absolute bust
God bless your late friend Larry Brooks he will be so missed my favorite hockey writer I'm so sorry
I don't understand how you have this type of home record what is their problem at home why can't they play hard did the score Brian what is their problem
Just put the white uniforms on at home and a little psychology okay
Trade everyone
It's an old team at the team of players in their 30s okay we're not expecting these guys to be prime Time guys all right Vinny trocheck on a good team is is basically a third line center on a championship team all right he's playing second line center 33 years old why is Connor Sherry even on this team he's playing on a top line and you kept saying oh he has one goal he's a he's a fourth line players at 37 year old journeyman this is ridiculous and Mike Sullivan is in love with this guy I mean what is with Mike Sullivan infatuation with Connor Sherry I just don't get it bottom line is Chris Drury is a complete imbecile who needs to go
Shake it up first by firing Drury & then hire Mess as GM if he'll take the job. Hire a President of Operations. Drury is his own boss! LUDICROUS!!!!!!
I can’t watch it anymore
This team is BORING, much like this podcast. These 2 chuckleheads really have NO CLUE!!!!
This team is absolute CHEEKS. I can't make excuses anymore. Break this up already !
If Dolan had a clue he'd fire Drury but he doesn't so we're stuck with him. It's time to break it up and finally completely rebuild this organization. Sell everything including the kitchen sink
Guys, can you please be more direct on the talent level of this team – they are just not good enough! Look at them relative to other teams – not nearly enough speed and offensive skill. Over time it is hard to overcome this. And I do not see an easy fix given the contracts and cap challenges.
Plenty of Rangers faces on milk cartons these days
There is no way you should talk about Conner Sheary only having one goal as part of the problem. Sheary is only supposed to have about one goal. The guy is an over the hill 4th liner and he's playing 15 minutes a night along side our skill guys, FFS!!!!! It is absolutely inexcusable for Sullivan to continue putting that offensively challenged PTO player on the top line while Perreault is stuck riding a bus in the AHL.
This team has lost it's priorities from top to bottom. From the equipment managers to Drury, this team has no idea what it is doing.
Bryan, trying again here…can you please take down the TB poster while on a Ranger podcast!
I was ready to suffer after the 2018 letter but not this way. Suffering while watching veteran « leaders » failing to produce is horrible. Probably the worst moments of my 50years+ as a Rangers fan(and I’ve seen a lot).
Really missing Brooks on here to just tell it like it is and say the team sucks. I remember when Boyle said in passing “the Rangers are talented” and he responded “Are they though?!” He woulda ripped them another asshole after the performance last night.
No need to watch this week – the team sucks, period! #fireDrury
Chris Drury has done an embarrassing job managing what once was a talented roster.
The trick to successful GM's is knowing when to navigate off of players and find a good return. Drury hasn't done any of that, and the development is atrocious.
Fire Drury!
Hopefully Mika waives his no trade clause and we can move him
I cannot listen to this today. Another wasted year as a Ranger fan. I am seventy years old and i am just so tired of this disappointment.
this team,this year,this podcast (today) STALE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The Rangers should be moving players like the Canucks. We need an infusion of talent this organization lacks it
I'm sorry to say but Miller was the wrong choice for the captaincy. He sounds like a broken record at the post game. I need to do better I need to bear down I need to do more. Well do it. He's obviously not inspiring people's best efforts. And I'm also tired of hearing We did everything great but score yeah well effort doesn't get you into the playoffs
The Rangers are 3-13-4 when the opposing team scores first. That's the bulk of their losses. For some reason they came back against Montreal twice. As soon as the opposing team scores first I'm expecting a loss. That's a problem.
Whatever Drury does he better not trade away our draft picks for 30 yr old players.This upcoming draft is very deep with talented prospects.
Wish Brian would just call a spade a spade and not dance around the obvious.
Thanks, again. Merry Christmas to all! Another fan expressed the Rangers' dilemma: 1) Not enough skill/elite talent to shine; 2) Not enough grit to grind. I would think, Drury, an old Avs champion, wants a club that can do both [like the dynasty old Habs/Isles/Oilers and recent Wings/Hawks could]. But, they are so far away—–they needs the players and the attitude. I'm hoping they get the attitude [fake it till you make it] before the season ends.
NYR heart and soul was at home – wearing orange and white. Mika knows it. So does Kreider.
The Rangers can't throw a puck in the Ocean. Their top forwards are vastly over rated. The first one to be traded should be Drury. A change must happen. Now. Nobody on this team is UN- Tradeable. Package who you can. We need fresh eyes to evaluate this MESS.
Same team as last year .. NYR are going backwards . Rest of the league is getting better
Drury is the worst general manager in all of professional sports.
LGR! 🗽
Laughing as usual while REAL RANGER fans are suffering! GET HER OUT OF HERE!
Under skilled team. Larry said it best. They are not loaded with talent. Panarin only high skilled guy. And teams focus on him. Like in playoffs. Same bunch of players. Bunch of bottom 6 guys. Common sense. Keep changing coaching staff. Same results.
I'm done with this crap this year. Unless they give the kids a REAL CHANCE, I'm done watching:
Line 1: Miller – Panarin – Trochek
Line 2: Laba – Cuylle – LaFraniere
Line 3: Perrault – Othman – Berard
Line 4: Carrick – Rempe – Edstrom
sit: Zbad, Brodz, Sheary, Raddish
One second line, one third line a two fourth lines. That’s the makeup up front. Is it any wonder we have trouble scoring?