About this episode

The episode discusses the Rangers' impact on playoff races and highlights rising rookies in the NHL.

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 #nypostsports #nhl #hockey #rangers #newyorkrangers #nyr #nhlpodcast #hockeypodcast #rangerspodcast #newyorkrangerspodcast #mailbag #mikesullivan #chrisdrury #devils #islanders #matthewrobertson #nhlplayoffs #stanleycupplayoffs Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Mollie, Brian

Topics covered

• Rangers late-season surge
• NHL playoff picture
• teams on the fringe of playoffs
• Devils and Islanders shakeups
• Masterton nomination

Keywords

• Rangers
• NHL playoffs
• Devils
• Islanders
• Masterton nomination
• Gabe Perreault
• Chris Drury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Post, NHL, Devils, Islanders

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