Blueshirts Breakaway

This week the guys discuss the roster cuts, sending Kravstov and Chytil to the AHL, Strome conspiracies and Howden being favored. Then Shayna Goldman of The Athletic joins the Breakaway to discuss final roster decisions, the plan for Hank this year and what to expect of the D-pairings Finally the guys come back and talk about some of the changes happening to the podcast in the coming weeks before their announcement

(0:42) This week the guys talk preseason reactions, the revamped power play, will Kravstov make the team? & 5 star questions along with questions from twitter. (31:01)Then Vince Mercogliano NYR beat writer for USAToday joins the Breakaway to talk about his interactions with Hank, Kaapo & who he feels will make the roster and some predictions for what NYR might do with Smith (58:42)Finally Sean Hartnett of WFAN joins the breakaway to speak about this time covering Dan Girardi and his legacy as a player.

Some people reached out and told us the audio had some issues with volume being too low and too high in other places. I attempted to do my best to remedy this issue and hopefully this will provide a better listening experience. Feel free to reach out to me with any feedback - @OhRyanMead on twitter. Thanks again guys, LGR/Praise Be

This week the guys celebrate their 200th show with Blueshirts Banter live from NYC. A lot of bridges are burned and everyone is in high spirits. Then at (1:10:10) Greg has Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic on to discuss his NYR season preview

Ryan is working his ass off in Vegas and is recording from his Westgate hotel room. The guys discuss Kaapo's HUGE debut, Fox, Traverse City and what to take away from it. Other topics discussed: Unsigned Rangers, RFA's, NHL Marketing, Do you tip your mailman, NYR #1 prospect ratings, Ryan's dad, John Franco, The Mets, best coaches in NY & TickPick along with some other nonsense.

Greg and Ryan continue their yearly tradition of doing an NFL Over/Unders podcast

This week the podcast starts off with Ryan talking about the best uber ride of his life, Greg speaks a little bit about baseball betting & then the boys actually talk Rangers. Is Tony DeAngelo a long term solution for the Rangers? 5 star questions & our new season long sponsor announcement. Then Gillian Kemmerer joins the breakaway to talk about ther time in the KHL, China, DJ's in the KHL, Russian Ranger prospects and fun stories.

This week Greg starts the podcast by talking our his wonderful roommate "Aaron" then the guys discuss the Traverse City Tourney roster, MSG's summer programming & Ryan makes a huge apology before 5 star questions. (42:53) Then Rick Carpiniello of The Athletic and dearest, best, good friend of the podcast joins the Breakaway to talk about Kakko, an RFA move the Rangers almost made, Kreider's future and tell the story about how we met him.

This week Ryan and Greg discuss how the Rangers were ranked #1 by Elite Prospects & NHL networks and why that might be. Then in the second half of the podcast the boys answer some 5 star questions and discuss the MUST WATCH games this season.

This week the boys are recording early again and Greg has lost his voice. Ryan ask twitter for some mailbag questions and the boys go through them. 5 star questions included! Then Matthew Esteves who covers the TB Lightning for Raw Charge joins the Breakaway to discuss Kevin Shattenkirk and some other off-season TB story lines

(This episode was recorded before Shatty signed with TB) On this episode Ryan and Greg discuss turning 30, why the Rangers had to buy out Shattenkirk, who will make the team out of camp, Panarin's personality and of course answer 5 star questions. Then around the 38 minute mark, the guys break down the Mets and the Yankees post deadline because it's August.

The guys react to the frankly shocking news of Kevin Shattenkirk being bought out by the New York Rangers

This week the boys unveil a new surprise intro to the show Then Greg and Ryan talk about Buch's bridge deal and where he fits on the team, Gusev to the Devils and the new Hartford coach. After Colin Stephenson of Newsday joins the Breakaway to talk off-season surprises, buyouts and what the Rangers need to do to get under the cap. Also evaluating Shattenkirk as a player. Colin is a good hang.

This weeks episode opens with a quick recap from the end of last weeks episode. Then the guys talk about Trouba signing his extension, Pionk getting paid and what happens with Chris Kreider. (39:47) Then friend of the podcast Jeff Balinski and James Duffy of Gotham Sports join the podcast for a round table discussion on how the teams of NY/NJ have handled the off-season and their thoughts on the NYR rebuild.

(:34)The guys talk about teams with salary cap that can actually trade with the Rangers, introduce a new segment "The Kegger" and a 5 star question (20:33)Then Travis Yost of TSN joins the Breakaway to talk about all the off-season moves of the NHL and defend Red Lobster (50:52)Finally Sara Civian of The Athletic stops by to discuss the last Canes season, Adam Fox and Greg McKegg