Up In The Blue Seats - New York Rangers Podcast

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Up In The Blue Seats is a Rangers-focused hockey conversation built around immediate reactions, lineup logic, and fan frustration. Molly Walker and former Ranger Brian Boyle move quickly from recent results to what they say about the roster, the team, and the next version of it.

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About Up In The Blue Seats - New York Rangers Podcast

Up In The Blue Seats is built for Rangers fans who want the argument, not just the score. It sounds current. Molly Walker and former Ranger Brian Boyle work through the Rangers season as it is actually being experienced: uneven, frustrating, occasionally fun, and increasingly pointed toward the future. The show can start with a losing streak and end up in a deeper conversation about opportunity. It can celebrate a new top-line spark without pretending the standings have vanished. Gabe Perreault, Mika Zibanejad, Alexi Lafreniere, Vincent Trocek, Drew Fortescue, Matt Rempe, Edstrom, and other roster pieces become part of a larger running question about who belongs in the next version of the team. Trade-deadline episodes have a practical edge. The talk around Trocek, Carson Susie, Chris Drury, Minnesota, Detroit, and the Islanders is less rumor theater than value, leverage, and what a move would actually mean. Boyle often pulls the conversation toward the player side of the sport. He talks about training camp pressure, summer work, role security, and the way a deep team can make even a veteran feel like he has to earn everything again. Walker keeps the beat close to the fan base. Mailbag questions, comments, and the mood around MSG are treated as part of the story rather than background noise. The tone is casual and fast, with interruptions, jokes, quick pivots, and enough hockey shorthand to assume the audience is already in the room. It is not trying to teach Rangers 101. It is for people who know why a home win streak matters, why a prospect debut changes the conversation, and why a so-called retool can make every shift feel like evidence. The show also reaches beyond the Rangers when the league context matters, from playoff seeding complaints to Devils and Islanders questions. Its best quality is that it lets disagreement and uncertainty stay alive. The season is messy, so the conversation is allowed to be messy too.

Made for: For Rangers fans who follow the roster closely, know the league shorthand, and want lively analysis that sounds closer to a real hockey conversation than a packaged recap.

What sets it apart: The show pairs beat-level immediacy with Brian Boyle’s player-side understanding of roles, camp pressure, and team stakes. It turns daily Rangers news into bigger arguments about roster direction without sanding off the fan frustration.

In their own words

Up In The Blue Seats is a New York Rangers hockey podcast as only the New York Post sports section can create. The hosts are former Rangers and 15-year NHL center Brian Boyle and NY Post Rangers beat writer Mollie Walker. Brian and Mollie break down the latest news about the Rangers and take you inside the locker room . They are joined by current and former players and special guests. “Up in the Blue Seats” is available every Thursday morning.

As heard by us

Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Mollie Walker supplies the Rangers detail, and Brian Boyle shows how lineup decisions look from inside an NHL career.

Mollie Walker keeps the Rangers' immediate problems in view, while Brian Boyle tests them against the practical demands of an NHL room. Their conversations move from home losses and power-play failures to roster competition, injuries and the development of younger players, with…

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Molly Walker brings the ugly numbers; Brian Boyle brings the player reality check.

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the Rangers' bad weeks measured in hard numbers, then translated through Boyle's player experience
roster and prospect debates that go past "play the kids" and ask who has earned a spot

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Rangers roster retooltrade deadline decisionsyoung player auditionstop-line chemistryhome-ice performancemailbag questionsplayoff race contextDevils and Islanders talk

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Rangers SPOILING Playoff Races + Rising Rookies Turning Heads! | Up in the Blue SeatsApr 8, 2026

A loose Rangers conversation that turns the playoff bracket into the main event.

The episode centers on the final home game and the playoff picture, then settles into a strong stretch on the case for one-through-eight seeding.

Old Fashioned GOALIE Fights + YOUR mailbag questions! | Up in the Blue SeatsApr 2, 2026

A candid Rangers check-in that pairs season fatigue with roster-pressure talk.

The Rangers are down to the last seven games, and this discussion uses that stretch to measure where the season stands without pretending it has settled into anything neat.

Mika Benched, Kreider Returns & Rangers Can’t catch a break! | Up in the Blue SeatsDec 17, 2025

A blunt Rangers discussion about bad results, locker-room standards, and a slide that feels bigger than one game.

Up in the Blue Seats spends most of its time on a Rangers week that seems designed to wear people down: the Quinn Hughes rumor, the comeback in Montreal, the special-teams mess against Anaheim, a missed team meeting, and another shutout loss at home.

Rangers Searching for Answers as New Questions Arise | Up in the Blue SeatsDec 12, 2025

A candid Rangers check-in built around the Blackhawks loss, the power play, and the Adam Fox absence.

The Rangers piece centers on the 3-0 loss to the Blackhawks and uses that result to frame the team’s current uneven stretch. Molly Walker and Brian Boyle work through the power play, the Adam Fox-sized hole, and the burden on the top scorers when Panarin, Miller, and Zibanejad…

The Rangers '25-'26 Season Preview! | Up in the Blue SeatsOct 4, 2025

A blunt Rangers season preview that treats the roster as unfinished and the camp battles as still open.

This Rangers season preview treats the opening night roster as unsettled, not finished, and that keeps the tone grounded and immediate. Molly Walker, Brian Boyle, and Larry Brooks move from the team picture to the pressure on players trying to earn spots, with attention to the…

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Episodes

Everything Clicking For Rangers To Start Season | Up In The Blue Seats

Rangers Need Strong Response After Being Blanked in Boston | Up In The Blue Seats

Are The NY Rangers A Playoff Team? | Up In The Blue Seats

The Retool is in FULL Effect! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers DEAL for Dorofeyev in SEISMIC move! | Up in the Blue Seats

The Rangers '25-'26 season DEBRIEF! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers SPOILING Playoff Races + Rising Rookies Turning Heads! | Up in the Blue Seats

Old Fashioned GOALIE Fights + YOUR mailbag questions! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers are getting a FRESH look at the FUTURE! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers’ NEW LOOK Top Line is Finding Chemistry! | Up in the Blue Seats

Trocheck stays, Carrick goes as Deadline Day Wraps Up! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers' have all eyes on the FUTURE after Winter Olympic break | Up in the Blue Seats

Let the Rangers' Retool BEGIN! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers Tell The Fans Major Roster Shakeup Is Coming After Letter 2.0 | Up in the Blue Seats

Lowest Point of the Rangers Season? Fans are TURNING on Management! | Up in the Blue Seats

Injury bug BITES the Blueshirts at the WRONG time | Up in the Blue Seats

Mika Benched, Kreider Returns & Rangers Can’t catch a break! | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers Searching for Answers as New Questions Arise | Up in the Blue Seats

This one's for Brooksie | Up in the Blue Seats

Larry Brooks' legacy will be remembered forever | Up in the Blue Seats

MSG has turned into a House of Horrors for the Rangers | Up in the Blue Seats

Trailer - Up in the Blue Seats

J.T. Miller’s Vancouver Homecoming Could Spark The Rangers | Up in the Blue Seats

Home Struggles Continue to Haunt the Blue Shirts | Up in the Blue Seats

Are the Rangers Better Than Their Record Says? | Up in the Blue Seats

“It’s Game 1 of 82!” — Rangers Fans, Don’t Panic Yet! | Up In The Blue Seats

The Rangers '25-'26 Season Preview! | Up in the Blue Seats

Mike Sullivan Era begins, J.T. Miller Named Captain & Training Camp Battles! | Up in the Blue Seats

Chris Drury reshuffles Rangers’ roster in active offseason - Ep. 188

Rangers to move on from Chris Kreider - Ep. 187

How To Fix The Rangers? | Up in the Blue Seats - Ep. 186

Mike Sullivan is a home run hire for the Rangers - Ep. 185

The Peter Laviolette era is over in New York - Ep. 184

How the mighty New York Rangers have fallen - Ep. 183

Rangers find much needed spark with Gabe Perreault - Ep. 182

Listless Rangers Stumbling Through Playoff Push - Ep. 181

Rangers clinging onto final Wild Card spot - Ep. 180

Will the Rangers Trade Deadline Moves PAY OFF? | Up in the Blue Seats - Ep. 179

Rangers lose Adam Fox for significant time - Ep. 178

J.T. Miller is back with the Rangers - Ep. 177

Rangers end January with a thud - Ep. 176

Rangers keep on rolling in January - Ep. 175

Does the Rangers' recent surge change trade deadline plans? - Ep. 174

Rejuvenated Rangers get much-needed win over Devils - Ep. 173

Rangers place Chris Kreider on IR, recall Matt Rempe - Ep. 172

Rangers' leaders support Mika Zibanejad - Ep. 171

Rangers ship Kaapo Kakko to Seattle - Ep. 170

Rangers Playing With Little Purpose - Ep. 169

Rangers' Issues Continue After Trade Rumors Become Public - Ep. 168

Time to blow this Rangers underachieving core up? | Up in the Blue Seats - Ep. 167

Filip Chytil's Status Up In The Air After Big Collision With Rangers Teammate - Ep. 166

Rangers Deploy New Lines Despite Hot Start to Season - Ep. 165

Mika Zibanejad is not thrilled as he sees his ice time decline - Ep. 164 | Up in the Blue Seats

Rangers Hit the Ground Running to Begin 2024-25 NHL Season - Ep. 163

Early impressions from the Rangers start to the season

Outlining Rangers' Expectations In Quest to Capture Lord Stanley | Ep. 161 | Up In The Blue Seats

Rangers Season in Review, Offseason Preview

What Do Rangers Need to Change With Series Tied 2-2?

Rangers-Panthers Eastern Conference Finals Preview

Should The Rangers Be Concerned With Series at 3-2?

Rangers Take 2-0 Series Lead After Double OT Thriller

Rangers Sweep Capitals to Move On to East Semis

Rangers Take 2-0 Series Lead Over Capitals

Rangers-Capitals Playoff Preview, Predictions

Pelech’s Hit on Mika, Rangers’ Push For Top Spot

Epic Rangers-Devils Brawl, Quick’s Special Record

Rangers Clinch Playoff Spot, Laviolette Wins 800th Game

Rangers’ Injuries, Rempe’s Return

Rangers Bolster Roster for Playoff Push

Analyzing The Rangers’ Trade Deadline Plans

Matt Rempe’s Special Impact on The Rangers