Episode 41: Isles Out, Devils Out, Rangers Out
From Tri-State Hockey Podcast by The Nation Network
April 13, 2026 · 1h 34m · Season 1 · Episode 41
About this episode
The episode discusses the failures of the Islanders, Devils, and Rangers as they miss the playoffs, featuring analysis and player discussions.
Episode 41 of the Tri-State Hockey Podcast is a full-on postmortem for the Islanders, Devils, and Rangers after all three teams officially miss the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Jonny Lazarus, Mike Rupp, and Arthur Staple react to the Islanders’ collapse, debate whether major roster surgery is finally coming to Long Island, and dig into the criticism surrounding Matthew Darsch, Ilya Sorokin, Bo Horvat, Mathew Barzal, and the trade-deadline additions. The guys then shift to New Jersey to talk about the Devils’ line combinations, Connor Brown’s fit, Dawson Mercer’s future, and the team’s goaltending plan heading into next season. They wrap things up with a great conversation on Jonathan Quick’s career, retirement, and legacy, plus some Rangers talk, Gabe Perreault contract chatter, and the usual chaos to close the show. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Joey from Long Island sets the tone 3:07 Islanders collapse reaction 10:10 Matthew Darsch criticism and fan frustration 19:00 Should the Islanders consider moving Ilya Sorokin? 29:10 Which Islanders pieces could be moved this summer? 42:35 Final Islanders voicemail and Brayden Schenn debate 55:21 Matthew Schaefer as the lone bright spot 57:17 Devils…
People in this episode
Hosts: Jonny Lazarus, Mike Rupp, Arthur Staple
Topics covered
- Stanley Cup Playoffs
- NHL teams analysis
- Islanders collapse
- Devils future
- Rangers discussion
- player criticism
- goaltending outlook
Keywords
- Stanley Cup Playoffs
- Islanders
- Devils
- Rangers
- NHL
- goaltending
- player criticism
- trade-deadline
- Jonathan Quick
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers
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