#84: Trade Up for Stenberg, Bid Farewell to Benoit Allaire

#84: Trade Up for Stenberg, Bid Farewell to Benoit Allaire

From Blueshirt Bandwidth by Blueshirt Banter

May 14, 2026 · 1h 0m · Episode 84

About this episode

The episode discusses potential trades for the Rangers, player evaluations, and the retirement of Benoit Allaire.

Note: We had connection issues when recording this episode, so if some transitions seem kind of rocky, that's why. Episode 84 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Adam Edstrom episode, and Eric and Joe fight Riverside through multiple connection meltdowns to get into the long version of the fifth-overall conversation. They think the Rangers should be on the phone with Mike Grier about trading up for the second overall pick and Ivar Stenberg, with Braden Schneider as the centerpiece. Caleb Malhotra is almost certainly gone by five, Carson Carels is the consensus fallback, Eric does not want to endure another Keaton Verhoeff-can't-skate cycle, and Viggo Björck would be a reach at five no matter how much Snark and Roberto like him. Benoit Allaire is retiring and goes straight to Valhalla, Bill Guerin should have traded for Vincent Trocheck and now the Wild are a game from elimination, the Sidney Crosby lottery absolutely was rigged but most of the others are not, and Chip's trade proposal—the second overall pick, the 20th, Michael Misa, and a secondary prospect for Adam Fox—is one both guys would actually do. Give it a listen! Podcast Ombudsman Report for Blueshirt Bandwidth Ep. 83 Watch…

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric, Joe

Topics covered

  • NHL trades
  • Rangers draft strategy
  • player analysis
  • retirement news
  • hockey controversies

Keywords

  • NHL
  • Rangers
  • trades
  • draft
  • Benoit Allaire
  • hockey
  • Adam Fox
  • Braden Schneider
  • Vincent Trocheck

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Organizations: Blueshirt Banter, Riverside

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