It was amazing a spectacle amazing 70,000 Friday 80,000 yesterday 150,000 people taking over MetLife it was great the uniforms the energy just insane you know incorporating Jets and Giants and legends Messi everybody coming back it was incredible here’s what I don’t understand though as much as all the
Other sports basically CEO do their best to to ruin their sports NBA Allstar game is unwatchable hell most of the NBA regular season is unwatchable I love col Hoops March Madness isn’t what it used to be you don’t even know anybody on the roster anymore with everybody jumping
Around the way teams are jumping this is for college football as well jumping from conference to conference nobody knows what’s what and even the masters with half the good players that live so many things that we cherish it doesn’t resonate the way it used to hockey and
This is coming from an a frch hockey fan hockey is actually doing everything right to grow the sport and I’m sorry that I got to be the bad news that says this no matter how much they do well they will never be mainstream and I want
To know why not our not our past it’s not our our Pastime right we golf it was Bor in Scotland in the 1400s that’s true look I think we’ve been conditioned over the years some of these big time events we’re supposed to watch this right it’s
The Super Bowl it’s the Masters it’s the NCAA tournament this is what we do it’s the World Series it’s the NBA finals and is always thought of as what the Canadian sport the European sport maybe not so much in this town because we do have our DieHard fans here and obviously
Passionate fan bases what you saw on full display at at MetLife Stadium and Rutherford over the weekend but it’s just not the easy it’s not the easy way right you don’t have the kids that are playing the same playing sports growing up the same way they are baseball the
Same way they are basketball like look you’re talking to somebody who played street hockey roller hockey ice hockey so I guess I’m the exception to the rule but I can at least understand you know it’s easy to pick up a basketball and go out to the the court with your buddies
At the rec center and shoot it around a little bit you want to play you you need net you need a puck you need stick you need you need gloves you need chin guards you need this you need that you need a rank if you’re going to really try to
Play and you’re worried about the cars coming by you don’t break any Windows anything like that maybe there’s a crazy dog that gets loose like it’s just a little bit more complicated and in this day and age where we just love to be lazy right we love to be lazy take the
Easy way out do the simple basic easy things I think hockey’s maybe just a little bit too complicated for everybody all right and if that it and there’s been a lot of theories over the years obviously listen again yes it is it’s Canada’s sport there’s pockets in our
Country of course all three teams have great way by the way us team just won the Juniors oh I didn’t even know that they did and they’ve come a long way you’ve got some excellent us players so I’m looking forward to them getting back into the Olympics yeah so you have some
Really strong American bred talent I mean even on the local teams the Rangers have had a good us presence on their teams for a while now so it does exist but you’re right in certain pockets of I mean Westward Expansion Southern expansion through through the years lightning I mean the Tampa Bay Lightning
I mean imagine that grown up thinking that there would be hockey in Florida nobody foresaw that I mean like I I H I get the frustration I do I was actually listening to you last night Chris coming home from thank you yes well I didn’t really have much of a choice there you
Didn’t you didn’t say oh CEO’s on let me go too let me put the fan on you get in the car you turn the car on the fans on oh look who it is actually I almost say the opposite I almost turned it off because you were on Now I’m just daing
Waai for come on so I’m driving back from St John seat hole and we’ll get to those patino comments on God night wow it was a rough night all around we’ll do a little bit of that later but I’m driving home right and I’m listening to you and I know you’re a big
Hockey guy and everybody’s calling up I I heard morash Co yeah I had to check in with him make sure he sobered up a little bit we waited a few hours until he was you know almost home always smart with him but he was good he was on top
Of it yeah no he he sounded fairly Lucid more so than I thought he would definitely sober felt the same way you know I heard uh people call from trains I heard some guy call he took his young young boy Cole I believe is his name
Cole c e yeah first game and that’s what he saw no no I couldn’t but I I say this because I’m going to be the bad guy today and and I don’t want to be because again The Stadium Series was amazing there’s nothing in this city for a day
Or two that’s going to ever replicate that it looks unique it plays unique the energy is just I believe it’s in insane and then I’m hearing all these amazing hockey fans true die hards great fans called up the fan last night and you doing a good job with the calls sharing
The passion because you’re a big hockey guys perfect night for it well yeah perfect night but as I’m driving Chris I’m saying these poor people have no idea that no matter how much they yell and and and and Hoot and holl and have a blast on the fan hockey going to be four
Forever it’s going to be relegated to number four forever for whatever reason as diard as I’ve been for as long as I’ve been I’m one of those guys that just has accepted that I don’t get angry about it I don’t get sensitive about it I understand the people that do I really
Do because it’s one of those things where if I really stop and think about it and ask myself why I don’t really understand the answers and I still haven’t anybody fully explain it to me in a way that makes sense but it’s just like you know what I love it I’m
Passionate about it so I don’t really give a rats you know you’re a better man than most but at some point and I and and I think that where what happens is there’s a delay sometimes the effect there’s a delayed effect right and we don’t see the true outcome of what’s
Going on in the present day until years down the road and maybe that won’t be the case with hockey you know I felt like 30 years ago in ’94 when the Rangers were on their way to winning the cup and the NBA was kind of going in the
Other direction that was their chance and then they blew that they had the the strike The Following Season they’ve had two lockouts since so they’ve kind of shot themselves in the foot but I look at other sports right now what’s going on with the NBA I mean allar we anyone
Pay attention I mean the games the regular season games you got that from a baseball standpoint BT that was my first love me too my parents have you know from when I’m two talk naming baseball cards watching the World Series come to enjoy the BT basball World Series keep I
Was just doing Yankees Mets you guys are a little bit you a little too more advanced than I am as far as that goes but you know that that was my sport that was my first love it’s the sport that I played the longest you know all the way
Through into college um but when I turn on major league b even last year was great with the rule changes pitch clock fine all those things worked but the product the way the game’s played Boomer bust launch angle and that’s it filters down to the kids and with the NBA it’s
I’m going to shoot threes I’m not going to play defense I’m going to try and dunk like at some point when those kids the Youth of today and what they’re trying to do is we always try to emulate the pros and what we see on TV right
Always when they take that into their games and they grow up and they become the professionals what is that product going to look like and is anyone going to want to sit and consume it and watch it I mean that’s that is an interesting way to look at today and you say never
And you might be right because it is a it is a niche Sport and there’s a lot that goes with it and you know unless you’re there in the building or in yesterday’s case outside at the building watching the game it is a different experience being there in person versus
Trying to follow along on television I get that but to me I’d much rather turn on a hockey game and watch the excitement the pace the speed the skating the hitting the intensity the goal scoring the skill the athleticism then watch a bunch of NBA guys kind of
Shuffle up and down the court and Knicks right now are the exception to that they an old school brand of basketball which we love and appreciate in this town you know but um with baseball strikeouts the hey I’m Gonna Pop the ball up in the air I gotta sit out my
Hamstring I I’m not gonna hustle down to first base because I gotta make sure I take care of my body like it’s a completely different feel and we’ve just grown to accept that but at some point I have to believe maybe there be a little bit of a push back people go searching
For something different 877 33766 66 BT and S show here the fan s is off CEO was in uh s listen he said this we’ve talked about a little bit he’s got uh very important week coming up so uh God bless your brother God bless the family
Obviously it down yeah it’s he’ll be I I believe he’ll be in tomorrow he’s going to miss a couple days this week here but uh that’s that’s why he’s going to miss some time this week all right we’re inside of Our Town Fair Tire Studio friends at Town Fair remind you that you
Always get the guaranteed lows priced on name brand tires from Connecticut to Maine nobody beats toal Fair Tire nobody so we’re going to get these calls going obviously listen not going to sit here I mean if you’re referencing I’m not going to bark at you I’m not going to hang up
On you like salite get lost yeah yeah I’m the pro if you start talking about shifts and line changes and the the actual nuances of the game I I don’t care about that care last night so we had you cover I appreciate you doing that you know last night and and I’m
Sure Boomer got some of that stuff in today this is more about you know bigger picture and I just find it in incredibly frustrating like if I’m a hockey fan if I’m like Chris and then I want to get these calls but I want to Circle back to
Something Chris said so you said that you’ve accepted it like where it’s relegated okay I got you you know what helps as a ranger fan in this town garden sold out all the time saw the I mean you don’t have to fight for your respect as a Rangers F in this town
Maybe still I understand Yankees Mets Giants Jets fine but the Rangers do have a Vibe and presence in this town and have for a long time Ranger fans might be the best fans in our city so that makes it easier for me to digest whereas the devil fan who’s had more success
Than the Rangers in my lifetime no question very difficult for them to you know to break I’m happy that you said that because but I would still even push back and say well you know if if I’m Chris who is the vout Rangers Fan and
Even with the r is having a nice piece of the pie in the city like I would feel a burden that you don’t feel right now to to push my sport like in a in a and again it’s this is not the day to get into you know why you’re rooting for St
John’s because it’s got it’s gotten ugly here but for years I’ve kind of carried that St John’s store it’s like come on go fill the guard what’s going on I understand yukon’s Yukon Nova’s Nova I get that so I’ve carried that torch that burden of responsibility you don’t feel
The need to do that and I don’t know maybe you should well think about it though what you just said okay for St John’s restoring the pride and restoring the interest that there once was right and people being passionate about it that’s never wavered with the ranger fan
So maybe they don’t they don’t bring in The Fringe fan the way the NBA does or the way baseball does or football which you know everyone watches on Su it’s a different vibe once a week sport you know but for St John’s I think that lost
Some of its luster for a while whereas with the Rangers even though they have just the one cup since 94 I mean the garden always sold out they never struggle bring people in to pay attention to their team okay I got you let’s get to you Tony Riverdale BT and
South CEO sitting in Tony what’s cooking buddy how you doing today good morning how’s everything all right Tony you know one thing that people don’t see is the economics of it myself Peruan kids growing up in an Irish neighborhood middle class neighborhood in Kingsbridge we have to cut out the cushions on the
Sofas for the goalie Pats wow a rollerblade we going to Inwood play the kit Inwood go a hockey and the tennis courts but how many Dominican kids Puerto Rican kids black kids do you see doing that they don’t they never been exposed now we used have the r the rink
Out at 4 in the morning ship 40 guys we chip in and pay like 1015 if we could get an affordable two hours to play yep it takes money to play hockey yeah you know you don’t realize you state for $400 you know shinard well takes a lot
Of money and on top of that hockey’s always been on cable in it’s not Tony hold on I got to correct you a little bit there ton and obviously you’re pointing to the economics of it which has a real value in this conversation some aspects that
Are true others that I think there are workarounds but that’s a different well first of all he says that you know hockey was always only on cable that’s not I used to watch the Rangers on Channel 9 on road games all the just like I used to watch the ncks that my
Time I only know MSG Sports channel MSG so that’s one aspect not entirely true but I I understand it and the other thing is you know I I I know that you need more equipment to play hockey but you know how much now you’re not KNE
Deep in baseball yet oh I have a having done some coaching at you know Youth Travel levels in high school I I understand the no that’s okay that’s good bats yeah three 400 bucks and they outow in a year and a half by the way gloves a good a
Good glove you could spend upwards of three 400 bucks now you don’t have to definitely could Santa brought Santa brought my son a Rawlings um glove from from the Santa Factory uh last year the the hard Pro preferred which one it was 300 something bucks now you know his
Name stitched on it maybe Santa didn’t have to do that we appreciate him going the extra mile with the elv he knows he knows he loves Bas yeah yeah but like you look up and that’s bats 400 glove 700 is hockey equipment that much more it doesn’t have to be and if you’re
Playing at the highest level sure now now I and if you want to go out on the street with some like you don’t have to go and spend a ton of money now the part where I I understand that Logistics can be an issue ice time it’s a factor so if
We’re talking about hey the NHL and playing at the highest level not just some kids going out in the street or finding a local Rec you know inline roller rank like that’s a different story you can just Horse Around have some fun with some buddies but yeah
Getting on the ice finding the rank the ice time and the expense that comes with that you know sometimes talking about having to get a kid up at five six o’clock in the morning to get to the rink I do understand that and that is different than the other sports and yeah
If you’re going to advance to the higher levels it’s very expensive Chris Cryder the Rangers uh they just did sort of a piece on his life and his career and he talked about the sacrifice and the expense and his parents now it takes an army and that it’s you know it is not
The easiest sport as a youth to play and really kind of develop and go through the rank so I can appreciate that there are logistical concerns but at a baseline like if you want to say well it’s just too expensive I mean you can if you look hard enough any of the
Sports that the major sports that we’re talking about have aspects that cost money if you’re going to going to go play travel at any at any sport any level and you know this with what’s going on with your son with baseball and I guess maybe the lesser extent to
Basketball MH they’re going to come calling for your wallet oh yeah yeah well I mean listen is this goofball TR wait no no no no no I’m going to make a prediction and I’m going to miss it by a mile though I did say it last week I’m going to stand
By it Blake snow Yankee eventually you’ll be right Blake snow Yankee so we have a firing and a a signing a fire so which one do you want first wait are they related no no okay um okay give well not you know not don’t want to
Glorify bad news but let’s get the bad stuff yeah let’s get the hold on let’s take a g jacqu vau I was going to say yeah he’s gone okay he’s been relieved of his duties okay you know you know that’s that’s you know have they named an interim replacement yet maybe you
Could coach him yeah yeah I mean no I they maybe they’ll just have the bench coach again who knows all Jack’s a good guy it’s not working out name the future they haven’t named anybody what he was the interim and then got the fulltime gig so and what’s the other thing a
Signing signing yeah signing go ahead brand wood Brandon Woodruff okay a 2year deal two you don’t want to guess I mean I I saw I saw this over an hour ago so I’ll stay quiet wait you know this wait wait someone just put breaking out there with
A four minutes I’m sorry no no I I different signing never mind I’m wrong go ahead I say the bets no the Brewers went back to the Brewers who who do you what story from an hour ago um there’s another picture trying to trying to
Screw up my my my uh fun over here I mean you you recently screwed up the John Heyman tweet with the uh nickname oh was that was Cory clot yeah the kubot you guys didn’t know he was clot no I did not know that to the Red Sox that’s
What I was thinking of you’re right wood drift back to the Brewers okay you know usually if I if I don’t know something that I feel like everybody knows I’m a little bit like oh how’d you not know that give a rat’s ass I didn’t know because he had the because he had
The year here in New York he pitched the no hitter I do remember that being talked about when he was with the Yankees but all right fair enough I don’t fair enough thank you H for interrupting that with most of uh nothing back the Brewers back to you let
Me let me go investigate the Brewers death chart right now uh BT and sou here on the fan Sal is off today ceelo’s sitting in and let’s face it he’s all geared up with his Rangers now if the Rangers lost yesterday you coming in
With that stuff no I I will admit that I would not but I feel like I had to balance it out I didn’t know you were going to be rocking the Isles Stadium Series Jersey again but the guy who I’m sitting in yet this is the first time s
Wor it last week you didn’t wear it Friday okay s did s wor it right you know the Rangers I had to remove some of the fraudulent stink from this chair because he’s such a waffler look I love s but as far as from a Rangers Fan standpoint what the
Completely dead to me and by the way that’s going back to last year I know that’s kind of caught more of a caught a little bit more momentum this year with what went on with Lei and having you guys over there in the suite and the
Picture and all that and every chance I get to Gess it up you know I bring it to the table to last sent with all the swag same guy who’s dropping all kinds of money on Ranger playoff tickets to take his nephew but meanwhile all of a sudden
He can be bought by lecki and the Islanders now come on man get lost oh wow look at CeeLo coming in Hots love s but s’s going to come biting back at you I’m sure he will bite back hard he’ll always have the last word cuz this is
His chair I’m just sitting in for one day but while I’m here I got to take my shot I like the backbone all right holding nothing back this is going to be more fun than I thought let’s go all right BT and S on the fan 877 337 6666
Amazing job honestly all sincerity amazing job by the n over the weekend locally Devil’s fan obviously some flyer fans there devil fan showing out yesterday was amazing the Optics but even with that it’s going nowhere it’s not it is what it is it’s the fourth most popular sport I respect hockey
Players as as much as I respect any athlete I respect hockey players but unfortunately they are stuck here and it’s not g to change
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