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Blueshirt Bandwidth

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Blueshirt Bandwidth is a weekly podcast dedicated to the New York Rangers, brought to you by the team at Blueshirt Banter. Hosted by Joe Fortunato and Eric Kohn, the show offers in-depth analysis, game breakdowns, and the latest news on the Rangers. Whether you"re looking for player insights, trade rumors, or post-game reactions, Blueshirt Bandwidth delivers everything a Rangers fan needs to stay updated. Tune in each week for commentary, passionate discussion, assorted nonsense, and all things

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01:04:13

#105: A Whole New Vibe for the Rangers

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2026/10/08

Episode 105 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Dan Girardi Episode—and with Eric out, Joe and Chip record during the Rangers' win over the Islanders, reacting live as Alexis Lafrenière completes his hat trick. They dig into Matthew Robertson clearing waivers and Chris Drury's surprisingly strong waiver track record, what happens with Dylan Garand once Joonas Korpisalo is healthy, and Igor Shesterkin's goal (and Joe's pain at missing it in person). They also cover Cole Beaudoin's debut

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01:35:28

#104: Another Opening-Night Shutout. Time to Panic?

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2026/10/01

Episode 104 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Braden Schneider Episode—fitting after JJ Peterka undressed him in Boston—and with Joe suddenly called away, Eric and Chip take the wheel until he crashes the show late. They dig into another opening-night shutout and why one game against a good Bruins team isn't a trend yet, how the shortened preseason left little room for real roster battles, and why Alberts Smits deserves a better partner than Schneider. They also go another round on Dylan Garand

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00:35:28

Bonus Bandwidth: Yankees vs. Red Sox Preview

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2026/09/28

It's not Blueshirt Bandwidth—it's Pinstripe Bandwidth, as Eric and Chip preview the playoffs and the Yankees' Wild Card Series against the Red Sox. They debate whether Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton belong on the postseason roster, make the case for Cam Schlittler's historic season, and pick apart a trade deadline that left an overworked bullpen to fend for itself. Plus, how MLB's playoff format guarantees a lopsided ALCS, and why a front office content to just get in and hope

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01:19:48

#103: Is Alberts Smits Already an Opening-Night Lock?

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2026/09/24

Episode 103 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Tom Poti Episode—fitting for a show that, like Poti, could go either way—and Joe shares how a drunk fan at the Garden gave Poti a nickname that stuck in his family for years. With Eric out, Joe and Chip react to Urho Vaakanainen getting sent to Hartford, make the case that Alberts Smits walks into the opening-night lineup, and work through a waiver crunch involving Scott Morrow, Matthew Robertson, Vincent Iorio and Matt Rempe, plus why carrying three goalies

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01:26:40

#102: No Perreault Extension & Canadien Kreider

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2026/09/17

Episode 102 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Brian Leetch Episode—Joe and Eric run through the short list of significant Rangers who've worn No. 2 before diving into the week's biggest storylines: Chris Kreider's landing spot in Montreal and whether a reunion ever made sense, the Rangers' quiet (and frustrating) inaction on a Gabe Perreault extension before the CBA's eight-year deal deadline, and Connor Hellebuyck's reported refusal to report to Winnipeg's training camp

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01:24:57

#101: Re-sign Gabe Perreault Now!

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2026/09/10

Episode 101 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Ed Giacomin Episode. Joe and Eric dive into Fraser Minten's new seven-year, $7.2 million deal with Boston and what it means for a Gabe Perreault extension, debating what number is too high for an eight-year deal. From there, a Quinn Hughes trade scenario involving the Wild and a possible Godfather offer for Dylan Larkin, whether Chris Drury's seat is actually warming up now that Quentin Dolan is running the organization, and whether the Rangers'

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01:07:00

#100: We Made It to 100 Episodes

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2026/09/03

It's the 100th episode of Blueshirt Bandwidth. They said we wouldn't get here. Who said that? We're not sure, but they definitely exist and they definitely said it. We guess this is the John Davidson Episode, as he's the only Ranger to have worn 00 in a game. Joe is calling in from a hotel with poor internet and no video, marking the milestone with (fittingly) the roughest audio setup in the show's history. From there, Joe and Eric break down the reported Eeli Tolvanen signing—a

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01:11:02

#99: Rangers Over/Under Picks for Every Player Who...

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2026/08/27

Episode 99 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Wayne Gretzky Episode, obviously—Eric is out, so Chip steps in and then unveils an over/under betting board on the season ahead that carries most of the show. A Gabe Perreault assists line turns into a real conversation about what Will Cuylle's next contract should look like. From there: whether Quinn Hughes stays put in Minnesota and Jason Robertson in Dallas, why a Dylan Larkin trade doesn't make sense for the Rangers right now, and another round of

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01:44:49

#98: Corey Pronman is Not a Serious Person

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2026/08/20

Episode 98 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is a nameless one—no Ranger has ever worn No. 98—but Joe and Eric still find plenty to dig into. They break down Scott Morrow's new one-year, two-way extension and what it does (and doesn't) say about his future with the team. Then, they torch Corey Pronman for leaving Gabe Perreault off his rankings of the top 156 NHL players and prospects under 23 entirely. From there it's a loaded mailbag: private equity buying into pro sports, the Cutter Gauthier

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01:48:31

#97: The Case for Locking Up Gabe Perreault Right Now

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2026/08/13

Episode 97 is the Matt Gilroy Episode, and Joe and Eric revisit Gilroy's famously wooden commercial cameo before running through his actual Rangers résumé (142 games over three seasons, plus stops in Tampa, Florida, and Ottawa). The Rangers' new sports performance hires—Matt Price, Mike Wagner, Matt Hawkey, and the additions to the training staff—turn into a longer conversation about Quentin Dolan's growing footprint in the organization and whether James Dolan is setting up to eventually

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01:25:08

#96: We're Talking About Braden Schneider Again

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2026/08/06

Episode 96 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Emerson Etem episode. Joe and Eric dig into whether Braden Schneider's one-year, arbitration-avoiding deal actually makes him easier to trade, tying it to the Yankees' demotions of Anthony Volpe and Jason Domínguez and the case for trading a prospect a year too early rather than a year too late. A Scott Morrow mailbag question spirals into a standing moratorium on trading with the Carolina Hurricanes and a rundown of the Rangers' worst draft

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01:11:41

BONUS: Are the Dodgers Bad for Baseball? Plus Yankees...

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2026/08/04

It's an entirely un-New York Rangers related bonus podcast, as Eric and Chip spend some time after the MLB trade deadline pondering if the Los Angeles Dodgers are bad for baseball, and then try to make sense of the moves—or, more specifically, the lack of moves—the New York Yankees made. Give it a listen (if you're also a baseball fan)!

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01:34:09

#95: Kirill, McCann, or Jail?

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2026/07/30

Episode 95 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Vinni Lettieri Episode. Joe and Eric break down Kirill Marchenko's availability out of Columbus and why the Rangers—having already spent their futures on Dorofeyev—don't have the assets left to get in on him, then split over whether Jared McCann is worth acquiring, with Joe a hard no and Eric more willing to pay up for center depth. The back half covers a Cup-timeline projection, whether Christian Pulisic is the USMNT's answer to Alexi Lafrenière,

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01:41:16

#94: Is it Easier or Harder to Trade Braden Schneider...

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2026/07/23

Episode 94 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Gabe Perreault Episode, with apologies to Corey Pronman who won't accept the Perreault episode being any higher than 283rd. From there, Braden Schneider's one-year, $5.5 million deal to avoid arbitration sparks a long argument over whether it makes him easier to trade or just proves the Rangers still don't know what they want to do with him, which leads into Steve Yzerman getting pushed out as Red Wings GM for the same sin—sitting on his

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01:22:01

#93: The Braden Schneider Quandary

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2026/07/16

Episode 93 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Mika Zibanejad Episode—Joe and Chip, in his second straight week as guest host, break down James Dolan handing the Rangers' and Knicks' COO job to his son Quentin and what it does (and doesn't) mean for Chris Drury, torch the Carolina Hurricanes for engraving the owner's entire family on the Stanley Cup while leaving off a longtime equipment manager, and spend a long stretch on Braden Schneider's arbitration filing—how arbitration actually

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01:51:47

#92: Briere Blows Up the Market, and Grier Gets...

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2026/07/09

Episode 92 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Michael Nylander Episode—Joe and Chip are joined by Timo Seppa, director of hockey analytics at Quinnipiac and an eight-year NHL analytics veteran (whose old direct report, Chris Ramondelli, now works in the Rangers' own analytics department), to dig into why Sean Durzi's power-play numbers cratered next to Sergachev in Utah, how Marcus Pettersson and Durzi actually solve Mike Sullivan's puck-retrieval problem, and how you quantify a

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01:39:57

#91: Trochek to Utah, Pettersson In as Drury Has a...

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2026/07/02

Episode 91 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Marcus Naslund (or Sammy Blais?) Episode—Joe and Eric review a free agency day that turned into a full-blown second trade deadline. Vincent Trocheck is dealt to Utah for Sean Durzi, top prospect Cole Beaudoin, and a 2027 third. Marcus Pettersson arrives from Vancouver for a top-10-protected 2030 first, Oliver Bjorkstrand and Joe Veleno add speed and depth, and Will Borgan gets flipped for picks—but nobody can make sense of the Joonas Korpisalo trade or what

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02:45:18

LIVE: Rangers Trade for Pavel Dorofeyev, Draft...

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2026/06/27

Joe and Eric are LIVE for round one of the NHL draft. Within the first 20 minutes, Chris Drury drops a bomb, trading for 25-year-old Pavel Dorofayev—37 goals, 12 playoff goals this past spring—for the 26th overall pick, a third-rounder, and a conditional top-10-protected 2028 first, then locks him up immediately at seven years and $11 million a year. Eric and Joe spend a while just absorbing the enormity of it. Then the Rangers use the fifth pick on Latvian defenseman Alberts Smits, while Chase Reid

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01:47:50

#90: Panarin Trade Revisited, With Injected New Trade...

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2026/06/25

Episode 90 of Blueshirt Bandwidth is the Vlad Nemestnikov Episode—Joe is on a private jet to a Caribbean island, so Eric and Chip are joined by Ryan Mead of Blueshirts Breakaway to relitigate the Artemi Panarin trade in the wake of Brady Tkachuk going to Florida. Ryan thinks Drury got fleeced, Chip argues the age, term, and NMC situation made the trades genuinely incomparable, and Eric zooms out to his "forest vs. trees" thesis on how each Drury move looks defensible in isolation and

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01:52:40

#89: The Offseason, in the Knick of Time

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2026/06/18

The Knicks are NBA champions, and Eric and Joe have a lot of feelings—mostly jealousy, some genuine excitement, and an extended meditation on what Leon Rose's success might mean for how the Rangers are run. Carolina hoisted the Cup on one of the easiest paths in recent memory, K'Andre Miller has a ring, and the boys explain (with receipts) why, no, you can't just throw anyone in net. Offseason watch: Gavrakov reportedly wants back to LA, Trocheck is now a Pat Brisson client and almost

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