Podcast: Ryan Brandell

The Rangers are the class of the Eastern Conference. The Blackhawks are the class of the Western Conference. For the second time in just over a week the two teams meet in what we might be able to call a Stanley Cup Final preview if both teams stay healthy for the next two-plus months.

Ryan Brandell of Barstool Sports Chicago (known as “Chief” on that site), joined me to talk about welcoming the Rangers to the class of the NHL, the comfort of knowing your team is going to the playoffs early on and what to do with the shootout and loser point.

  Alain Vigneault, Cam Talbot, Corey Crawford, Henrik Lundqvist, Joel Quenneville, Johnny Boychuk, Jonathan Toews, Nick Leddy, Patrick Kane, Rick Nash, Scott Darling