Oct 5, 2026 · 47 min · 10 segments
Former Ranger/NHLer now media personality and Clear Sight Analytics guru Steve Valiquette joins Stape and Chels to talk NYR's great start to the season, Igor Shesterkin's goal, what the analytics are…
Steve ValiquetteGuest
Arthur StapleHost
Andrew ChelneyHost
Every time Shostakovich would touch the puck, everybody in the arena would be yelling at him to shoot the puck.
But comparatively to what happened, especially at home last season, this feels like, I mean, to a certain extent, it is because there's a lot of whole new players on this team.
Andrew, when I was in a locker room, there were certain people in my ear, my agent, my father, pay attention to this, make sure you're a great teammate, all of these things.
There were times where I'd look around the locker room and just say to myself, where are we? as a group, as we're trying to become a team.
And my former teammates would always say, you know, you're a glue guy, you've set up all the parties for us.
Who do you think sets up the Halloween party? Who do you think sets up the Halloween party? You know, but that was really my role.
And if you can carve out a role like that, and I know that I carved that role out for myself when I was in Hartford before I became a Ranger.
I wasn't maybe even among the best 62 goalies at the time or what have you.
But you have people in management that are saying, you know what, this guy's going to come in here.
And I think that if you look around the Ranger room right now, You've got players that are in the right part of their career for a great season together.
Every time Shostakovich would touch the puck, everybody in the arena would be yelling at him to shoot the puck.
But comparatively to what happened, especially at home last season, this feels like, I mean, to a certain extent, it is because there's a lot of whole new players on this team.
Andrew, when I was in a locker room, there were certain people in my ear, my agent, my father, pay attention to this, make sure you're a great teammate, all of these things.
There were times where I'd look around the locker room and just say to myself, where are we? as a group, as we're trying to become a team.
And my former teammates would always say, you know, you're a glue guy, you've set up all the parties for us.
Who do you think sets up the Halloween party? Who do you think sets up the Halloween party? You know, but that was really my role.
And if you can carve out a role like that, and I know that I carved that role out for myself when I was in Hartford before I became a Ranger.
I wasn't maybe even among the best 62 goalies at the time or what have you.
But you have people in management that are saying, you know what, this guy's going to come in here.
And I think that if you look around the Ranger room right now, You've got players that are in the right part of their career for a great season together.
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