TROUBLE COME BACK TO MSG PM, PRESENTED BY 7-ELEVEN.
711, TAKE IT TO 11. I AM KASSIM, THIS IS MICHELLE,
AND WE ARE JOINED BY RANGER GREAT, THE ONE AND ONLY BRIAN
MULLEN, HOW ARE YOU DOING, SIR? GOOD, HOW ARE YOU GUYS
INCREDIBLE . WE HAVE HOCKEY TO TALK, BUT LET'S TAKE IT BACK
A LITTLE BIT, LET'S START BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT, MAN.
HE GREW UP IN HELD KITCHEN, JUST A STONES THROW AWAY FROM
MADISON SQUARE GUARD IN. AS A KID PLAYING HOCKEY IN THE
CITY, WHAT WAS IT TO GROW UP IN THE HOMETOWN TEAM?
IT WAS INCREDIBLE MY DAD WAS PART OF THE ICE CREW DOWN
HERE, SO HE WAS ONE OF THE GUYS MAKING THE ICE HIM AND WHEN THE
CIRCUS IN, CHANGED IT OVER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HAD A LITTLE MORE ACCESS TO THE GUARD IN THAN MOST KIDS
IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD . I SKATED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE OLD
MADISON SQUARE GUARD IN, ICICH WAS ON 49th STREAK, RIGHT DOWN
THE STREAK FROM MY APARTMENT BUILDING.
SO I HAD A BATMAN SWEATSHIRT ON, AND THE OLD CLAMP ON ICE
GET, AND A HALF FIELD STICK, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE VIC HALF
FIELD AFTER THAT. TO HAVE EXTENSIVE LIKE THAT
BROTHER, AS WELL, AND THEN TO MAKE IT TO THE NHL, AND YOUR
DAD, AS MENTIONED WAS ON THE ICE SUCH A FAMILY AFFAIR
FOR YOU. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
WHAT WAS THAT EXEXPERIENCE LIKE LIKE I SAID, I WOULD WALK
INTO THE GUARD IN, I KNOW HALF THE PEOPLEI KNEW ALL THE
USHERS, THEY WERE FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I PLAYED REALLY HOCKER WILL ROLLER HOCKEY WITH HALF OF
THEM. HE WAS SITTING IN THE PENALTY
BOX BETWEEN PERIODS OR DURING THE PERIODS SO IF I GOT A
PEY,Y, I WAS SITTING 10 FEET FROM MY DAD.
WAS HE GIVING YOU AN EARFUL? THE EVIL EYE, I TELL YOU
THAT. YOU WERE DRAFTED IN THE
SEVENTH ROUND BY WINNIPEG. PRETTY SURE WINNIPEG IS AS FAR
FROM NEW YORK AS ANYBODY COULD BE.
WAS THAT A CULTURE SHOCK FOR YOU?
IT WAS A CULTURE SHOCK LUCKILY I WENT TO E E
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE I WENT UP TO
WINNIPEG, SO I GOT USED FOR THE IN WISCONSIN AND WENT UP
TO WINNIPEG. AND I COULDN'T GET ANY COLDER,
BUT IT DID. I CAN IMAGINE.
WHEN YOU FOUND OUT YOU WERE GOING TO BEPLAYING FOR THE
RANGERS, WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU?
THAT WAS DREAM COME TRUE. I WAS IN CHICAGO, WE WERE
VISITING MY DAUGHTER THAT WEEKEND, AND I GOT THE CALL
FROM PHIL ESPOSITO. AND SAID YOU WERE COMING HOME,
BUT NOT AS A STICK OR THE TIME, BECAUSE I WAS A STICKLER FOR
THE RANGERS, ALSO. I GOT TOPLAY WITH SOME OF THE
GUYS THAT I WAS A 6.4 IN WINNIPEG.
A BUNCH OF THEM GOT TRADED TO WINNIPEG.
SO I PLAYED WITH DOUGIE, MARY O'MARA, GUYS LIKE THAT.
GUYS THAT I WAS A STICKLER FOR WHAT DID IT MEAN TO YOUR DAD
WHEN YOU FINALLY WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK RANGERS?
IT IS FUFUNNY, MY DAD ALWAY WORE THEIR RANGER EMBLEM ON THE
ICE WHEN HE WAS ON THE ICE, BUT HE WASN'T A BIG RANGER FAN, HE
WAS A NEW YORK AMAMERICAN FAN WHEN THE RANGERS CAME IN THE
NEW YORK AMERICANS GOT KIND OF BOOTED OUT OF MADISON SQUARE
GUARD IN, SO IT WASNA BIG RANGERS FAN, AND I DID ONE
INTERVIEW WITH MY DAD WITHOUT TRUST ME, AND MY DACAME IN
AND I HAD THE RANGER JERSEY ON AND EVERYTHING AND I AM
SWEATING, AND I KNEW IT WA COMING AND AL'S FIRST QUESTION,
SO MR. MOLLY, ARE YOU A BIG RANGER FAN?
NO I AM NOT [ LAUGHTER ] HE WAS HONEST .
THE SWEAT ARARTED COMING DOWN ON ME EVEN MORE.
SPEAKING OF RANGERS, WE CAN'T LET YOU GO WITHOUT
TALKING ABOUT THE INCREDIBLE RUN THAT THEY JUST HAD THIS
YEAR COMING JUST A FEW GAMES SHORT OF GOING TO THE STANLE
CUP CHAMPIONSHIP. TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS TEAM,
WENT FROM HAVING LITTLE TO NO EXPECTATIONS TO NOW, THEY LOOK
LIKE THEY COULD BE A FUTURE REAL OR NOT
ABSOLUTELY. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, MY
EXPECTATION FO THE TEAM WAS I JUST WANTED TO SEE THEM BE
EXCITING, AND I KNEW WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY HAD A LOT OF
YOUNG HOCKEY PLAYERS. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW MANY GAMES
THEY WOULD WINNING, BUT ONCE CISTERCIAN GOT OFF INTO
COMPETENCE, THE TEAM TOOK OFF WITH HIM, AND THERE'S NONO LIMI
TO THE STEAM THAT THEY RERE GOING TO GO TO THE FINALS THIS
YEAR. I DID TOO, YOU WEREN'T THE
ONLY ONE. YOUHAD A CHANTO PLAY IN
STRUGGLE AND WHEN YOU'RE IN THE LEAGUE.
WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER ABOUT HIM? HE WAS A TOUGH PLAYER, HE
PLAYED THE GAME HARD, BUT HE PLAYED IT HONEST . HE WANTED TO
GIVE YOU AN EDGEHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO PROTECT HIS LINEMATES
AND STUFF LIKE THAT. KIND OF AT AS HE IS AS A
COACH, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY, I THOUGHT HE WAS
A GREAT FIT FOR THE RAS S . WITH A YOUNG HOCKEY TEAM, WITH
THE SPRINKLING OF VETERANS AROUND HIM, I THOUGHT RDRD
WAS A GREAT PICK THE OFFER MENTIONED
SHESTERKIN TOOK OFF OF THE RANGERS TOOK OFF, THAT IS TH
TROPHY WINNER. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON HIM
AND HIS GROWTH? HE IS INCREDIBLE.
HE CAME IN AS ROOKIE, BASICALLY.
AND JUST TOOK OVER THE TEAM, TOOK OVER THE LAKE.
AND HE IS JUST GOING TO GET BETTER AND BETTER.
DO YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PLPLAY FRONT OF SOME GREAT GOALTENDERS
AS WELL IN YOUR TIME IN THE LEAGUE THE CONFIDENCE OF A
GOALIE, HOW MUCH CAN THAT KIND OF TRICKLE DOWN ON THE REST OF
THE TEAM, WHEN THE GOALIE IS ROLLING OFTENTIMES THE TEAM IS
ROLLING, AS WELL. AND YOU NEED SOMETIMES TO BAIL
HIM OUT, SO HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT CONFIDENCE?
THIS REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAD JOHN VAN B SPURR, A
GREAT GOALTENDER, BOBBY THROWS, AND MIKE RICHTER CAME IN THAT
SEASON. AND THE TEAM WAS IN A LITTLE
AND PLAYED AWESOME. IKE CAME IN AGAIN, HE TOOK THE WHOLE TEAM
WITH HIM. WHAT DO THESE RANGERS TEAM,
THIS 2022 TEAM I AM SPEAKING ABOUT, NEED TO DO TOTO TAKE THE
NEXT STEP I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY REALLY GOT BEHIND ON THIS
PLAYOFF SEASON, I THINK EVEN THE TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING, AFTER
BEATING THEM SAID HEY, THESE GUYS ARE GOING TO BE AROUND FOR
A WHIL NOT SNEAKING UP ON ANYONE
NEXT YEAR. BUT ALL THOSE YOUNG GUYS
GOT THIS PLAYOFF EXPERIENCE NOW.
THEY ARE GOING TO WANT IT AGAIN.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE HUNGRY FOR IT NOW.
D D THEY ARE GOING TO BE A PLAYOFF TEAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE,
SIX, SEVEN YEARS. AND LIKE I SASAID, THOSE YOUNG
GUYS WITH PINERO WITH THEM AND GUYS LIKE THAT, THEY'RE GOING
TO GET BETTER AND BETTER AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEIR
CONFIDENCE AND CONTRIBUTE MORE, FOX, FOXES TWO OR THREE YEARS
IN TWO. SO THEY'VE GOT INCREDIBLE
TALENT, TO KEEP THE TEAM TOGETHER THEY'RE GOING GO
FAR. LET ME ASK YOU ONE TIME
BEFORE YOU LET GO, I OWOW YOU'RE STILL AFFILIATED WITH
THE ORGANIZATIONAL LOT SO YOU ARE STILL WALKING INTO THE
GUARD IN. YOU STILL GET OSOSE CHILLS
THAT USED TO GET AS A PLAYER, THAT SAME THRILL?
ABSOLUTELY. THERE IS PLACE LIKE THE
GUARD IN . THE FIRST TIME SKATED ON THE GUARD IN ICE I
WAS A STICK BOY. THEY LET ME GO OUT BEFORE THE
MEMES AND SKATE ON THE GUARD IN ICE . AND I WOULD GO OUT
THERE AND LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, GO TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ICE AND
LOOK AT THE SCOREBOARD. I STILL DO THAT WHEN I GO ON
WITH THE LITTLE KIDS. SO IT GIVES YOU A CHILL.
NOTHING LIKE IT. I AM THERE EVERDAY, AND
STILL, NEVER GETS OLD. ONE AND ONLY, BRIAN MULLEN,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOIN US ON MSG PM FOR TALKING
HOCKEY. NEW YORK CITY, WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT HOCKEY. WE GOT JACK WALLACE COMING UP
ON TODAY'S SHOW, YOTAUGHT SAW THE SPECIAL LESSON, WE GO TO
TALK WITH HIM RIGHT AFTER THIS. MICHELLE AND KAZ WIMORE