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00:00You had a great start.
00:01You're scoring goals you couldn't last year.
00:03The problems are different than they were,
00:08but the main problem is just consistency and winning.
00:12And it looked like last year at the beginning of the year,
00:15the structure was there.
00:16Couldn't find the back of the net.
00:18They're scoring.
00:20Some guys aren't scoring.
00:21Are we built now to score five a night?
00:24Is that how you're going to try to win?
00:26Welcome back to Up in the Blue Seats,
00:28your favorite Rangers podcast from the New York Post.
00:31As always, it's Molly Walker and former Ranger Brian Boyle
00:35coming at you with another week of thoughts
00:38on your beloved blue shirts.
00:40And speaking of beloved blue shirts,
00:42we lost one last week.
00:44My former Up in the Blue Seats co-host, Ron Duguay,
00:47passed away on October 22nd
00:49after a battle with colon cancer at the age of 69.
00:53Just such devastating news for all of us here
00:56at the New York Post who worked with him.
00:58For the Rangers organization and longtime Rangers fans everywhere
01:02who got to experience just the complete and utter stardom
01:06that he brought to Broadway.
01:08And obviously I grew up on stories about Ron Duguay from my mom,
01:13who we all know is his number one fan.
01:15And that was one of my favorite memories and episodes of the show
01:20was bringing her on camera to meet him for the first time.
01:24And he was just always so kind to her after that.
01:28And I always appreciated it.
01:29So we just wanted to pass along our condolences to his friends and family.
01:34And he will be greatly, greatly missed.
01:37Can I add?
01:38Of course.
01:40Yeah.
01:41He loved being a Ranger.
01:43Right?
01:44Ron Duguay loved being a New York Ranger.
01:45And he was just, I got to just, I got to spend some time with him
01:50because he'd be around when we played.
01:52And then when I was done playing and doing the alumni things,
01:57the guy's a legend and so magnetic.
02:00When you're in a room with him, I mean, eyes are drawn to him.
02:03It's just who he is, such a handsome guy, charismatic, smiling always.
02:08Always.
02:08That smile and that warmth he brought.
02:13Hell of a career.
02:15Hell of a guy.
02:16But just my first alumni game, we're playing the Islanders.
02:20We're out in Long Island.
02:21And I don't really know many guys and he just right away came over
02:25and made it so comfortable, was so curious and asked so many questions
02:31about so many different things, like a variety of topics.
02:36And just, we're aligned on a lot of things in terms of like health
02:41and wellness and what was, you know, it was just a pleasure to get to know
02:46him a little bit in those moments and tried to get me to more alumni
02:51events, wanted to bring me into the fold.
02:53A welcoming guy that was, he was, man, he was great to me.
02:59And it was really sad when he was fighting.
03:02The attitude he had when he was fighting is to be commended because,
03:09I mean, oftentimes, and I'm not going to go too long,
03:12but oftentimes people will say they, you know,
03:15they lost their battle with cancer.
03:17And I don't, I don't think that's how, I don't think that's the case
03:21with Ron.
03:22I don't think that's the case with a lot of people.
03:23Like we're all, we're all going to die at some point.
03:27How you go is, is remains to be seen, but like he won that battle.
03:32Like cancer is not a fair fight.
03:35He never at one point, at any point wavered when I communicated with him.
03:39Uh, it's, it was brave what he did posting photos like that's brave,
03:43asking for prayers humbly is, is brave.
03:46And he, he fought, he fought like he always did tough dude.
03:51So again, like Molly said, thoughts and prayers to his family and his loved
03:56ones and everyone that cared for him and were inspired by him.
04:00Yes. Well said, Brian. Well said, um,
04:05a tough week for the Rangers though, to move on here.
04:10They are on a three game losing streak going into this sort of bi-week that
04:16they have five day schedule, five day break in the game schedule.
04:24They don't play again until Sunday when Connor McDavid and the Oilers come to
04:29the town. Uh, but to recap, uh, sorry, it's a tough transition, man.
04:34It's we've, we've had a, we've had a run over here.
04:42We're just, uh, trying to focus on hockey as much as we can.
04:45But anyway, uh, to recap the week, obviously Rangers lost to Toronto five,
04:52four. They lost Ottawa seven, four lost to the Kings at home to end their
04:58undefeated stretch. Six, three outscored 18 to 11 over that span.
05:04And they fall to seven, six and one on the season after that six and two start.
05:11Brian, how do you recap the Rangers week and in Canada and back at home?
05:18Um, I don't know. I don't know if you're hoping that there's a letdown from
05:22Ottawa after the Brady game, Ottawa looks like they're a real team in a really
05:27tough Atlantic. Uh, I, geez, they fought and clawed to get back in that Toronto
05:33game. And then Troy Stetcher of all people just goes barred down and with 26
05:40seconds left in the game. And you're like, you just did so much, um, to claw your way
05:47back in and that puck gets deflected a little bit. Stetcher's first goal.
05:51And I think 30 plus games ends up scoring again the next night, by the way.
05:55And he's actually got quite a few points. He's been a nice story in Toronto.
05:59If you're a fan of the Leafs, which none of the people listening are, um, and then
06:05the LA one is, is tough because there would be concerns, even if you come back and
06:13you beat an LA team that can't score and you're eight, five and one, right?
06:19It'd still be like, well, you're winning at home. Okay. That's fine. But like,
06:22what's going on in the road, there'd still be concerns, but then like you give up
06:27three in the first, I get it impossible situation for Reimer, but I don't know
06:30what you were expecting. Yeah. With James, I don't know what you're expecting. And
06:35he's not like this super durable guy. And look, he's, he's in his late thirties.
06:41He's all due respect to him. He's 38 in the league. Yeah. He's back in the league.
06:44He's playing, he's worked hard and he played well in Hartford, but I don't know
06:48what you're expecting there. And he kind of gets hurt, pull, shoot. And then it's,
06:52you know, we were back to where you were and, and, you know, bread man comes in
06:57off the post and in scores, lavy, let's back, wins the game back. It's kind of like
07:03if you're eight, five and one and you have this long break and you can reset, I think
07:06it's easier to stomach right now. Again, you're over NHL 500, but it looks like the
07:14Devils are coming. It looks like Washington's starting to figure it out. We all know.
07:17I think Carolina is the best team in the league. So I just think, I know it's super
07:22early. It's not yet Halloween, but I don't know if four teams, I actually know
07:28four teams. I would be shocked if four teams from the Metro get in. Yeah. Like there
07:33might be six teams in the Atlantic better than three teams in the Metro. Yeah.
07:37It's so you had a great start. You're scoring goals. You couldn't last year.
07:42The problems are different than they were, but the main problem is just
07:50consistency and winning. And it looked like last year at the beginning of the
07:54structure was there. Couldn't find the back of the net. They're scoring.
07:59Some guys aren't scoring. Are we built now to score five a night? Is that how
08:03you're going to try to win? I don't think anyone thinks that's feasible.
08:08There's one team in the league that might be able to do that and they don't even
08:11want to do it in Edmonton who, by the way, are coming Sunday and playing.
08:17So you get this long break. Yeah, that's good. Reset work on some things, but
08:21there's an intensity that you take that many days off. It's it's rest versus rust
08:27and that will be a significant challenge. Yeah. And I mean, I guess to start with
08:36the James Reimer game, that's the second big transaction that they made this week.
08:41They signed Luke Lindenning off his PTO to a one-year $850,000 deal. Only two games
08:48so far for him. But then they signed James Reimer to the same deal after he played one
08:54game for Hartford on a professional triad. It was a 35 save shutout in that game. And
09:00then the Rangers signed him to give Dylan Garand a breather after seven straight starts. And
09:06it really did not carry over to the NHL level. And Reimer gave up two goals on the first two
09:13shots he saw, gave up three on eight shots he faced all in all, and got the hook in the
09:18first
09:19intermission. And Dylan Garand has to appear in a ninth consecutive game. Anyway, I mean,
09:25you touched on it, but I guess just how did you see the situation that the Rangers were in and
09:31their
09:31decision to go with Reimer there? Desperate times, right? Desperate times. You're on your third goalie,
09:39who now you're overworking. You have to do something. You need a warm body in there.
09:47It's tricky because none of these are, well, Igor obviously is. It's season ending, but, you know,
09:53Corpo Salo is what it is. And it's like, all right, there's a finish line there. At some point, he's
09:58got to
09:58be able to come back. Now, is he going to give you some solid starts at this point? Because he's
10:03no
10:03spring chicken either. So, you have to find a stopgap, just a warm body that can maybe,
10:12and the messaging from coaching staffs, I can almost guarantee is like, we have to be dialed
10:16in, really structured, make his night as easy as possible. And even then, it might not be enough.
10:22Proves it isn't enough. Yeah. No. And I think that Sullivan was very accountable after the game as
10:29well. He flat out said that I put him in a tough spot and that's on me. But I mean,
10:35this is a
10:35situation where they clearly don't trust Spencer Martin, even though they trusted him more than
10:41Dylan Moran just last year. So, I don't know. But I mean, would they have just been better off? I
10:48mean,
10:48granted, it's a league minimum deal and, you know, one that they can have in Hartford just to have more
10:54depth. But, you know, would they have just been better off saving their money for potentially another
10:58goalie down the line? Or is the question, you know, do you think going out and getting a better,
11:03more established energy goalie at all is worth their while right now? Because I'm just, I'm not
11:09so sure that it is just because of two things primarily. Number one being they haven't looked
11:15at Corposalo yet. I know I agree with your assessment, but if he is following the initial
11:21timeline that he was given, he could be back as soon as the Rangers' next road trip beginning in
11:26Seattle next week. So, whether he takes over as number one or he splits with Grand or is number
11:31two for Grand, whatever it is, there's still a possibility, I guess, of stabilizing in net.
11:37But the other one is being as I don't even know if this lineup is worth investing in a better
11:41goalie,
11:42if it's not going to matter with the way that the team is playing in front of him. I mean,
11:48are they going to give up whatever they're going to give up for one season of Jordan Binnington
11:52or commit to taking on Anthony Stolarz at 3.75 for the next four seasons, including this one?
11:59I mean, that might make more sense if Corposalo definitely doesn't work out. But my point is,
12:04I think the Rangers will wait to see what they have in Corposalo before making any definitive
12:09decisions at the goaltending position, I think. Unless, of course, there is a deal before then that
12:16they can't pass up. But I think it's still too early to be thinking that way. How do you see
12:25it?
12:25Yeah, you know, it's tough. It's like, so now you just added two contracts, you get 50 contracts.
12:31Yeah.
12:32So, I don't know where they're at, but they got to be close to 50 if you just added two
12:35in the season.
12:36Yeah.
12:36And that is almost like cap space in terms of you want some flexibility there.
12:45For Binnington, you're going to have to. Yeah, exactly.
12:48For Binnington, and let's just leave it at, like, if you got Jordan Binnington, and my,
12:56what I think of Jordan Binnington is, I don't know if it's like,
13:03he gets bored with the moment when it's not a big moment.
13:08Yeah.
13:08So, the prospect of him coming to MSG and playing for the Rangers on the last year of a deal,
13:13I think you'd get a really good version of Jordan Binnington.
13:17Could be fun.
13:18Yeah. And we've seen what he's capable of.
13:23Plays the puck well.
13:25He can do different things that fit an Igor stopgap for a year.
13:30Give him a chance to go get another ticket somewhere else and get his game back.
13:39If you're the St. Louis Blues, you're dealing from the position of strength there as well.
13:43It's like, all right, well, what are we getting for him?
13:46And you can get something for him.
13:48Yeah.
13:48So, I don't know what the ask would be.
13:52I don't know what you'd have to give up.
13:54That's what I'm saying.
13:55And you've just started sort of putting some foundational pieces in your pipeline in terms of prospects.
14:02Yeah.
14:03Are you going to pull those out for a one-year thing with Binnington?
14:05Exactly.
14:07That's the hard question.
14:09But they're trying to make the playoffs this year.
14:11So, you get Binnington, you're going to lose assets, and then you still have a Reimer,
14:16and you still have Glenn Denning, and you still have Martin, and you still have Grant,
14:22and you still have Corpus Allo, and you certainly still have Igor.
14:25Yes.
14:26And, yeah, so it's a really, it's just an impossible spot to be in.
14:32It is.
14:32It, how you navigate through this, if you're Chris Drury, I'm just interested to see,
14:42because it's an impossible, it's an impossible spot to be in.
14:45And it's also, I feel like, one of those types of situations where you do kind of have to wait
14:51and see a little bit, but you also have to be proactive, and you can't wait too long,
14:58you know, so that the move that you want to make that could potentially help isn't,
15:02is no longer an option, or is no longer going to make the difference that you needed to.
15:07But I just, I mean, we will go into more of the specifics of the losses,
15:14but I just, I don't see goaltending as their biggest issue right now either.
15:19I would say that of their last six losses, two of them, goaltending was a major factor.
15:27I think that Garand definitely didn't have good rebound control against Toronto,
15:31and that's part of the reason why it turned into a bit of a track meet there.
15:36And then obviously the Reimer game, giving up two goals on the first two shots,
15:40it's impossible to come back from that.
15:42It's a really difficult hole to get out of and to snap the team out of.
15:47So those are really the only two, you know, and when you look at their whole body of work,
15:53there's plenty of other places of blame to be distributing than just in goal.
16:00So I'm not even so sure that dedicating assets toward bolstering in goal is even worth it
16:07at this moment in time for this Rangers team.
16:10Yeah, they're at a bit of a crossroads.
16:13There's some, it's odd because there's some good, some bad.
16:17You know, Laf's been putting up points.
16:19Even Adam Fox has been putting up points.
16:21I don't, I mean, I don't know, but I can't imagine Fox is thrilled with his entire,
16:28the entirety of his game right now.
16:32But that's also, I'm looking at that, you know, with respect to him, I've seen him take some chances
16:41and be out of position, but you got to look at time and score in some of those and be
16:46like,
16:46well, maybe he's trying to get something going because they've been up four and they're chasing two
16:50and it's four to two or whatever it is, whatever it may be.
16:55And it seems like maybe there's more, and if it's coming from him, it's definitely who's the most cerebral guy
17:01and, you know, knows what he is and is always in really good spots.
17:06He defended his year last year, I thought was a great answer to some of the questions around him,
17:11whether he made the Olympic team or not.
17:14You know, he's fascinated me his whole career.
17:16I've always, I've always loved his game, but maybe he's trying to do more
17:22and that turns into him doing too much.
17:27I like JT's game right now.
17:29He's being physical, he's hard, he's going north.
17:31And he likes it too.
17:32He told me he likes the way he's playing too.
17:35I can't, I can't find any faults with it.
17:37Yeah.
17:37It's just the lack of production, which he said he's trying not to focus on because.
17:42And he's scoring ugly goals.
17:44They're all going up his foot, which is like, that's what you have to do when you go cold a
17:47little bit
17:48and they're tinkering, you see them tinkering, they're moving things around.
17:54They'll probably, they'll probably shift some things in the back end.
17:57Hopefully this break gets Jersey to a hundred percent or close to it.
18:02No one's at a hundred percent already, which is the sick thing.
18:05Just remembering like game three and you're like, oh no, I have a hip thing or whatever.
18:09It's like only six months and I'll feel 80% again.
18:14I'll feel back to myself.
18:17Yeah.
18:17So that's the cross the league.
18:19So it's no, you can't make any excuses for it.
18:22It's just that foundational five man mentality where they were all over.
18:29Like you look at the lightning games, they were in five man units up and down the ice.
18:34It's never chasing the game.
18:36And the hardest thing to do is even if you're down, like you can't just like, if we score
18:42first, we lock it down and do this.
18:43You have to have that same, cause that created offense for them.
18:46And I know Mike Sullivan has preached that if we're in the right structure, we will create
18:50offense, even from our own end.
18:54Continuity helps that.
18:55I get it.
18:56If it's not working, you have to make some changes, but they have to find some continuity.
19:00They have to find some sort of structure where guys know where they're going to be at all
19:05times.
19:07Yeah.
19:07I mean, they've now lost five of the last six.
19:10They've, I feel like they just have veered so far from what was working for them earlier
19:16in the season.
19:17I feel like they've lost some of their clean breakouts and transition game from zone to
19:22zone.
19:23That was working like a well-oiled machine for the first five games.
19:28It just feels like a trudge again, moving the puck up the ice.
19:33And I feel like the strong starts have completely dissipated after they.
19:38Don't underestimate the power of Igor and his puck.
19:42Of course.
19:43Yeah.
19:45I know.
19:46I don't, I don't disagree that that has factored into it, but even when it's not coming from
19:54below the goal line, it just feels like it's been so much more of a trudge from zone to
19:58zone and the starts, I mean, they were running teams over after puck drop, running them over.
20:06And that's just, that, that to me is, is just the craziness and probably the most frustrating
20:16thing about this Rangers team is to see the capability and to see it in full force.
20:24And then to just watch it slowly flip game by game.
20:29It just, I know.
20:30We know what it looks like when it's working.
20:33They got no swag right now.
20:35That's so frustrating.
20:37It's really, it's, it's really frustrating, Ryan.
20:40I mean, I like you, cause what do you attribute that complete slip, slippage to?
20:46You can't say that it's all because Igor is in a net.
20:51Like you just, it, it, it just doesn't make sense.
20:53You can't say that that is the number one reason because.
20:57I mean, there's a lot of different, there's a lot of different, and I don't think it's
21:01the same thing every night.
21:03Like you mentioned that two of them on goaltending out of the last six.
21:06Well, yeah, that's still two games in six that you're like, all right, well, Hey, listen,
21:10if it was two games and they played great.
21:12And then it was like, they played great in four.
21:16You can play great hockey games and just not get the result too.
21:19So maybe our concern is, is, you know, the other three games that didn't go great were
21:28not great by anyone's estimation.
21:30So it's not always that you lose, it's how, um, if you could take two of them and throw
21:36them out because of goaltending, I think you can do that for the players.
21:40That's four points.
21:42If they have those two where I look like it looked like they had jumped, they had pushed
21:46back, like I'll, I'll take it back to, I'll take it back to the Columbus game where they
21:53lost one, nothing in overtime.
21:55Uh, and just, it was an ugly, not a clean game for either team.
22:01It was physical, but I don't think they were the better team.
22:06They did have a few chances, but I don't think they were the better team.
22:10And I was like, you should be furious that you weren't the better team.
22:15This Columbus team is hanging on by a thread.
22:18Um, and that's a, I liked that Columbus team.
22:21They're a hard nose team.
22:23If they played well to start the year, I would not have been surprised, but I just think their
22:28bar has to be higher.
22:29They need to expect more out of themselves when it's not going right.
22:33You can nip it in the bud quicker because you're like, we are the New York Rangers.
22:37And these are the players we have JT Miller, we have Mika Zubanjad, Adam Fox, you know,
22:42you have Dorfev, you have Lafreniere's playing great.
22:45There's guys there that are really good players in this league and they should know that.
22:50Get your swag back a little bit.
22:52Yeah.
22:53I also feel like part of it is also the fact that Mike Sullivan and the coaching staff
22:59are clearly still figuring out their best combinations and alignments for everything.
23:06I mean, from the forward lines to deep hairs, power play units.
23:10I mean, Sullivan has made some very specific changes, but I feel like you can tell he's not
23:15really convinced in a lot of areas and we've seen the movement that enforces that, I think.
23:21And things like switching Bjorkstrand from the fourth line to the second line, Dorofiev
23:26getting bumped to the third line.
23:27The power play positions have been on a rotation, basically.
23:30He's made in-game changes on D with Dursey and Schmitz and Pedersen and Schneider.
23:36How do you see all this movement, Brian?
23:39And is there anything you feel strongly about that you think it should or shouldn't be?
23:44Oh, the next one you could do is, I think, flip-flop Gabrikov and Pedersen, which did
23:49early in the season, game two or three, maybe.
23:53I don't know.
23:53It was, and you have guys, you have more depth at the position this year, I think, so you
24:00can, guys can play with different guys.
24:03And as that goes, they'll be comfortable doing that in-game, you know, for a period, for
24:09a stretch of three or four shifts.
24:10If there's a power play, if there's a penalty, you know, eventually that, the more games,
24:15the more that works itself out.
24:17It's worked in Bjorkstrand's favor.
24:18You see, obviously, he did not want to be on the fourth line.
24:21He has worked, he's been noticeable in his effort level.
24:24And, you know, he's probably like, again, I was on the fourth line of Tampa, but that,
24:29you know, that was Tampa.
24:29We had these guys, I'm not a fourth liner here.
24:32And he's shown it, right?
24:36Yeah, I mean, I think if Noah Lava scores one goal, maybe he relaxes a little bit.
24:43Yeah.
24:45But again, he's still a young guy in the league.
24:48He was great, a bright spot last year because the expectations, right?
24:53But now it's like you're, you have these abilities and a year under your belt, he can improve.
25:02Last year, it was like, throw stuff at a wall and just see if anything can stick.
25:08This year, there's just, there's more depth.
25:13So I think it can be fixed, which is why it's like, when it's not, why are we figuring this
25:18out still?
25:19But they're still above 500.
25:20It's just not going great right now.
25:22No, no, but that's, I think why it's also just, it's the feeling of it.
25:29It's the feeling of, of watching these last few games of feeling like it's slipping and
25:33it does have this potential to continue sliding.
25:38I think those wounds haven't healed all the way, Molly.
25:41Last couple of seasons.
25:43No, no, they are fresh.
25:45They are raw.
25:46They are fresh and raw, Brian.
25:50But things like, I don't, I don't know how I feel about putting Dorofaev on the third
25:54line so soon, mostly because I just, you want to keep them with guys who can compliment
26:00his game.
26:01I don't know if Cooley and Lava are facilitating or playing the way that they need to, to help
26:08Dorofaev out of this little, whatever he's going through.
26:11Cause you can't even really call it a slump because the chances are coming.
26:17He's generating, he's there.
26:18He's probably leading the whole league and post crossbars hit at this point.
26:22It's definitely possible.
26:24He's got to go out before practice and hit to that.
26:27Yeah.
26:28My question is, I mean, three goals in 14 for him, but at what point do you start to consider
26:36this to be a major concern?
26:37Because if it keeps trending the way that it is, it obviously does eventually.
26:41And I think you mentioned you minus 13 already before we even started recording.
26:46On a plus team.
26:51So, I mean, I don't, I don't really buy into plus minus all that much anyway, but that's
26:56a number and that's a big number.
26:57It kind of jumps out at, yes.
26:59So he needs to put the puck in the net.
27:01That's why they got him.
27:02And that is a high pressure situation for an athlete.
27:07It's why they gave you $11 million.
27:10That's what the money is for.
27:12Yeah.
27:12That's what the money's for.
27:13You know, uh, John Hamm.
27:15Love it.
27:16But it's, it's, it's, that's it, man.
27:19You gotta, especially in the big city, man, it's gotta go in the net.
27:23And I saw one arm Marion Gabrick score 20 and 60 games and just get roasted.
27:31It's season after he got 40 and then got 40 again.
27:35And like that guy was a gamer and I think Dorofaev could be a gamer too.
27:40I just, it's gotta go in the net for him and relax.
27:44Don't press.
27:44The guy can go and score seven goals in eight games.
27:48He can do that.
27:49That's why I've seen him do it.
27:50It's getting the playoffs.
27:53Yeah.
27:53He's just gotta get hot.
27:55Yeah.
27:56And I agree with you.
27:57Like I like Laba.
27:59I like Cooley.
27:59I don't know if they're strongest points of their game or cerebral.
28:04Yeah.
28:05Yeah.
28:05I just, I don't think they're, I don't see the line.
28:08Like I don't, I just don't, I don't, I don't see it there.
28:12So it just kind of felt again, like throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks type
28:17of situation, which is not a situation you want to get into when you have much higher
28:21hopes for this group.
28:24Um, and we were also talking about just the fact that I don't think any, any of Dorofaev's
28:29goals have come at any substantial time.
28:33Yeah.
28:34I like have actually, they've come when the game has been out of hand already.
28:40So it's, you can't even put substance in them because of that.
28:43So it's, it's a tough situation.
28:46When you're a goal scorer, it matters.
28:46You have to.
28:47Yes, you have to.
28:48Yeah.
28:49The 6-1 goal against Jersey.
28:51I'm like, that's, that could be big.
28:53That could be big.
28:56People are like looking at me like, you're crazy.
28:58I'm like, you don't know.
28:59I've been around some of these guys.
29:02Gabby had 38 goals one year that he comes to practice with a new stick, new company,
29:07new curve, new blade, everything new.
29:10We're in line.
29:10Like, what is he doing?
29:12There's like 12 games left.
29:13Yeah.
29:13He's like, I don't like that stick.
29:14I'm like the one you've used your whole career to score 40 goals every year.
29:17What are you doing?
29:20It was like six games without a goal.
29:21Like get out of here.
29:23Someone hide him.
29:24Go steal his sticks.
29:25Get rid of him.
29:27Goal scores, man.
29:29You need them.
29:30You love them.
29:32They're finicky, so they could be big.
29:34No.
29:34Yeah, it's definitely something to monitor, but I definitely think, you know, even half
29:41of those posts hit, go in.
29:44It's a different situation for the Rangers, perhaps.
29:47Definitely a different situation for Pavel and his start to the Rangers.
29:51So, something to monitor going forward.
29:54The other thing is, Dursey is clearly battling something right now.
29:59He's taken a few maintenance days, and I've seen a lot of commentary debating whether a
30:05healthy Scott Morrow would or should be a better option than a clearly hampered Sean Dursey
30:11as a player.
30:12What's your stance on that, Brian?
30:14Well, we don't know what's going on in that room.
30:17For Morrow, it's, poor guy probably wants to play, and I don't know, Mike Sullivan spoke
30:23on it.
30:24Yeah.
30:24We don't know what's going on in that room.
30:26We don't know how banged up anyone is, and I just, if I was good enough to play, I was
30:34playing.
30:34It's like a yes or no.
30:36It's not don't give me a percentage.
30:37It's a yes or no, and usually it was a yes.
30:39There were a lot of days where it was a yes, and then you're like, you're in pregame warm
30:44up, and you're on the ice and on ice warm up, and you're just like, can we please get
30:49going here?
30:49You're like asking your knee or your hand or your shoulder or something like your back.
30:53I'm like, just get loose.
30:55Just try to get through this game without being a complete liability, but that's what
31:00we do.
31:00You see Brian Boyle whispering to his shoulder on the warm up.
31:03Yeah.
31:03Yeah.
31:04You're just, or like, you get to a point where you're like, all right, it's not going to
31:08get better.
31:08What can we, and then you're just thinking, how can I put myself to, you know, and there's
31:15so many guys that do that.
31:16That's not something just, I did.
31:18I mean, so many guys, you have to, and then that game ends.
31:22It's like, all right, got another one tomorrow.
31:24And you're just like, all right, let's get this thing going here.
31:28Yeah.
31:29No, I mean, clearly, I mean, Jersey, you could hear it, see it in any interview.
31:34He's ready to lay his life on the line for the New York Rangers.
31:39So I think it's not surprising at all that he's been trying to, to push through this,
31:44but yeah, I mean, hopefully with a five day break off the ice for a couple of days here
31:49that, that, that helps Sean Dursey.
31:52But yeah, I mean, Sullivan has acknowledged it himself, just how strong that pair was defensively
31:59through the first few games.
32:01And for whatever reason, it's just been a struggle the last five or six years.
32:08So the duality of this team, man, it is puzzling to say the least.
32:15Just puzzling.
32:16The rest will help them.
32:21Maybe not right away, but they'll, they'll weather this.
32:25Let's vibe it out, Molly.
32:27We got to vibe it out.
32:29So the vibes are, vibes are sinking the vibes.
32:33We talked so much about the vibes to start and it's got to have good vibes.
32:39They're hanging on for dear life right now.
32:41I think they're hanging on, but I, I, I don't think it's, you know, a boomer is size.
32:50It's over.
32:50It's over.
32:51The season's over.
32:53That's it.
32:53Throw in the towel.
32:55No, he did.
32:57He did.
33:01We know, we all, we all know and love boomer.
33:04There's 900 games left.
33:06Major, major Ranger fan.
33:08I, I get it.
33:09Like I get, I get how you can feel that way.
33:13It's hard not to.
33:14When, when you look at the last couple seasons of this Rangers team, it's hard not to, but
33:21I'm not there yet.
33:23I get, I get why boomer is, but I'm, I personally am not there yet.
33:27I think that this little reset here could be good for them.
33:31It has to be, it just, it just, it just has to be.
33:36Cause I also wonder, you know, things keep trending in this direction.
33:40Do they, what do they do with, with the 10 million and cap relief they're going to get
33:44from Igor?
33:45Or will it even matter?
33:48Yeah.
33:48I mean, who knows?
33:51The was, I know they played 14 games and not everyone has, but the funniest thing is
33:55if you go on NHL.com, they're in the playoffs right now.
33:59Yeah.
34:01No, no, no, no, no, they had a really great start to the season and it is definitely, you
34:11know, alleviated some of the veering straight down that they have done in the last week or
34:18so, so that they have kind of evened itself out, but yeah, they got to get back to doing
34:25what they were doing earlier in the season.
34:27And I mean, start games on time again for crying out loud, bare minimum.
34:35Yeah.
34:36Yeah.
34:37I mean, it's, you can't get running around, just have that structure.
34:42The chasing.
34:43They've been chasing the last.
34:45Yeah.
34:46It's, it's usually guys trying to do too much.
34:48You know, I've seen laughing the D zone run around a little bit.
34:51It's caused some confusion.
34:53I have some patience.
34:55That's what I'm talking about.
34:55The vibes of swagger.
34:56They need like, all right, less is more sometimes.
35:00Don't everybody go off and veer off on your own page.
35:03You need to still have that cohesiveness.
35:07It can be boring and ugly.
35:09Even that Columbus game that I wasn't thrilled about.
35:12They got a point.
35:14They got to figure out how to win on the road.
35:17They'll be fine at home.
35:18They'll figure it out back.
35:19You win a couple of road games and you're, you know.
35:22They can't buy a win at home and now they can't buy a win on the road.
35:26Yeah.
35:27Could have come together nicely at the right time.
35:29You got to believe it.
35:32You got to believe.
35:34All right.
35:35Four games in the next week.
35:36Edmonton at home on Sunday.
35:40Blues on Tuesday.
35:42Philadelphia on Thursday.
35:45And then on the road to Seattle before the Western Canada swing, which is always, it's funny.
35:54I was, I forget who I was talking to, but that Western Canada swing, man, it's a lot different than
35:59it was just a few years ago.
36:01Like now the Ranger, the Ranger should be coming out of that trip with at least two wins.
36:09Well, yeah, Anaheim can't beat Vancouver, which is the funniest thing ever.
36:15They lost to them again.
36:16They've won twice in 16 tries.
36:18Calgary and this Cooley kid and Nat Devin Cooley, who's the funniest, try to get an interview with him.
36:27They, they just win all the games now.
36:30So Edmonton is scary.
36:32I don't get why they go to Seattle and then to Edmonton and Calgary and back to Van.
36:39They did that last year.
36:40It's because the schedule creators hate us.
36:43That's why.
36:43They did that last year.
36:44It's crazy.
36:45I'm going out.
36:46I'll be at the game on the fifth and then head out for three of them.
36:50I'm not going to head back to Van.
36:52I'm heading to a hockey tournament in West.
36:58Where am I going?
36:59Fort Lauderdale flying into Florida.
37:02Nice.
37:02So that's great.
37:03But I'll be there in person.
37:06This road trip.
37:08All righty.
37:09We'll get to watch together.
37:11Well, make sure you pack them in your suitcase, Brian.
37:14Right?
37:14I always listen.
37:16You've seen me on the road.
37:18I'm a good vibe guy.
37:21Brian has always good vibes.
37:22All right.
37:23I think it's a good place for us to stop.
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37:29Comment down below.
37:31Where's your concern, Omitre, at with the New York Rangers?
37:35Where do you think Pavel Dorfeev's game is at?
37:38What should the Rangers do in goal?
37:40Do you have faith in Dylan Garand?
37:42Should they go out and get somebody else, say Jordan Bittington?
37:45Let us know in the comments and we'll chat again next week.
37:53I'll see you next week.