Posts tagged ‘Stan Fischler’

We know, we know, this win got you all really excited for the first podcast episode of the season, but the thought of waiting until Monday to hear Eric and I talk Rangers hockey is too much to take.  You need something sooner, right?

We knew that that was what all of you were thinking.

Well if that actually is the case then this is your lucky day.  Eric and I are hosting an NHL Preview Show from 8-9 p.m. tonight on a local radio station here in Syracuse.  We will be having Bill Clement, Sam Weinman and Stan Fischler on as guests as well as a couple others.  If you want to listen to the show just go to WAER.org and click the listen live button.

Enjoy!

Thats right, Stan Fischler will be on today’s podcast.  He has some interesting (as always) takes on this Rangers team.  The new show with The Maven will be up later this afternoon so be sure to check it out.  And as always you can respond to anything from the interview in the comment section of the blog, by e-mailing Steve and I at hosts@nyrangerscast.com, or by calling in at 347-410-9093.

Story lines abound as the Rangers take on the leauge worst L.A. Kings tonight:

According to Rangers Report and Blue Notes, Dane Byers will make his NHL debut tonight in the place of (justly) suspended Ryan Hollweg.  Byers will suit up along side Blair Betts and Colton Orr and here’s to hoping he impresses.  If Byers can prove he can play up with the big boys then it’s harder to justify keeping Hollweg around.  He is just as physical a player as #44, but unlike Hollweg has OTHER SKILLS to bring to the table.  Byers has recently proven down in Hartford that he has an offensive upside, tallying 7 goals and 5 assists since January 7th.  He also is a decent fighter, something that Holly is not.  Unfortunately, Byers will probably only have one game to prove himself, but if he can do something tonight to show the coaches his upside, it could go a long way towards ending Hollweg’s Rangers tenure.

Ironically, today marks exactly 1 year since Sean Avery was traded from the Kings to Broadway.  It’ll be interesting to see how “The Grate One” plays against his former mates.  My guess is Aves has a big game and makes the Kings look silly for the deal they made a season ago.

The Rangers badly need to win this one.  A win tonight will be four in a row and six out of seven of the Broadway Blues and honestly, who wudda thunk it?  The way the Rangers have been going, it seems like tonight should be a lock, which makes it all the more worrisome though.  A loss tonight would be a terrible blow to the line of thinking that this team has finally found their grove.  I don’t see it happening, but its been almost impossible to make correct predictions about the Rangers all season long.  We’ll have to see.

No live-blog tonight, but keep the comments coming down below. 

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In the ongoing Peter Forsberg debate, Stan Fischler has an interesting piece of news in his blog at MSG.com’s Game On section.  The Hockey Maven says that a close friend of Foppa tells him that Forsberg wants to finish his career on Broadway.  Take that for what you will, but its something I thought you all would be interested in.