The Garden Faithful: A show about the New York Rangers

Arthur and guest cohost Steve Valiquette break down the recent 3-games-in-4-nights stretch for the Rangers, with the Blueshirts going 1-1-1 against the Senators, Blackhawks, and Blues, and discuss whether head coach Gerard Gallant’s coaching style is working for this group right now, captain Jacob Trouba’s attempts to jolt his team to life with his physical play, Alexis Lafrenière and Kaapo Kakko playing on a line with Mika Zibanejad, and a make-or-break stretch with games against the Vegas Golden Knights tonight, the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche on Friday, the league-leading New Jersey Devils Monday at the Garden, and the surging Toronto Maple Leafs at MSG on Thursday.

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Arthur and guest cohost Steve Valiquette break down the Rangers much-needed 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday night and discuss Jaroslav Halak’s first win as a Ranger, the play of Jimmy Vesey, Vitali Kravstov, and Barclay Goodrow throughout a reshuffled lineup, Jacob Trouba playing with an upper-body injury, Igor Shesterkin’s struggles, upcoming must-wins against the Sens and Blackhawks this weekend, and Vally tries to name the 10 goalies to win games for both the Rangers and Islanders to close things out.

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Arthur and guest cohost, former Rangers goaltender Steve Valiquette discuss the mixed results for the Rangers against the Nashville Predators and Arizona Coyotes over the weekend, despite the Blueshirts sitting top-5 in the NHL in both high danger scoring chances for and against, Jaroslav Halak remaining winless on the season, Igor Shesterkin still looking to get on a consistent run, Filip Chytil playing with confidence, and, with American Thanksgiving quickly approaching, what the Rangers need to do on their roadtrip beginning in Seattle against the Kraken tonight to buoy their playoff odds.

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Arthur is joined by MSG Networks analyst and Clear Sight Analytics CEO Steve Valiquette discuss the Rangers offense breaking out in a feel-good 8-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night, Gerard Gallant’s line shuffling paying dividends, Vital Kravstov playing his best game of the season so far, Tuesday night’s 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders, Igor Shesterkin searching for his timing, Vally tells a great Dads Trip story about his dad, and more.

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Arthur and guest cohost Steve Valiquette break down the Rangers 5-2 loss to the red-hot Boston Bruins on Thursday night, including Ryan Lindgren leaving the game with an apparent upper-body injury, and discuss how the Blueshirts can fill the void if No. 55 is out of the lineup for any length of time, trends Vally observed over the prior week of Rangers hockey, if the team’s playoff hopes are in trouble a few weeks away from the supposed Thanksgiving line of demarcation, and much more. 

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Arthur is joined by MSG Networks analyst and Clear Sight Analytics CEO Steve Valiquette to break down the suddenly skidding New York Rangers, winless in their last 4 games, and 1-2-2 over their last 5, and discuss why the team is struggling to score right now, Alexandar Georgiev’s return to MSG with money on the board, injuries to Filip Chytil and Vitali Kravstov, and facing essentially must-win games against the Dallas Stars and Arizona Coyotes back-to-back this weekend.

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Arthur and guest cohost Steve Valiquette evaluate the first 5 games of the season for the New York Rangers, with the team going 3-1-1 and collecting 7 out of 10 possible points, and discuss a tough loss to the San Jose Sharks last night, why the Blueshirts’ power play has been dominant so far, the “3 E’s” of a hockey player’s career, the perils of giving up low danger goals, the accrual of cap space, and more.

Plus, thoughts on next week’s slate of games, starting with the Columbus Blue Jackets at The Garden on Sunday evening, the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday featuring the returns of Alexandar Georgiev and Dryden Hunt, who was picked up on waivers by the defending champs, and the New York Islanders on Wednesday to complete the back-to-back. 

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Arthur is once again joined by MSG Networks analyst and Clear Sight Analytics CEO Steve Valiquette to break down the Rangers 7-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night and discuss Igor Shesterkin’s solid start to the season, Alexis Lafrenière’s arrival alongside Artemi Panarin and Vincent Trocheck, Kaapo Kakko’s growing confidence as a top-6 power forward, the Zan Jones-Braden Schneider pairing, Jaroslav Halak making his Rangers debut in goal against the Winnipeg Jets tonight, opening night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, and more.

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Arthur joins hosts Ian Mendes and Sean Gentille to talk New York Rangers, the Eastern Conference, who wins the Stanley Cup, and more during The Athletic Hockey Show’s 2022-23 Season Preview livestream.

Please note: this segment was recorded live on Tuesday, October 11, 2022.

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Arthur and Producer Chris preview the Rangers season with a week to go until the home opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning and discuss Jimmy Vesey’s impressive training camp in his second stint with the Blueshirts, Vitali Kravtsov’s underwhelming play so far, if The Kid Line will remain intact to start the season, likely bottom-6 configurations, Zac Jones vs. Libor Hajek, Jacob Trouba’s mindset entering his first year as team captain, and some bold predictions to close things out.

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