On this week’s episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Mollie and Brian break down the Rangers’ late-season surge, and how they have played spoiler to some teams on the fringe of the playoffs in the Eastern conference. The crew also dives into the NHL playoff picture, the Devils and Islanders recent shakeups, and Matthew Robertson’s Masterton nomination.
All that and more on the newest episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’
Timecodes:
00:00- Intro
00:32- NHL playoff picture
3:26- Rangers playing spoiler
7:32- No tanking!
11:39- Devils/Islanders shakeups
19:24- Pressure on Drury
23:55- Gabe Perreault’s hat trick
26:44- Robertson for Masterton
28:52- Kevin Maxwell returns
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15 Comments
I agree with Brian unfortunately he's a little late to the table. Lol I've been against this playoff system since its inception. They finally got it right 1 through 8 with reseeding and then Betteman cones out with this crap. Add the loser point and 3 on 3 overtime to things that need to be abolished
LFGR!!
I don't know any fans who are idiotic enough to care about draft position. If players don't play hard they will likely be injured. It's just the way it happens. For the players It is more important to impress an erratic management team than consider draft position. The only way to tank would be to play the Hartford squad and the fans have suffered enough already.
I don’t put too much stock in the final dozen games but I think RW Perrault is the perfect compliment to LW Alexis Lafreniere with Mika at Center. Up until his hat trick, Will Cuylle was MIA. Is he top six? Sykora is an interesting player. High energy and disruptive to the opposition. RW Chemalar is a solid 3rd line forward. Where the Rangers draft plays a huge role on what the lines will look like next season. Praying for Stenberg but Chase Reid is a nice consolation prize.
my only area of concern is what is this top 6 going to look like next season? they can't afford to roll out the current lineup, but not many players available. gonna be very very interesting
Kids not plating nearly enough
What if you put Rempe, Edstrom, and Chelmar on the 4th line together. I think that would be menacing.
Brian’s correct ..1 vs 8 …Reward for winning ..Has to mean something …LGR !
Dolan didn't fire Thomas or Sather for results, he doesn't let go the people he likes Drury is here for life so don't expect a Stanley Cup probably in your lifetime
Next podcast, can you talk about realistic players NYR should target??….. not AM or BT
Please get rid of Dave Maloney in the new season
Almost no one thinks players or coaches tank. When people complain about a team winning games that's either a frustration with the GM not selling off aging assets or a general frustration. I feel like this is one of the most common strawman arguments. Players constantly telling us that players don't tank like they discovered a cure for cancer is eye roll worthy because no one is saying that players tank. Also players' and coaches' incentives are short term, the franchise incentives are longer term. So them not tanking is not evidence that tanking is bad, it's just evidence that their incentives are game to game, season to season, not 5 years down the road.
Boyle I hope you are the full time booth guy next season, you’re awesome up there. You + Faust would be peak
Wait wait wait…..the idea of having all the Hughes brothers together would be uncrediblefor ANY team in the Universe. Brian's point makes no sense to me.
Sorry no cup with Drury in charge ,