From Eastern Conference Finalists in 2022 and 2024 to NHL bottom-feeder. The New York Rangers fall from the NHL’s elite has been stunning with much of the blame being heaped on GM Chris Drury.

Vincent Mercogliano covers the Rangers for The Athletic and joins Neil and Vic to do a deep dive into the current state of the franchise, how they got to this point and where they go in a 100th anniversary season that has been anything but memorable.

In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, it took more than half of the season but we finally have a head coaching change. Also, the Lightning remain on fire while guess who’s back in a playoff spot?

IN THIS EPISODE:

[01:43] – Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To

[13:10] – Vince Mercogliano joins the show and delivers a very extensive breakdown of how things have fallen apart at MSG. The on ice product is visible to all but much of the issues of today have their roots going back as far as two years with several episodes taking place off the ice.

[22:25] – Further elaboration on the acquisitions made by GM Chris Drury and why hasn't there been greater accountability from ownership?

[26:04] – Perhaps equally distressing for the Rangers organization is an equally weak team in Hartford with three prospects continuing to struggle at the NHL level. Add in the underwhelming career of the first overall pick in the 2020 Entry Draft.

[31:06] – Perhaps one of the biggest rubs with GM Drury has been his treatment of players. This coming from a former player, captain of the Rangers and a Stanley Cup Champion in Colorado.

[34:10] – The future of Artemi Panarin.

[37:13] – The positives Vince sees in the immediate amidst the mess of the 2025-26 season.

[39:44] – Updates on Adam Fox and Igor Shesterkin

[40:21] – More on Fox. Injury aside, the reported pursuit of Quinn Hughes in New York and the not getting a call for the Olympics has been a double whammy.

[43:36] - Putting a wrap on the discussion with Vincent Mercogliano.

[45:35] - Coaching updates on a milestone for Jon Cooper and a health scare for a former NHL coach working in the KHL.

[51:36] - 2026 NHL Draft to be held in Buffalo.

[55:00] - The ongoing drama at the main rink at the Milan-Cortina Olympic site.

[58:00] - Personnel items.

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When a team loses, it's one thing. When it gets blown out, it's another. When that blowout comes in the form of surrendering 10 goals in front of a national TV audience, you're in pretty hot soup and that's exactly what the New York Rangers are in following one of their most embarrassing losses in recent memory.

Vic and Neil break it down and also look at the reversal of fortune in Toronto, the first steps taken by Winnipeg in an attempt to get back into the Western Conference playoff picture and some unrest in New Jersey as the slumping Devils sit a veteran defenseman.

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Bernie Parent and Jay Snyder join Neil and Vic to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Philadelphia Flyers' back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships in 1974 and 1975. From Ed Snyder's vision after being brutalized by the Blues to Fred Shero's revolutionary coaching, this is the story of how the Broad Street Bullies became the first expansion team to win the Cup. Hear Bernie describe learning from Jacques Plante, the Terror Squad's impact, Bobby Clarke's leadership, and beating Bobby Orr's Bruins 1-0 in the ultimate Game 6. Jay shares his father's passion, Kate Smith singing live, and why Bernie's 1976 injury cost them a three-peat. This is Flyers hockey at its finest.

IN THIS EPISODE:

[00:00] - Welcome: Special Edition reliving Cup on Broad Street 50 years later

[01:00] - Jay Snyder (Ed Snyder's son, former Flyers president) and Bernie Parent join

[02:00] - Bernie: "50 years ago we won, I'm only 55" - where does time go?

[03:00] - 1967 expansion: Flyers finished first but Blues pushed them around in playoffs

[04:00] - Ed Snyder's decision: "I'm not letting one of my teams get pushed around again"

[05:00] - Noel Picard coldcocking Claude Laforge: seminal moment requiring change

[06:00] - Ed Snyder building winning culture with right people: Keith Allen, Fred Shero

[07:00] - Bobby Clarke drafted 1969: smallish player, diabetic, questions about holding up

[08:00] - Fred Shero hired 1971-72, growing pains but building towards something

[09:00] - Gary Dornhoefer goal 1973 quarterfinals: immortalized in bronze

[10:00] - Bernie traded to Toronto: learning from Jacques Plante about reading plays

[11:00] - WHA stint with Blazers: "if it doesn't work, I'll come back to NHL"

[12:00] - Returning to Philly 1973-74: whole team ready, whole city ready

[13:00] - Goaltender living in moment philosophy: goal goes in, move on immediately

[14:00] - Reading defensemen: left-hand shooter vs right-hand, studying positioning

[15:00] - Team construction: Terror Squad (Schultz, Kelly, Dupont, Van Impe) with skill

[16:00] - Broad Street Bullies coined 1972-73 by Jack Chevalier, Philadelphia Bulletin

[17:00] - Jay on Bernie returning: "this is the piece we're missing, a lot of excitement"

[18:00] - Ed Snyder philosophy: build team from goal out, back end first

[19:00] - 50 wins, 112 points regular season: longest losing streak only three games

[20:00] - Nationally televised Montreal game February: Dave Schultz one-punch knockout John Van Boxmeer

[21:00] - Bench-clearing brawl: team vilified but best draw in league

[22:00] - Bernie on Ed Snyder: "great ownership, great individual, loved him dearly"

[23:00] - Successful people surround themselves with right people: Keith Allen, Fred Shero, players

[24:00] - Jay witnessing Bernie's physical strength: arms black and blue from 70+ games

[25:00] - Bernie: old days more about studying game than protecting yourself

[26:00] - Playoffs: sweep Atlanta Flames, then Rangers seven games - adversity

[27:00] - First expansion team knocking out Original Six team

[28:00] - Dave Schultz-Dale Rolfe Game 7 fight: Rangers didn't jump in, heart taken out

[29:00] - Third man rule in effect: Rolfe told teammates not to jump in

[30:00] - Neil's Ranger friend: "disgraceful to Rangers, not Flyers" - lived on 20 years

[31:00] - Barry Ashby career-ending eye injury Game 4 OT from Dale Rolfe shot

[32:00] - Team getting closer: "somebody has to pay price" - team rules

[33:00] - Fred Shero bulletin board material: saying Rangers tougher than Bruins

[34:00] - Bernie: Freddy was my driver to airport, Columbus joke after California trip

[35:00] - Strategy against Bobby Orr: cover him without puck, dump puck his side

[36:00] - Bernie searching for weakness 12 hours: "couldn't find one, just...