On an emergency episode of the “Up In The Blue Seats” podcast, Jake Brown, Mollie Walker and Andrew Harts open the show talking about the Rangers hiring Peter Laviolette as their new head coach. (7:58) The Post’s Larry Brooks drops by to react to the Laviolette hire, how important his career resume was in the decision, what his weaknesses are as a coach, whether he could get the Rangers to win a Stanley Cup and the difficult roster construction with limited cap space this summer for the Rangers.

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