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Blueshirts Breakaway: A show about the New York Rangers

The Flying V: EP 17 - The Italian Job with Bill Bowler of the Windsor Spitfires

Blueshirts Breakaway: A show about the New York Rangers

Ryan Mead and Greg Kaplan

Sports News, News, Sports, Hockey

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

The Flying V with Vince Mercogliano returns! This week, Vince discusses the trade deadline outlook for the Rangers, how prospect development plays a role in all their decisions, putting a bow on the Artemi Panarin trade, and forecasting who might be next to leave. Plus, Windsor Spitfires GM Bill Bowler joins the show to discuss Liam Greentree, the newest Ranger prospect. Then, answers to your questions from Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:53.9

I'm your host, Vincent Mercagliano of The Athletic, and I am back for our

0:59.9

first episode of the Olympic break. I think we're going to have three of these while the

1:05.9

NHL season is paused and many of the best players in the world are over in Italy, along with a handful

1:12.1

of my colleagues from the athletic who are covering the tournament, which I encourage everybody

1:15.8

to check out. And so, well, we watch from afar from my home here back in New York and take a little

1:22.8

breather. It's going to give us a time to sort of dive into some other topics, certainly scale back for a little bit.

1:30.2

I mean, I have to be honest with you guys.

1:31.6

This hasn't been the heaviest work week I've had all season, have written a few stories.

1:36.7

I'm doing this podcast.

1:38.1

I've made a couple appearances elsewhere, but it is kind of nice to, in the heat of what felt like a whirlwind,

1:44.4

especially for the Rangers leading up to that roster freeze last week

1:48.1

when we know at the buzzer they were able to pull off the trade

1:51.1

that sent Artemi Panarin to the Los Angeles Kings.

1:54.1

It's nice to kind of exhale for a minute now

1:56.5

because once the roster freeze lifts on February 23rd and the Rangers resume their season a few days later,

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