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Evan & Tiki

Evan Erupts After Islanders Sweep the Rangers

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2989 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Evan comes in fired up and wastes no time calling out both sides, starting with the New York Islanders sweeping the New York Rangers in dominant fashion. What should be a simple celebration turns into chaos when Shaun claims the sweep “doesn’t count” because the Rangers have quit on the season. That argument sends the show into a full-blown Islanders vs Rangers war, with fights over excuses, pride, tanking, and whether fans get to decide what counts and what doesn’t. The debate hits everything from the letter sent to Rangers fans, shut-down stars, and embarrassing losses at Madison Square Garden and UBS Arena, to callers piling on and demanding Shaun own it. Islanders fans celebrate taking “blood,” Rangers fans insist they do not care, and Evan refuses to let anyone rewrite the rules after a season-long sweep. This one spirals fast and never lets up.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm actually kind of pissed off at the two beautiful people I work with.

0:03.3

I'm pissed off at Tiki Barber.

0:05.0

I am pissed off at Sean Moorash.

0:06.6

I did nothing. Well, no, you did do something. And I'll get to you second. But can I address Sean first? Wow, sure. This could be one of like a million things. It could be one of a million things. But I am annoyed at you. I'm annoyed at Tiki and I don't want it to bring down my beautiful Friday.

0:21.7

I want to make something very crystal clear to you, Sean, and to everybody in the audience. But I'm annoyed at you. I'm annoyed at Tiki and I don't want it to bring down my beautiful Friday.

0:21.7

I want to make something very crystal clear to you, Sean, and to everybody in the audience.

0:25.8

The New York Islanders whipped that ass all season long.

0:30.0

They swept the New York Rangers.

0:31.9

They left no doubt.

0:33.6

This wasn't even close.

0:35.5

This was a bloodbath.

0:54.4

Who cares? And last night at Madison Square UBS, it was loud for Islander fans. It was dominant for Islander fans. And I forgot, who scored the first goal for the Islanders? Carson's sushi. That's right. That's right. The guy you couldn't wait to get rid of. And so you may say, well, why is Sean pissing you off? Sean had the Cajonis to tell me.

0:57.4

And he should say it in a microphone to everybody in the audience right now

1:00.4

that it really doesn't count as a sweep because the Rangers have given up on the season.

1:05.4

It doesn't.

1:08.1

Just because you're not trying?

1:09.7

No, well, hold on here.

2:03.0

Any New York Islander fan that wakes up today pumped up about their team should feel pumped up, right? They're playing great hockey. They are like carrying the torch for this area. I think that's great. But it doesn't really count as a sweep. The Rangers typed up a little letter two weeks ago and what did they tell the world? I know what they told me as a Ranger fan. They quit. They give up. They are doing something we argue about in football at time. They're tanking and they have decided and they decided before these two games, we're no longer playing our best player, Artemi Panarin. Our all-world goalie has been shut down for what feels like two months. The all-world defenseman has been shut down for what feels like two months. The all world defenseman has been shut down for what feels like two months. The Rangers quit. The New York Rangers did not play the New York Islanders the last two nights. People in jerseys that are essentially scabs did, they don't care. The fans don't, we don't care. I don't care. Oh, the BS, you do care. So you so you're saying it's only a sweep if there is an actual

2:04.7

fan giver you know what

2:06.4

about the outcome

2:07.5

if it's only a sweep of both organizations

2:09.4

are trying

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