Yes, sir. That's 3 straight wins for the
Rangers after Tuesday night's 4 to 3 win out in
Vancouver. The Rangers are rolling again, y'all.
So let's bring in our guys, Stevie and Joey
of the Broadway Block podcast because from Broadway to Western
Canada, the Blue shirts are getting it done.
What's up, fellas? How you guys doing?
Always good after a Rangers win. Absolutely. And
uh just to throw a disclaimer out there for the
people, we didn't, we didn't know we were
gonna twin and match uh Stevie wearing the maroon,
Joey wearing the gray. I'm in the maroon and
gray. It's just when you win 3 straight,
it just happens like. That, so, uh
, let's get into this one. Joey. I'm
gonna start with you then Steve, you jump in
right after 4 goals from 4 different players, and
that includes a Chris Kreider, game winner. He
should have done the Steph Curry night night, but
talk to us about last night, man. Uh
, what were your takeaways from the win? Well
, it was great to see Igor back in that
coming off a quick shout out. We, we
talked on our show briefly. We weren't too sure
on who was gonna get the nod for the start
, but it was great seeing Igor out there.
Only concerning thing I saw was, same thing that
we've had the last couple games besides the Detroit game
was that we let that early goal in first,
and then we started to click in and get into
our rhythm. Uh, you gotta love to see
that. The bigger guys are coming out. You
saw Mika get a goal. He's needed to get
going. And then the third line has been fantastic
for me. You saw a goal from Will Cooley
and you saw one from Capo Caco, and they
both assisted each other on that. That has been
the most pleasant surprise for me all season watching that
3rd line go at it, and Will Cooley is
just that dog. I think he's what we wanted
, um. Taco to be, but we're seeing
the production from Will Cooley now and it's fantastic day
in and day out, he's getting aggressive, he's
getting goals and he's doing everything we want. What
about you, Stevie? Were you impressed with the
win? Yeah, it's also hard to not point
out that Burzynski has managed to slide into heels spot
since losing him through injury. I think Joe brings
up a lot of good points about their production with
, uh, Cooley and Kako kind of finding some
chemistry together and some consistency in their lineup. Uh
, but Kako was also quick to highlight last night
in the postgame interview that Burdzinski has been called up
before they played a, a large chunk of the
season without Filipino. Last year and that this is
sort of familiar territory for, for Johnny Burdzinski.
I'm gonna talk to you guys about Bridinski stepping in
for Hito and if Hito should be rushed back.
We're gonna talk about that in a little bit,
but Stevie, I'm gonna ask you, man,
because the Rangers improved to 7-1-0 on the road and
they remain one of the best road teams in the
NHL. We know how good they are at MSG
, but what makes them so good outside of the
Garden? Well, Peter Laviolette commented after one of
the games the other night that it sort of just
ends up being that when you start one of these
long road trips that you start spending more time with
one another, you eat together. There's just a
different, uh, sense of togetherness on a road
trip than there is at home. So really just
starting that first road game out with a victory,
you kind of get the team bonding going and you
know that these are some winnable games with important points
right now. I think the other thing about playing
at MSG is that everyone likes to play at MSG
. It's not just the Rangers, it's not just
the Rangers fans. If you're another player, we've
talked to other players and coaches and, and referees
that all sort of highlight that playing at MSG is
just something that you circle on your calendar. So
I, I don't know if it's necessarily that they
play better, uh, on the road or if
it's just that other people sort of really test them
at home. Joey, what makes these guys road
warriors? Well, I think it's also not falling
to the trap games. Uh, I think when
you go out to like Seattle and you're facing the
cracking, you know, they're excited to play the
Rangers and see where they are as a franchise.
So I think coming out and winning these games on
the road are like a must win for a team
that is supposed to be a top 5 team in
the league. So coming, running through Canada and
getting these wins is the most important thing the Rangers
can do. And exactly what Steve said, I
think there's a little. Less pressure, you know
, we're doing what we're supposed to do, and
the camaraderie's there. And at home, we've talked
to tons of people on our show and everybody loves
coming to the garden, and everybody gets up for
those games. So for us, I just think
it's doing what you're supposed to do and being a
top 5 team and coming in and getting the wins
. And this year, we're not even going to
overtime with some of these teams that are below us
. So for me, that's like, I think
we're doing great this year, and I don't think
going for. We're, we're gonna have that much
problems on the road, but you never know.
It's a long season. Don't you dare jinx them
. Don't you dare jinx them. But yeah,
you can see them not playing down to the competition
. That's what really good teams do. And this
is a team that's been in the playoffs, has
been on the run, got knocked out in the
Eastern Conference Finals last season. So it seems like
they came in here on a mission. So Peter
Laviolette said he wasn't going to rush Hido back,
but do they even need him right now? How
deep is his current roster? Well, I think
we need him. Like, we, we touched
on that Johnny B came up and he slots in
. It was 2 weeks and 5 games ago since
Johnny came up and he looked like he was really
comfortable out there, but Philip Hele has started this
season. He has 4 goals, and we need
him to get going. Like, I felt like
last year. In the playoffs we were missing that
extra edge that if we can get a healthy Filippedo
that feels good and gets at least 50 to 60
games in this season, I think he will be
a monster in the playoffs, but we need him
out there playing these games, and I want to
get these consistency down with these lines and the lines
to stay. the same. So I don't need
an injury from Hile. Uh, well, if
it's gonna happen, I'd rather it happen early.
But going forward, I want these lines to stay
the same, the 3rd, the 4th, and
get that consistency, which I felt like we missed
in the playoffs last season. Steve, you agree
with that? You think Hidle needs to be back
into the lineup right away? Uh, right away
is, is the operative word there because, uh
, given his experience and, and history with injuries
, I don't think it's in our best interest obviously
to rush him back. If he passes and he
doesn't sustain a concussion, that's obviously huge news because
you know that if it's something mild that, that
isn't, you know, brain related, then he'll
kind of go through it. So we'll see if
, if. If he makes the immediate impact that
Joe says, I, I do agree with Joe
that he's gonna need all that time to kind of
marinate with these guys because they haven't lost a step
in his absence, and that's not to say anything
negative about Hidle. It's mostly the, the continuity
that they've been able to have in his absence.
Um, but I do think he plugs right back
into that line. He plays a very similar style
of game to Johnny, just a little. A
bit less of the physicality and a little bit more
of a, an offensive flare. So they both
play with speed. They, they seem to know
where those other two guys are at all times.
I'm interested to see how he comes back in his
first few games. We saw him coming out and
shooting really early and often this year, so that
would be my indication that, that all, all
things are a good go for Phil. All right
, I gotta get you guys quick thoughts on the
Calgary game. Rasmus Anderson is having himself a year
. So Steve, what's the key to a,
uh, another W on Thursday against the Flames?
Well, this team seems to win games regardless of
if we gave up a goal in the first period
or if, if we come out slugging, uh
, originally. So I would say that it,
it mostly has to do with our goaltending. We've
been getting really solid goaltending in the games we've been
winning. People are gonna be quick to highlight that
we rely too heavily on our goaltending, but it
really does seem to be like a quarterback in,
in a, in a unit in a system that
it's sort of all meant to be that way.
So, Yeah, I don't want to surrender 40
shots a night, but if your goalie is gonna
give up less than 3 goals, I think every
night that happens, you have a chance and this
team is more than capable of, of scoring.
I think you're gonna see a game closer to like
you saw last night, maybe like a 4 to
3 win. Joe, the Rangers are 12,
4 and 1 on the season. How do they
make it 13, 4-1 Thursday night? I think
, I think they don't fall to the, a
flames game because the I don't feel like anybody has
picked them to go that far, maybe even make
the playoffs, but they've, if you look back
on the games that they played so far this season
, they've had a lot of close games that have
gone to overtime. So I think it's establishing the
offensive play early. And if you look at the
Rangers, we're not a high shot team, but
we're a high danger team. We got to take
advantages of those dangerous situations early and capitalize on them
. All right, fellas, really quick, Joey
, tell the people where they can uh find you
guys and then follow up, Stevie. Well,
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. Hey man, that's it. I appreciate you
guys. Uh, it's been a nice little connection
that we've been able to build and, and do
these shows with you. So thanks again for inviting
us on. Yeah, thanks for hopping on,
man. If we, hey, look, if
we're dressed in this, if we're color coordinated the
next time, do we just become best friends?
I'm just gonna start off with that one, man
. Hey, thank you guys, man.