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Listen in the appEpisode 75 of Blueshirt Bandwidth arrives just days after the trade deadline and the Emergency Bandwidth episode reacting to it, and Joe and Eric circle back to the Rangers’ biggest unresolved storyline: Vincent Trocheck staying put. The duo revisit the logic behind Chris Drury holding the line on Trocheck’s price, debate whether the Rangers actually improved their leverage heading toward the draft, and try to separate rational analysis from the increasingly loud anti-Drury discourse.
From there the conversation expands into the bigger picture of where the franchise stands. Is there actually a discernible plan for the Rangers’ rebuild or retool? What role does patience play with players like Alexis Lafrenière, and could the recent surge from Lafrenière and Gabe Perreault hint at a different path forward than expected? The show also touches on prospect development, Scott Morrow’s deployment, the value of losing games during a tank, and the strange reality of having massive future cap space with almost no free agents worth spending it on.
It’s a wide-ranging episode that mixes deadline fallout, development debates, and long-term roster philosophy as the Rangers stumble through the final stretch of a disastrous season while searching for signs of what comes next. Give it a listen!
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"#75: Does Chris Drury Have a Plan?" is an episode of Blueshirt Bandwidth. Runtime 1 hr 40 min. Published March 12, 2026. Hit play above to stream it here, or open the free Spot Sports app for background play and offline downloads.