Up In The Blue Seats - New York Rangers Podcast

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Rangers Working Through Road Struggles Ahead of 2 Games In Canada | Up In The Blue Seats Oct 21, 2026

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Welcome Back New York Rangers fans! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle are back to discuss the Rangers road struggles after their 7-1 loss to Devils and shutout 1-0 loss to the Blue Jackets, story from Brian Boyle about his famous chicken dance back in 2016, addressing concern for the Rangers lack of goals in losses, how they can keep their home streak going, Pavel Dorofeyev’s PPG brief benching and upcoming road trip against Toronto and Ottawa.

0:00 Intro

1:15 Overview of Rangers last 3 games

6:54 Luke Glendening PTO signing with NYR

7:51 Brian Boyle’s Chicken Dance story

12:58 Rangers 4th line center search

16:12 Devils/Rangers 7-1 loss assessment

18:52 Lack of offense during Rangers losses

21:13 Rangers winning 5-2 over Anaheim

22:33 Dorofeyev and the Powerplay

30:38 Previewing TOR, OTT and LAK

34:55 Final Shift

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How The Rangers Move On Without Igor Shesterkin & A ‘Garand’ Home Start Oct 14, 2026

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Welcome Back New York Rangers fans! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle are back to discuss Igor Shesterkin’s season ending injury and how the Rangers have kept the run going without their number 1 goalie. What potential moves they COULD do. Their 5-0 record at home, Alexis Lafreniere amazing start to his season, Front 6 movement and previewing the Battle of the Hudson against the New Jersey Devils.

0:00 Intro 1:20 Igor Shesterkin Injury 6:40 Dylan Garand 11:36 Potential roster moves & Salary cap 17:18 Rangers Streaking at Home 21:10 Lafreniere and his hot start 25:45 Tye Kartye 28:42 Pavel Dorofeyev slow start 31:20 Rangers team chemistry 34:05 Battle of the Hudson Preview 37:00 Wrap Up

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Everything Clicking For Rangers To Start Season | Up In The Blue Seats Oct 07, 2026

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Welcome Back New York Rangers fans! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle are back to discuss this 4 Game winning streak for the Rangers, Igor Shesterkin goalie goal and initial 2 game point streak, Cole Beaudoin NHL Debut, Oliver Bjorkstrand 4th line play, Gabe Perreault strong start, Dylan Garand shutout and what to do with Joonas Korpisalo and Lafreniere’s 4 point night against the heated rivals New York Islanders

0:00 Intro

1:13 Are the Rangers for real?

2:15 Game against Utah Mammoth

4:00 Igor Shesterkin Goalie Goal and Assist

7:48: Rangers start at home

11:19: Cole Beaudoin NHL Debut/ Joe Veleno put on IR

14:20: Rangers roster management

19:22 Oliver Bjorkstrand and Bottom 6 discussion

21:30 Gabe Perreault great hands

24:00 Dylan Garand shutout in Detroit

28:29 Battle of New York & Lafreniere 4 point game

34:15 5 man unit playing great together

37:32 Signing off

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Rangers Need Strong Response After Being Blanked in Boston | Up In The Blue Seats Oct 01, 2026

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Welcome Back New York Rangers fans! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle are back! They take a look at what went wrong for the Rangers in their season opener against the Boston Bruins, Discuss recalling Dylan Garand from Hartford, team chemistry during the first week of the season, if everyone needs to give the NY Rangers grace during the first couple of weeks and if they will score a goal in their home opener tonight against the Tampa Bay

0:00 Intro

1:19 Assessing Rangers first game of the season

9:35 Dylan Garand recalled/Joonas Korpisalo placed on IR

13:41 Power outage during Rangers Practice

14:29 Discussing final roster spots decisions

18:54 Giving Grace to team due to new faces, shortened preseason

21:15 Will the Rangers score a goal in their home opener

28:19 Final Comments

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Are The NY Rangers A Playoff Team? | Up In The Blue Seats Sep 23, 2026

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Welcome Back New York Rangers fans! Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle are back to preview the New York Rangers 2026-27 NHL season! From the additions of Pavel Dorofeyev to what the Rangers should do with the backup goalie position, we break it all down on this all new episode of Up In The Blue Seats!

0:00 Intro

2:35 Preseason game vs NJD and injury updates

10:06 New Additions to NYR and Expectations

14:04 Lafreniere Taking next step

17:59 2nd Line with JT Miller

19:16 What to do with Matt Rempe?

22:28 Gabe Perreault ceiling

26:31 Backup Goalie Job

35:21 Predictions

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The Retool is in FULL Effect! | Up in the Blue Seats Jul 08, 2026

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On this week’s episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Mollie and Brian breakdown the Rangers’ offseason moves so far! Diving into depth signings, key top six additions, and trading away some household names in order to build up the future. The gang also discusses the news of Quentin Dolan taking over the day to day operations of the team and how it will impact the Rangers moving forward. All that and more on the newest episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Timecodes: 00:00- Intro 3:18 - Offseason moves 24:18 - Will Brayden Schneider return? 27:20- Quentin Dolan takes over!

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Rangers DEAL for Dorofeyev in SEISMIC move! | Up in the Blue Seats Jun 27, 2026

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On this week’s episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Mollie and Brian break down a massive Day 1 of the NHL draft for the Blueshirts as they acquire Pavel Dorofeyev in a huge trade to speed up their retool. The gang also discuss the drafting of Alberts Smits and how soon we could see him in the NHL along with the rest of the rumors and storylines around the league as this offseason is off to a red hot start!

All that and more on the newest episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’

Timecodes:

00:00- Intro

0:37- Rangers trade for Pavel Dorofeyev

8:50- Drafting Alberts Smits 5th overall

15:25- Berard trade/ McTavish rumors & other storylines

19:19- Will Trocheck stay?

20:56- Tkachuk’s unite in Florida/ We have a trade!

24:22- State of player movement in NHL

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The Rangers '25-'26 season DEBRIEF! | Up in the Blue Seats Apr 22, 2026

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The Rangers season has finally come to a close. Mollie Walker and Brian Boyle break down a disappointing '25–'26 campaign and everything that comes next. The crew recaps everything from break up day and what the Rangers' next steps are heading into the draft lottery and free agency. Will the Rangers' 'retool' revamp the franchise or will it be more of the same for the blue shirts? All that and more on the SEASON FINALE of 'Up in the Blue Seats' Timecodes: 0:00- Intro :59- Jonathan Quick retires 6:25- Breakup day recap 16:10- Vincent Trocheck's future 20:46- Braden Schneider's trade value 27:21- Injuries 32:51- Matt Rempe's role 36:21- More from breakup day 41:17- Is Garand ready to be the #2?

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Rangers SPOILING Playoff Races + Rising Rookies Turning Heads! | Up in the Blue Seats Apr 08, 2026

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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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Old Fashioned GOALIE Fights + YOUR mailbag questions! | Up in the Blue Seats Apr 02, 2026

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On this week’s episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Mollie and Brian answer your burning questions about the Rangers as the season comes to a close! From trade scenarios, offseason moves and lineup decisions…we touch on it all! The gang also dives into the Rangers 3 game win streak, Igor Shesterkin vs Jacob Markstrom and how the young players are making the most of their opportunities! All that and more on the newest episode of ‘Up in the Blue Seats’ Timecodes: 00:00- Intro 1:28- Igor vs Markstrom/ Fighting in the NHL 12:40- Young guys stepping up 21:45- Mailbag time!

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