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Blueshirts Breakaway: A show about the New York Rangers

The Flying V: EP 29 - Project: Hail Mary with Newsday's Colin Stephenson

Blueshirts Breakaway: A show about the New York Rangers

Ryan Mead and Greg Kaplan

Sports News, News, Sports, Hockey

4.5686 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

The Flying V returns, as scheduled! The Athletic's Vince Mercogliano opines about the state of the NHL Playoffs and what the Rangers draft strategy may be leading up to round one. Plus, Newsday's Colin Stephenson joins the show to discuss off-season trade talks and debating the importance of the draft vs. free agency. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Attention all passengers.

0:04.0

The Uber ride for Mark and Jamal's romantic weekend

0:07.0

will depart in four minutes from Platform 6.

0:10.0

Your ride comes with a rolling countryside sunset view

0:14.0

and a table seat, ideal for playing footsie beneath.

0:17.0

Thank you for booking your tickets on Uber.

0:23.1

Trains on Uber. What is going on to your Rangers fans?

0:41.6

And welcome to episode 29 of the Flying V podcast.

0:47.1

I'm your host, Vincent Mercogliano of The Athletic.

0:52.4

And got a little bit of a different show for you coming this week. Again, we're

0:56.4

in offseason mode here, so we're trying some different things, although the guest is not

1:00.3

very different, but as far as the length of the conversation and maybe some of the stuff

1:05.3

we talked about and the way the episode's going to be formatted, that's going to be a little

1:09.0

out of the ordinary. But we had Colin Stevenson, my buddy from Newsday, also covers the Rangers. You've heard him on this show. You've

1:16.1

heard him on the old podcast many, many times. One of my closest friends in the business and just

1:21.4

a great guy all around and a guy who I definitely have some different perspectives and opinions from, but I think that makes for

1:29.8

a pretty engaging conversation.

1:32.6

So hadn't had Colin on, I think, since much earlier in the season.

1:36.7

So figured now that everything is wrapped up and we're into the spring months, but getting

1:40.8

close to the summer and gearing up for the off season, we should have

1:44.4

Colin on and kind of see where the conversation takes us. Him and I never prepare anything

1:48.6

when we do this. We just kind of wing it. And I think it leads to some different paths and different

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