Blueshirt Banter Radio Live at 8 PM with Emile Francis and Gilles Villemure!

by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 8, 2009 3:56 PM EST in Rangers Radio

Remember tonight at 8 PM, we will be on the air live for Blueshirt Banter Radio. Tonight our guests are Ranger legends Emile Francis, and surprise guest Gilles Villemure. Emile was a player, coach, and GM for the Rangers, and Villemure was an All-Star goalie for the Rangers, and shared the Vezina with teammate Eddie Giacomin in 1971. You won't want to miss it when we talk to Ranger Royalty, tonight at 8, only on Blueshirt Banter Radio!

As always, you can click the link above, and join the live chat during the show, or listen right here:

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I want that jacket hahaha

by ToddWilliams on Dec 8, 2009 4:32 PM EST reply actions

yeah you and me both

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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 8, 2009 6:02 PM EST reply actions

Wow, this is so great that you guys are getting Rangers legends on your show.

Oh, and me 3 on the jacket. It inspired me to search ebay for some good vintage rangers jackets, and all I found were some tacky early 90’s ones.

by old hickory on Dec 8, 2009 6:11 PM EST reply actions

We’re excited about it too. Quite honestly, we don’t think the Rangers pay enough attention to their pre-1994 history, so we try and fill that gap for Ranger fans. Granted, its not a history filled with championships, but its a storied history nonetheless.

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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 8, 2009 6:15 PM EST up reply actions

Yeah.
Personally, I’m young (a college student) so I don’t have any memories of these guys.

However, being a ranger fan is a tradition in my family dating back to my grandpa (who is about as old as Emile), and the way my dad and uncles talk about the rangers of their childhood and 70’s…it just ads such a sense of legend to the rangers, and it’s amazing that not only is one of these guys who seems larger-than-life still alive, but he’s willing to talk to some rangers fan blog in the year 2009,

by old hickory on Dec 8, 2009 7:29 PM EST up reply actions

Phenomenal show fellas !

For anyone who didn’t catch it – it’s worth listening to the archive. The “Cat” could have gone on, I think, for another 2 hours…..Great stuff.

by dbmaven on Dec 8, 2009 10:46 PM EST reply actions

I definitely think Emile had another 2 hours in him. We are going to try to have him back in January, maybe get Stemkowski on with him, since there were so many Stemmer stories being thrown about last night.

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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 9, 2009 7:54 AM EST up reply actions

and by the way, I have no idea how we are ever going to top last night.

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by Jim Schmiedeberg on Dec 9, 2009 7:57 AM EST up reply actions

I’m sure something will come up. You guys are doing a great job securing guests and getting them to talk.

by dbmaven on Dec 9, 2009 10:05 AM EST reply actions

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