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. 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.
0:00 Start of the show
7:30 Larry Brooks joins
21:17 Who were the best candidates to handle the situation?
28:19 How will Laviolette fit with the team?
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I've seen many positive Rangers fans about the hire.
Who else were they going to hire that was AVAILABLE 😂
Gallant is a good regular season coach but looks like an amateur playoff time. You have to have an adaptable system and make adjustments. Also playing Vesey and Goodrow in the top 6 when you have Kakko and Laff is ridiculous.
The first priority on PLs agenda should be to speed up the passing and get some fast younger players with great puck skills, passing speed and pace, as this was the main Achilles heal previous season.
29:11 we needed that so badly during these playoffs. We had so many weapons, and having someone be like "yeah… do your thing" isn't enough! The more I hear about PL, I get a little more confident that we can do better than okay
absolutely GG sucks of don't match lines. They let one guy, one smallest guy Hughes free wheeling and showboating, that is just STUPID. I would help a D line him up and a winger trailing him and nail him if he cuts back, that'll make him think twice of carrying the puck. GG wants clean hockey, that's just absurd, look at how nasty, how physical and how brutal the finals were, vegas and panthers both trying to nail anyone with head down.
trade CK's 7million. He's the worst power forward I have ever seen. Never wins puck in corner, just stood there, can't carry the puck, never fights for teammates, and in his entire career have you seen him deliver a bone crushing hit like trouba or lindgren? He hits like he doesn't want to hurt the guy. Minds you Mika is all the work hence mika runs out of gas each game.
John Cooper's a once-in-a-lifetime kind of coach You're not going to get that all the time. Knoblauch will be the Rangers coach in the future. I'm good with the higher he's a hired gun that will be here for 2 to 3 years at the most
Get rid of Sather. Nothing will change as long as he is with the org. Him and Dolan are the two constants.
The Rangers are going nowhere fast.
The commentators on this video are morons.
Laviolette was a great choice in my opinion I think he’ll get the players heads out of their asses the veteran guys especially and I think the kids will thrive too