Up In The Blue Seats - New York Rangers Podcast

On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker on the show with The Post’s Larry Brooks. They discuss Patrick Kane’s underwhelming first two games with the Rangers, Kane’s interaction with the media, K’Andre Miller’s important return, the changes to the power play and Alexis Lafreniere’s improved play. (19:15) ESPN NHL reporter Emily Kaplan then joins the show. Kaplan talks about her love of bagels, what Kane brings to the Blueshirts, whether they can take down the Bruins, the microscope that comes with working at ESPN, working between the benches, highlights of the trade deadline and her Stanley Cup Finals prediction.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown, Andrew Harts and Larry Brooks open the show talking about the Rangers’ blockbuster trade to acquire Patrick Kane from the Blackhawks. Brooksie breaks down how the deal happened, what the Rangers gave up, how Kane will fit in and what the expectations are for the Blueshirts. They also discuss the K’Andre Miller three-game suspension, Ryan Lindgren’s injury, where this team ranks on paper amongst great Rangers teams and looking back to the 2015 team.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about the Rangers trading for Tyler Motte. They discuss Motte’s return to the Blueshirts, the two-game losing streak and Igor Shesterkin’s struggles. (7:20) Former Ranger, MSG Network and NHL Network analyst Mike Rupp then joins the pod. Rupp discusses the Rangers play, why the Devils should trade for Timo Meier, the Motte trade, whether the Rangers should still go for Patrick Kane and what other players Chris Drury could target before the trade deadline. The former Rangers center and Devils Stanley Cup champion also gets into how difficult it is to adjust to a new team when getting traded midseason, why these Rangers can win a championship, his prediction for who wins it all and reacting to Shesterkin’s up and down goaltending this year.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about Vladimir Tarasenko’s big Rangers debut Friday and Artemi Panarin’s four-goal game Saturday. They discuss just how good this Rangers team is, Vitali Kravtsov requesting a trade and whether Patrick Kane is still an option for a trade to NY. (10:47) The Post’s Larry Brooks stops by to dissect the Kravtsov saga, Panarin’s sensational performance and whether the combination with Vincent Trocheck can work consistently.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Rangers beat writer Mollie Walker and Andrew Harts open the show with The Post’s Larry Brooks discussing the blockbuster deal made by Chris Drury, trading for Vladimir Tarasenko and Niko Mikkola from the St. Louis Blues. They discuss how this impact move could help the Rangers eventually raise the Stanley Cup at the end of the season and how it will change the way Coach Gallant sets his lineups. Later in the podcast, Mollie answers some subtext questions from the readers about Igor Shesterkin, Libor Hajek and how the Rangers would match-up with the Devils in the playoffs.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Andrew Harts open the show with The Post’s Larry Brooks. The crew talks about the Rangers 6-2 win Monday with “grease” goals, Will Cuylle making his NHL debut for the Rangers Wednesday in his hometown Toronto, Sammy Blais’ demotion to Hartford and Vitali Kravtsov being a healthy scratch. (15:14) MSG Network Rangers anchor and reporter John Giannone then joins the pod. Giannone looks back to his time working at The Post, now working with Henrik Lundqvist, being on MSG Network for over 20 years and his variety of roles in studio and between the benches. He also talks about the current Rangers outlook, the trade deadline and his early memories at The Garden growing up.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about the Rangers bouncing back from Sunday’s loss to the lowly Canadiens with a win over the Blue Jackets. They discuss Jaroslav Halak playing well, K’Andre Miller’s insane buzzer-beating goal and the big matchup ahead Thursday against the NHL’s best Bruins. Mollie then gives out her top five NHL cities and top five NHL arenas after visiting her final one on Monday in Columbus. (19:43) The Post’s Hall of Famer Larry Brooks then drops by to react to last Thursday’s thrilling finish at MSG, Miller’s sensational play, what his next contract may look like, the Rangers top power play units, Coach Gallant holding the team together and evaluating the Bruins historic first half of the season.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about the Rangers 4-3 win over the Wild Tuesday night. They discuss Chris Kreider’s injury, what it means for Alexis Lafreniere, Ryan Gosling kissing Henrik Lundqvist on the jumbotron, Ryan Reaves returning to MSG, reacting to his comments on his ending with the Rangers and Coach Gallant’s response to Mollie on those comments. (11:14) The Post’s Larry Brooks drops by to talk about Lafreniere’s time to shine with Kreider out, Reaves’ comments and Filip Chytil needing more ice time. (24:30) ESPN Radio NY Rangers play-by-play announcer and radio host Don La Greca then joins Jake and producer Andrew Harts. La Greca talks about the current Rangers, why he hates shootouts, what the Blueshirts should do at the trade deadline, his Rangers fandom and future on the radio. 

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about the Rangers’ 5-3 win Tuesday to end the Hurricanes 11-game win streak. They then discuss the Jimmy Vesey contract extension and why it was a brilliant move. They then answer subtext questions from listeners on Ben Harpur, Alexis LaFreniere’s Rangers future, ranking which players to retain moving forward and Vitali Kravtsov’s play. (14:18) The Post’s Larry Brooks drops by to react to the Vesey extension, what to do with the defensemen contract-wise moving forward and how the Rangers can fill their needs via trade.

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On a new episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown and Mollie Walker open the show talking about the Rangers ugly 4-0 loss to the Capitals Tuesday. They discuss Gerard Gallant’s tough practice Wednesday, lineup changes, having no more games against the Islanders this season and Igor Shesterkin hosting a few of the Islanders for Christmas at his home. (9:46) The Post’s Larry Brooks stops by to talk about the various lineup changes, what players he might put on a line together, what to do with Alexis Lafreniere and where the Blueshirts go from here with a tough stretch ahead.

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