Breadth and depth. Contemporary and historical. Straight-forward and experienced. The NHL Wraparound podcast features Neil Smith, President-General Manager of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers and longtime ESPN/NHL veteran Vic Morren sharing no-nonsense opinions on news and issues around the National Hockey League. Bringing decades of experience from their respective fields, Smith and Morren create a unique partnership that examines the NHL from multiple perspectives. Additionally, as hockey historians, the pair can delve into any topic in today’s game and enlighten the audience with connections to events from previous years. To truly appreciate where hockey stands today, one needs to understand its past. With 2024 marking the 30th anniversary of the Rangers last championship season, a special five-part series is planned to commemorate that magical run. Expect fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and special guests with particular focus on the GM who pushed all of his chips into the middle of the table amidst the most pressurized environments – and came out on top. Whether you’re new to the game or a seasoned fan, each episode of NHL Wraparound will leave you entertained and informed. Bio’s Neil S. Smith, highly regarded NHL executive, served as the President and General Manager of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers. During his eleven years with the team, they achieved significant success, including three division titles, two Presidents’ Trophies, one Eastern Conference Championship, and a historic Stanley Cup victory—the franchise’s first in 54 years. Known for his expertise in professional sports franchise economics, Smith played a pivotal role in management decisions under four different Rangers owners.. His tenure saw iconic trades and acquisitions, including Hall of Famers Mark Messier and Wayne Gretzky, as well as successful drafts and free-agent signings. Starting as a pro scout, Smith's career highlights include the impactful 1989 draft for the Detroit Red Wings and bold trades that shaped NHL history. He briefly served as GM for the New York Islanders in 2006, later working as a consultant for the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. A Toronto native, Smith's hockey journey began in junior leagues before a distinguished college career at Western Michigan University. He has received numerous awards and distinctions, including induction into the University's Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. Vic Morren: Born in New York City close to the Old Madison Square Garden, Vic Morren has had hockey in his blood his entire life as a fan, player and television production manager. A graduate of William Paterson University, Morren skated for three seasons with the Pioneers hockey club and became the first statistical analyst to apply his craft to telecasts working New York Islanders and New Jersey Devils games from 1984-87. He co-authored two NHL-based statistics books within that span before moving to ESPN in 1987 and working the final season of the original deal the network had with the NHL. After departing in 1990, Morren worked as a studio producer for SportsChannel America’s NHL coverage and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics before returning to ESPN that fall where he worked all 12 seasons on the second ESPN/NHL deal and the first season of the most recent contract in 2021-22. Morren has also earned a Sports Emmy for his work on Sunday Night Football coverage in 2003. His relationship with Neil Smith dates back 33 years through their mutual friendship with the late ESPN/ABC commentator John Saunders. Morren looks forward to NHL Wraparound and collaborating with Smith with the goal to provide an experience of contemporary viewpoints, historical spin and an overall enriching podcast experience.
The NHL Wraparound Spring Cleaning series continues on Quick Takes with the New York Islanders.Primed to make the playoffs in late March, the Isles collapsed and that cost head coach Patrick Roy his job.While some improvements were made in 2025-26, much lies ahead for Mathieu Darche in the off-season.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #NewYorkIslanders #MontrealCanadiens #MathieuDarche #MatthewSchaefer #NoahDobson #EmilHeineman #IlyaSorokin #BoHorvat #BrianLeetch #KylePalmieri #AlexanderRomanov #AndersLee #MathewBarzal #ChicagoBlackhawks #PittsburghPenguins #RickardRakell #TonyDeAngelo #JoshBailey #DavidRittich #SemyonVarlamov #BridgeportIslanders #LouLamoriello #MaxShabanov #MattGatcomb #AdamBoqvist
After over six months of play, the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs have arrived and, with that, Neil and Vic are pleased to welcome back TSN's Craig Button for another round of analysis of all eight opening round series.Lively discussion about the series, some GM news and a few other burning questions will get listeners primed for the most intense competition in sports.IN THIS EPISODE:[02:43] - Carolina vs. Ottawa[07:54] - Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia[12:51] - Buffalo vs. Boston[16:52] - Montreal vs. Tampa Bay[22:43] - Two pieces of GM news with Patrik Allvin out in Vancouver and Sunny Mehta installed to run the New Jersey Devils.[29:52] - Colorado vs. Los Angeles[33:36] - Dallas vs. Minnesota[39:24] - Vegas vs. Utah[43:54] - Edmonton vs. Anaheim[48:33] - The Playoff Salary Cap: Significant or much ado about nothing?[50:24] - Coming out parties, teams and players with most pressure and picks for the Final.[1:00:29] - Wrap up segment with TV schedule for first weekend of the playoffs.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #CraigButton #TSN
The final installment of Smith's Pix is here for the 2025-26 regular season.Only one game of significance on Wednesday as Neil correctly picked Vegas to clinch the Pacific, doing so with a win over Seattle.With three games in the Pacific Division deciding the final two opening round matchups, Neil puts a 573-317-124 record on the line.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
With the regular season coming to close, Neil and Vic welcome Jeff Marek from the Sheet back to review predictions made back prior to the start of start of the 2026-campaign.Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To updates what's at stake on the final night of the season with a potential TV schedule for the first playoff week while the show wraps up with stat leaders and a couple of personnel notes.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:47] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To[06:51] - Jeff Marek welcomed to the show to go over predictions on our preview show from back in October. Some fun banter and then the expert thoughts from items covered six months ago starting with the Kirill Kaprizov contract in Minnesota.[14:02] - Predictions starting with coaches and further to discussion to upper management.[28:57] - The Breakout Players.[32:56] - Team Power shifts.[36:44] - Playoff shifts from a season ago, would the Panthers repeat and revisiting picks for the Stanley Cup Final.[39:01] - Biggest surprises of the 2025-26 regular season.[43:15] - Personnel notes.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #JeffMarek #TheSheetPodcast #JohnTortorella #BruceCassidy #KirillKaprizov #KyleConnor #MitchMarner #ConnorMcDavid #NathanMacKinnon #MarcoSturm #DanMuse #AdamFoote #JoelQuenneville #MikeSullivan #PatVerbeek #JohnGibson #LukasDostal #HartfordWhalers #ChrisDrury #ScottyBowman #AlArbour #RickBowness #DeanEvason #DJSMith #JimHiller #PeterDeBoer #PatrickRoy #MathieuDarche #MatthewSchaefer #CraigBerube #GeorgeMcPhee #KellyMcCrimmon #PatQuinn #JayFeaster #VincentLecavalier #AndrewBrunette #AndreTourigny #QuinnHughes #BillArmstrong #BarryTrotz #DavidPoile #BillHaslam #BradyMartin #JurajSlafkovsky #AdamFantilli #LoganCooley #JetGreaves #ElvisMerzlikins #DylanGuenther #MatthewKnies #SpencerKnight #CutterGauthier #SergeiBobrovsky #DonWaddell #HarrySinden #KirillMarchenko #JarmoKekalainen #TageThompson #RasmusDahlin #AlexTuck #LinusUllmark #AleksanderBarkov #RickTocchet #DanVladar #NikitaKucherov #MacklinCelebrini #MarkScheifele #NickSuzuki #MartinNecas #DavidPastrnak #ColeCaufield #ArtRossTrophy #RocketRichardTrophy #JaredBednar #ToddMcLellan #DylanLarkin #MiroHeiskanen #RyanHartman #BradyTkachuk #JoeBowen
The sixteen playoff teams have been determined with only some final positioning and matchups left to be determined.Vic and Neil go bring the latest on how the final three berths were wrapped up on Monday and, in the process, sent five teams home for the summer, including the defending Presidents' Trophy winners and a team whose coaching was seething mad at his teams' season finale.We'll also bid farewell to a future Hall of Famer and a broadcast legend and who knows with Ovi?X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #TageThompson #LindyRuff #MarcoSturm #NikitaKucherov #TysonFoerster #DanVladar #ArtemiPanarin #KevinFiala #JohnTortorella #DarcyKuemper #RayFerraro #DJSmith #AnzeKopitar #LucRobitaille #KenHolland #JasonRobertson #PeterDeBoer #RickBowness #DonWaddell #LeonDraisaitl #ZachHyman #JasonDickinson #MaxJones #SeanDurzi #RoopeHintz #CaleMakar #NathanMacKinnon #BradyTkachuk #SteveYzerman #ToddMcLellan #JohnGibson #JamesvanRiemsdyk #DylanLarkin #AlexDebrincat #PatrickKane #LucasRaymond #MarcoKasper #MoritzSeider #JustinFaulk #DavidPerron #TravisHamonic #CamTalbot #SimonEdvinsson #JimMontgomery #RobertThomas #JordanKyrou #JordanBinnington #JoelHofer #BraydenSchenn #OskarSundqvist #DylanHolloway #JonatanBerggren #MattKessel #AlexSteen #DougArmstrong #LaneLambert #DanBylsma #MasonMarchment #RyanLindgren #FrederickGaudreau #JaredMcCann #MartyBeniers #ShaneWright #PhilippGrubauer #JoeyDaccord #RonFrancis #JasonBotterill #DaveHakstol #OliverBjorkstrand #JadenSchwartz #EeliTolvanen #BobbyMcMann #JamieOleksiak #JoeBowen #SamRosen #JonathanQuick #MikeRichter #AlexOvechkin #JohnBuccigross #ESPN #WayneGretzky #JeffMarek #TheSheet #CraigButton #TSN
Neil posted a 2-2-1 mark selecting only meaningful games on the schedule. With two days left in the regular season, his mark stands at 572-317-124.Only Seattle at Vegas has post-season significance on Wednesday. Check out who Neil picked.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Looking to finish strong, Neil checked in with a 5-1-1 mark in the meaningful games on the Monday schedule to bump his season record to 570-315-123.Although all sixteen spots in the post-season are now secure, five of the nine Tuesday games will have some impact on positioning so check them out.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Deux, deux, deux for Neil Sunday taking his mark for the season to 565-314-122. Only seven of the 10 games Monday have significance to the league standings so check them out.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Four more in, four more out and three spots remain up for grabs with eight teams vying for them.Vic and Neil have the latest on the races, including the astonishing collapses of Detroit and the N.Y. Islanders, and a special weekend for Alex Ovechkin as the Capitals have managed to stay alive heading into the final four days of the regular season.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #BillGuerin #BradyTkachuk #AndersLee #MarcoSturm #DavidPastrnak #MorganGeekie #ViktorArvidsson #PavelZacha #FraserMinton #NikitaSwayman #JeremySwayman #JoonasKorpisalo #JackEichel #CarterHart #JohnTortorella #JasonRobertson #DylanLarkin ChrisIlitch #SteveYzerman #PatrickKane #ToddMcLellan #PeterDeBoer #PatrickRoy #RickBowness #SidneyCrosby #KrisLetang #EvgeniMalkin #ErikKarlsson #BenKindel #KyleDubas #GaryBettman #BillDaly #ArtemiPanarin #EvanBouchard #AntonForsberg #DarcyKuemper #StevenStamkos #JustusAnnunen #ShayneGostisbehere #SebastienAho #SethJarvis #JaccobSlavin #AndreiSvechnikov #MartinBroduer #MiroHeiskanen #RoopeHintz #LeonDraisaitl #DarrenRaddysh #NoahDobson #ZachWerenski #JoshManson #JaredBednar #KeeganKolesar #DaveHakstol #NolanPratt #MaxPlante #BrandonHagel #CutterGauthier #RadkoGudas #HobeyBakerAward #RiegerLorentz #KyleChyzowski #DavidCarle #JimMontgomery #JohnnyHicks #SteveCarroll #ScottOake #HockeyNightinCanada #BruceOakeRecoveryCenter #AnneOakeRecoveryCenter #RyanReaves #AlexOvechkin #DylanStrome #JonathanQuick
Due in part to a couple of teams that surprised with the players that were being held out, Neil managed only a 6-6-2 mark in the fourteen games picked.Sunday's six-pack all has some meaning either through trying to gain a spot, improving playoff position or just trying to avoid elimination. The season mark stands at 563-312-120.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Only a dark Friday could quiet Neil after posting an 10-3-1 Thursday. That's 22-3-3 over the last three game nights for an overall mark of 557-306-118.Saturday's slate has 15 games but Neil will select only 14 with the Florida-Toronto game having no standings impact.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
The final weekend of the regular season has arrived. While Colorado clinched the Presidents' Trophy Thursday and Pittsburgh and Utah joined the playoff party, there are still tangled webs in several other races around the NHL. Vic and Neil will walk you through it.On the flip side, we'll have spring cleanings for two teams eliminated earlier this week: New Jersey and Calgary as well as some significant personnel updates from around the league.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #GordMiller #TSN #CoreyPerry #RyanHartman #Presidents'Trophy #NathanMacKinnon #MartinNeces #DanMuse #MikeSullivan #BillArmstrong #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #ErikKarlsson #ColtenEllis #Ukko-PekkaLuukkonen #AlexLyon #JurajSlafkovsky #TaylorRaddysh #ColeCaufield #StephaneRicher #NikitaKucherov #JoshAnderson #CoreyPerry #VictorHedman #MatthewTkachuk #LaneHutson #PeterDeBoer #ArturAhktyamov #MatthewSchaefer #BrianLeetch #IlyaSorokin #TorontoMarlies #WilliamNylander #MitchMarner #JohnTavares #AustonMatthews #MorganRielly #DeanEvason #RickBowness #AlexOvechkin #DylanLarkin #MoritzSeider #PatrickKane #JoshMorrissey #JonathanToews #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #ZachHyman #MacklinCelebrini #JohnTortorella #JohnCarlson #MikkoRantanen #QuinnHughes #ConnorBrown #EvgeniiDadonov #ErikHaula #BrianDumoulin #CurtisLazar #NathanBastien #JesperBratt #JackHughes #TimoMeier #DawsonMercer #OndrejPalat #JacobMarkstrom #TomFitzgerald #SheldonKeefe #DougieHamilton #LindyRuff #TravisGreen #DanielSprong #ZackMcEwen #DennisCholowski #ArsenyGritsyuk #PaulCotter #SimonNemec #CraigConroy #JonathanHuberdeau #DevinCooley #DustinWolf #DanVladar #DonMaloney #MacKenzieWeegar #NikitaZadorov #RyanLomberg #VictorOlofsson #JakeBean #JohnBeecher #RonFrancis #JasonBotterill #GeorgeMcPhee #RomanJosi #MiroHeiskanen #JohnGibson #OwenTippett #CamTalbot #NazemKadri #AnthonyStolarz #DakotaJoshua #BrandonCarlo #ConnorIngram #JasonDickinson #ConnorDewar #SethJones #LukeHughes #ThomasChabot #JTMiller #IlyaProtas #AliaksaiProtas #TomWilson #ColeHutson #JamesHagens #FrozenFour #KentAnderson #JohnnyHicks
Neil took the show to the road Wednesday and Buffalo, Washington and Edmonton all deliver to move the overall to 547-303-117 (.626).12-0-2 over the last two nights, let's see what how he'll do with a 14-game schedule Thursday.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
The Ottawa Senators have emerged as one of the great surprises this season. After sputtering early, the team has managed to overcome injury and adversity to put themselves in control of their own destiny in the final week of the regular season. TSN Analyst Jamie McLennan joins Neil and Vic to discuss the Sens as well as a couple of other topics.In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, we have clinchers, a playoff matchup that is set and the peril of the three-point games for those trying to make up ground.There's also a new GM opening in New Jersey as well and some scrutiny around a penalty box attendant in Buffalo.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:42] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To[09:48] - Jamie McLennan joins the show with discussion of the Ottawa Senators and their battles through adversity and injury to own a wild card spot heading into the final week of the regular season.[14:52] - Further elaboration on the injuries the Sens have had to deal with on their backline and the job Travis Green has done to navigate the team through it.[19:18] - Neil brings back some historical data to underscore even legendary coaches often get overlooked for the jobs they have done.[22:16] - Despite the troubles in net this season, signs the playoffs may yield different story.[25:49] - Many Canadian teams have had a hard time in 2025-26. Neil gets Jamie's thoughts on Vancouver.[30:11] - Shifting to Toronto. Just Mitch Marner's departure or more to it?[33:33] - The question of whether Craig Berube's style was truly the right fit for the Maple Leafs.[36:21] - Thoughts on a firm being brought in to find the next head of hockey ops in Toronto.[42:20] - The former goaltender offers up why he believes save percentages around the NHL are at a 30-year low.[47:41] - Wrapping up the chat with Jamie McLennan.[49:30] - Standings Update.[52:50] - Tom Fitzgerald out as President/GM in New Jersey.[56:47] - Spring Cleaning: Florida Panthers.[1:01:22] - Personnel notes and an odd injury involving an penalty box door in Buffalo.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #JamieMcLennan #TSN #PatrickRoy #PeteDeBoer #TravisGreen #JonCooper #IlyaSorokin #Andrei Vasilevskiy #ThomasChabot #NickJensen #JakeSanderson #DennisGilbert #TylerKleven #CarterYakemchuk #JordanPence #CameronCrotty #BradyTkachuk #TimStutzle #DylanCozens #ShanePinto #DrakeBatherson #RidlyGreig #LinusUllmark #JamesReimer #LeeviMerilianen #DanMuse #RickTocchet #JaredBednar #Lindy Ruff #SteveStaois #RickBowness #AlArbour #ScottyBowman #JackAdamsAward #BryanTrottier #MikeBossy #DenisPotvin #BillySmith #BobNystrom #GerardGallant #BruceCassidy #JohnTortorella #JeremySwayman #ThatcherDemko #ArtursSilovs #QuinnHughes #JTMiller #EliasPettersson #BrockBoeser #ConorGarland #KevinLankinen #ZeevBuium #MitchMarner #AustonMatthews #CraigBerube #BradTreliving #JosephWoll #AnthonyStolarz #ChrisTanev #BrendanShanahan #KyleDubas #LouLamoriello #WilliamNylander #JohnTavares #DougArmstrong #KeithPelley #NeilGlasberg #PBISports #JeffJackson #HaroldBallard #TravisYost #SteveValiquette #GrantFuhr #MartinBrodeur #EdBelfour #DominikHasek #ArizonaCoyotes #TomFitzgerald #RayShero #TimoMeier #DougieHamilton #OndrejPalat #JackHughes #SheldonKeefe #JacobMarkstrom #JakeAllen #AlexsanderBarkov #SamReinhart #MatthewTkachuk #SamBennett #BradMarchand #AaronEkblad #TomasNosek #MackieSamoskevich #JustinSordif #SethJones #AJGreer #VinnieHonostroza #LukeKunin #NoahGregor #PaulMaurice #BillZito #SergeiBobrovsky #DaniilTarasov #NikitaKucherov #JakeGuentzel #KirbyDach #JustinFaulk #VladNamestnikov #NinoNiederreiter #ZachHyman #LeonDraisaitl #PontusHolmberg #PeytonKrebs #ZachBenson
If you took Neil's advice Tuesday, you did real well as the record for the night was 9-0-2 with the only losses coming as a result of the Red Wings and Oilers failing to hold late leads and falling after regulation.A light night of only three games comprises Wednesday's schedule. The overall record stands at 544-303-117.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
On the right side of the ledger on a quiet Monday which saw Neil go 2-1-1. Eleven games on the Tuesday schedule as the jockeying for spots and positions continues. The season record entering play is at 535-303-115.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
You'd think the longest playoff drought coming to an end would be the biggest news over the weekend? Nope. How 'bout the two-time defending champions being officially eliminated? Negative.Sunday, the N.Y. Islanders dismissed head coach Patrick Roy and replaced him with Peter DeBoer with the hopes of still securing a playoff berth in the East.Beyond that, Vic and Neil update all of the playoff races and also offer up Spring Cleanings for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Blackhawks.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #PatrickRoy #MathieuDarche #PeterDeBoer #LindyRuff #ThomasVanek #SergeiBobrovsky #AleksanderBrakov #MatthewTkachuk #AaronEkblad #SethJones #PaulMaurice #BillZito #SidenyCrosby #SteveYzerman #RickTocchet #PorterMartone #JeremySwayman #AndreiVasilevskiy #JakeSanderson #TravisGreen #JordanStaal #JordanMartinook #PatrickKane #QuinnHughes #KirillKaprizov #AlexDebrincat #JonathanQuick #GabePerreault #WillCuylle #MikaZibanejad #JTMiller #JoelQuenneville #JackEichel #JohnTortorella #CarterHart #ClaytonKeller #AndreTourigny #ArizonaCoyotes #BillArmstrong #QuintonByfield #RobertThomas #DylanHolloway #JoelHofer #JordanBinnington #KyleConnor #ZachHyman #StuartSkinner #ArtursSilovs #VictorHedman #BrandonHagel #ScottSabourin #ValNichushkin #DamonSeverson #ZachBolduc #MichaelRasmussen #JustinFaulk #AliaksaiProtas #NicDowd #MorganBarron #RyanStrome #MitchMarner #MatthewKnies #MaxDomi #NicRobertson #BradTreliving #AustonMatthews #BobbyMcMann #AnthonyStolarz #WilliamNylander #CraigBerube #KeithPelley #BrendanShanahan #SheldonKeefe #ScottLaughton #NicholasRoy #NikitaGrebenkin #CalleJarnkrok #TroyStetcher #MatiasMaccelli #JeffBlashill #ConnorBedard #NickFoligno #JasonDickinson #ConnorMurphy #FrankNazar #TylerBertuzzi #RyanDonato #SethJones #IlyaMikheyev #SamLafferty #MattGrzelcyk #KevinKorchinski #TylerBetuzzi #RyanDonato #JamieMcLennan #TSN
Similar to Saturday, Easter Sunday started strong and fizzled late for Neil going 3-4-0. A tidy four-pack awaits on Monday with a 533-302-114 overall mark.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
For the second straight Sunday, a head coaching change in the NHL.Last week, John Tortorella took over for Bruce Cassidy in Vegas and now, with four games left in the regular season, Peter DeBoer has replaced Patrick Roy in an attempt to get the struggling Islanders into the post-season.Vic and Neil drill it down examining, among other things, if this change comes too late.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #PatrickRoy #PeterDeBoer #BruceCassidy #JohnTortorella #MathieuDarche #JimHiller #LaneLambert #MatthewSchaefer #PaulMaurice #NewYorkIslanders #MontrealCanadiens #VegasGoldenKnights #FloridaPanthers #NewJerseyDevils #SanJoseSharks #DallasStars
In the collective, the 9-6-0 Saturday was quite good, but the taste went a bit sour with four regulation losses in the late games.Still, Neil's overall bumps to 530-298-114 with an Easter slate of seven games.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Big night for the road teams as the Flyers and Blues won much-needed games at the N.Y. Islanders and Anaheim respectively.Neil takes a 521-292-114 record into a whopping 15-game Saturday.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Fourteen days left to the regular season and the chase for the Stanley Cup is down to 28 teams while two more teams can officially start pointing towards next season.Vic and Neil bring the latest in the playoff push which now sees three-way ties for the second Wild Card spots in both conferences.We'll also discuss the possible re-emergence of Macklin Celebrini for MVP and ponder whether teams wearing alternate jerseys change the perception of how you view a team.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #KeithPelley #ChrisDrury #TylerKleven #WadeRedden #ChrisPhillips #ZdenoChara #BryanBerard #AlexDebrincat #PatrickKane #JohnGibson #RickBowness #AlexOvechkin #JackHughes #JesperBratt #LoganCooley #DylanGuenther #MacklinCelebrini #AlexWennberg #WillSmith #LukeEvangelista #TrevorMoore #KenHolland #JakeOettinger #JimMontgomery #LeonDraisaitl #MattSavoie #ConnorMcDavid #ZachHyman #MitchMarner #JohnTortorella #CarterHart #AdinHill #GeorgeMcPhee #BurceCassidy #ColeCaufield #NickSuzuki #JurajSlafkovsky #LaneHutson #JakubDobes #JacobFowler #GeoffMOlson #JeffGorton #KentHughes #MartinSt.Louis #NathanMacKinnon #MarcusPettersson #WayneGretzky #NikitaKucherov#HartTrophy #AlRollins #EliasSalomonsson #JasonRobertson #NealPionk #ColinBlackwell #JamieBenn #AdamLowry #RyanO'Reilly #RyanReaves #BrandonHagel #JustinFaulk #JackMcBain #TageThompson #TysonFoerster #QuebecNordiques #HartfordWhaalers #MinnesotaNorthStars #TorontoSt.Pats #MartinNecas #JoeSakic #WilliamNylander #BrentBurns #PhilKessel
Finally, a good night on a heavy schedule with Neil posting a 9-5-0 mark Thursday to move to 520-291-114 on the year.Just a pair of games Friday, as the Flyers and Islanders are in survival mode while the Ducks look to hold first in the Pacific against the Blues.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Talk about unpredictable. After potting nine goals against Calgary Monday, the Colorado Avalanche managed to give up eight to the last-ranked Vancouver Canucks at home in a Wednesday loss.In San Jose, the Sharks trailed Anaheim in the final 90 seconds before scoring twice to steal a win from the Ducks and put a second regulation loss in that column for Neil. Good thing for him the Kings salvaged their game in OT against St. Louis.That disappointing 1-2-0 mark drops him for 511-286-114 with a packed 14-game schedule on tap for Thursday.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Sunday afternoon, the Vegas Golden Knights made a late-season coaching change dismissing Stanley Cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy and bringing in John Tortorella in the hopes of jump starting a team that has underachieved all season. VGK President of Hockey Operations George McPhee joins Neil and Vic to discuss the move.Among the Three Things you Need to Pay Attention To, guess who is within one point of a wild card spot in the West?Also, we'll have a full playoff race update, discussion about various acts of pugilism around the league and what did we learn - or not - from the Keith Pelley presser on Tuesday?IN THIS EPISODE:[02:11] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To[11:21] - Golden Knights President of Hockey Operations George McPhee joins the show. After briefly touching on 1994 - which saw McPhee as part of the Vancouver Canucks organization - Neil notes from experience the difficulty letting people go, something McPhee did with his head coach Sunday.[13:56] - Neil follows up with George noting the decision to make a coaching change is something that builds over time and not an impulse decision.[17:30] - Vic draws a comparison between the stellar run to the Stanley Cup in 2023 to what the numbers have said about the Golden Knights since January - a sample size large enough to support the concern.[21:46] - On to Tortorella and his recognition to evolve in that the game and the players are vastly different from the Stanley Cup team he coached in 2004 and four other venues since.[24:06] - The key personnel on the Golden Knights that will be counted on even more since the coaching change.[26:59] - When the Golden Knights made the surprise run to the Final in 2018, the inaugural team was hard, fast and smart. Many of the those signatures were part of the 2023 team. What type of style will Tortorella need to employ to ensure success with the NHL's third oldest team?[28:25] - A brief look back at Torts first game behind the VGK bench.[30:57] - Wrapping out the chat with George McPhee.[32:57] - Standings update.[41:46] - Three very different types of pugilism played out Monday and Tuesday, including a goaltending bout at MSG.[49:29] - Personnel notes - Injuries, returns and milestones.[53:56] - A long-time AHL play-by-play man gets a tribute in Buffalo.[55:57] - Notable birthdays.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #GeorgeMcPhee #JohnTortorella #BruceCassidy #KlyeConnor #MarkScheifele #JoshMorrissey #ConnorHellebuyck #AnthonyMantha #ViktorArvidsson #MarcoSturm #DanMuse #ErikKarlsson #KeithPelley #MLSE #CraigBerube #BrendanShanahan #SheldonKeefe #BradTreliving #CraigBerube #JeffVinik #JimNill #KellyMcCrimmon #AdinHill #CarterHart #WilliamKarlsson #JackEichel #MitchMarner #SheaTheodore #RasmusAndersson #MarkStone #GerardGallant #JayGrossman #CraigPatrick #LindyRuff #PeytonKrebs #JakubDobes #AdamGaudette #MacklinCelebrini #RadkoGudas #MaxDomi #TieDomi #DakotaJoshua #AustonMatthews #MichaelPezzetta #JakeMcCabe #JohnTavares #AndersLee #JoshNorris #SamCarrick #IgorShesterkin #JacobMarkstrom #PaulCotter #AndreiVasilevskiy #JeremySwayman #SergeiBobrovsky #AlexNedejlkovic#CaleMakar #JaredBednar #CutterGauthier #AlexandreCarrier #CarterYakemchuk #NoahGregor #NikitaKucherov #EvgeniMalkin #JordanGreenway #AlexOvechkin #AliaksaiProtas #EvanderKane #BradKovachik #BradyTkachuk #MatthewTkachuk #DonStevens #RochesterAmericans #CalderCup #Ukko-PekkaLuukkonen #AdirondackRedWings #StanFischler #GordieHowe #PavelBure #MikeRichter
In the April Fools Edition of Smith's Pix, let's see if the prognosticator can avoid getting tripped up with a quiet schedule of three games. A 6-4-0 Tuesday on a tough card leaves the season mark at 510-284-114.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Monday evening, it was announced Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brad Treliving had been relieved of his duties. A series of questionable trades combined with the underperforming of the Leafs this season no doubt accelerated the move.But where to go from here? Vic and Neil address the present but also look back to the past before hitting on the type of environment which needs to be part of the Leafs DNA before that next step can be taken with a new man running the show.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #BradTreliving #KeithPelley #MitchMarner #NickRoy #MikkoRantanen #BrendanShanahan #FraserMinten #BrandonCarlo #CraigBerube #ScottLaughton #NikitaGrebenkin #SheldonKeefe #JeffGorton #KentHughes #MartinSt.Louis #GeoffMolson #PatVerbeek
Only an overtime goal by John Tavares prevented a perfect Monday for Neil who turned in a 4-0-1 mark to bump the seasonal to 504-280-114.The schedule doubles up on Tuesday with 10 games on tap, nine with playoff implication.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Falling short of expectations, the Vegas Golden Knights pulled off a stunning move Sunday dismissing Stanley Cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy and replacing him with John Tortorella. Vic and Neil look inside the move and the impact that may come to not only the Golden Knights, but teams around the Western Conference.We'll do the deep dive into the races in the respective conferences and look ahead to key games ahead - including whether injured Radko Gudas is able to suit up against the Maple Leafs in a rematch of their March 12 game in which saw Gudas take out Auston Matthews for the remainder of the season.Also in the show: the second installment of our "Spring Cleaning" series which features the N.Y. Rangers, eliminated March 25th.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #BruceCassidy #JohnTortorella #KellyMcCrimmon #PeterDeBoer #RickBowness #DonWaddell #DeanEvason #MichelBergeron #PhilEsposito #LouLamoriello #RobbieFtorek #LarryRobinson #ClaudeJulien #RogerNeilson #RonSmith #MikeKeenan #ColinCampbell #JohnMuckler #GeorgeMcPhee #MitchMarner #JackEichel #NoahHanafin #MarkStone #MikeSullivan #GerardGallant #JimMontgomery #MatthewTkachuk #DaniilTarsov #SergeiBobrovsky#PavelZacha #CharlieCoyle #RayFerraro #SteveYzerman #TrevorZegras #RickTocchet #ConnorMcDavid #LeonLeonDraisaitl #KrisKnoblach #ColePerfetti #ScottArniel #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #ArtursSilovs #IlyaSorokin #JakeSanderson #ThomasChabot #LassiThomson #NicDowd #AlaiksaiProtas #DamonSeverson #ZachBolduc #NikitaKucherov #NickPaul #MikkoRantanen #LassiThomson #HartfordWolfpack #ChrisDrury #K'AndreMiller #ChrisKreider #ArtemiPanarin #MikeZibanejad #AlexisLafreniere #GabePerreault #NoahLaba #AdamSykora #DrewFortescue #DylanGarand #JohnnyBrodzinski #ConorSheary #JonathanQuick #BradenSchneider #VincentIorio #IgorShesterkin #RadkoGudas #AusrtonMatthews #RonMcLean #HockeyNightinCanada #DakotaJoshua #MathieuOlivier #AlexeiKovalev
Neil reached the 500-win mark for the season with a 3-1-2 Sunday.He offers up his handful of winners for Monday with an overall mark of 500-280-113.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
When the number of games on a single night gets into the teens, the challenge of a big night increases as well.Just the case on Saturday with Neil pulling a 7-7-1 mark. The season record now stands 497-279-111.Closing in on 500 wins, a Sunday six-pack awaits.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
A light schedule Friday where Neil's choice of home cooking landed him a 1-1-0 mark as the Rangers defeated Chicago while the Sabres fell to Detroit.Heavy lifting Saturday with 15 games, many being played in the afternoon. The big slates haven't been kind but let's see if that trend reverses itself with a 490-272-110 overall mark.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Like a car wreck, it's just hard to look away. We're speaking of the Pacific Division and the Western Conference Wild Card race. The Edmonton Oilers and Vegas Golden Knights were looked upon to be heavy favorites to be 1-2 in the Pacific but are now in a position just to see who will gain home-ice advantage in a potential opening round matchup.Meanwhile, just as it appeared Utah and Nashville were getting comfortable in the wild card spots, they put out the welcome mats to Los Angeles and Seattle.Vic and Neil break it down plus check in on the East where we have some leapfrogging in the Metro and Wild Card battles along with a few other odds and ends mixed in. X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #EvanBouchard #ConnorMcDavid #IvanBarbashev #JeremyLauzon #JasonDickinson #SheaTheodore ##DarnellNurse #BrettHowden #JackEichel #MitchMarner #LeonDraisaitl #MikaelGranlund #ZayneParekh #JohnCarlson #PatVerbeek #AlexOvechkin #AndreTourigny #KarelVejmelka #VitekVanecek #ArizonaCoyotes #NicoHischier #DarcyKuemper #BrandonMontour #PhilippGrubauer #NathanMacKinnon #DylanHolloway #PhilipBroberg #RickardRakell #ErikKarlsson #BenKindel #DanMuse #EvegeniMalkin #SidneyCrosby #KrisLetang #ZachBolduc #JakubDobes #MasonMarchment #MatthewSchaeffer #IlyaSorokin #CalumRitchie #JakeOettinger #PavelZacha #MarcusFoligno #NickFoligno #JoelErikssonEk #AaronEkblad #JamesvanRiemsdyk #TrevorvanRiemsdyk #NikitaKuchherov #JakeGuentzel #BraydenPoint #BrandonHagel #StevenStamkos #ElliotteFriedman #HockeyNightinCanada #ThomasChabot #JTMiller #JakeSanderson #AlexandreTexier #DamonSeverson #YaroslavAskarov #EvanRodrigues #AleksanderBarkov #MatthewTkachuk #BradMarchand #SamBennett #SamReinhart #SethJones #PaulMaurice #ChrisLee #AndreiVasilevskiy
A 13-game card wasn't particularly lucky Thursday as Neil's selections were over the map with the +60-minute gremlin showing up again in a 5-4-4 evening which moves Neil to 489-271-110 for the season.Just two games on tap Friday - one very important in the standings, the other...not so much.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Only two games on the Wednesday schedule. Neil held his nose and picked a winner with the Leafs while settling for the loser's point with the Sabres OTL.Perhaps a 13-game Thursday will be a lucky one with a 484-267-106 overall mark.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
The Ottawa Senators were tied for last in the Eastern Conference on Jan. 11. They were nine points out of a playoff spot on Jan. 24 and exited the Olympic break still a half dozen points from one of the coveted position.Overcoming injuries to the backline and showing true grit, the Sens woke up on March 25 in a playoff spot thanks to a pair of road wins and so good fortune on the out-of-town scoreboard.Vic and Neil break it all down and also do their first installment of "Spring Cleaning" with the Vancouver Canucks having been eliminated from post-season contention.Finally, a salute to just the second NHL head coach ever to reach 2,000 games behind the bench.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #ThomasChabot #LassiThomson #JakeSanderson #CarterYakemchuk #LinusUllmark #DylanLarkin #AndersLee #DavidRittich #NathanMacKinnon #ColeCaufield #IvanDemidov #JurajSlafkovsky JakubDobes #MartinSt.Louis #FrederikAndersen #BrandonBussi #RickBowness #ZachWerenski #MasonMarchment #JetGreaves #DonWaddell #NoahCartes #ElvisMerzlikins #MikaZibanejad #MikeSullivan #ChrisDrury #DavidQuinn #DanMuse #MikaelGranlund #JohnCarlson #ConnorMcDavid #KarelVejmelka #WayneGretzky #MarioLemieux #SidenyCrosby #TristanJarry #MarkScheifele #BrettHowden #GordieHoweHatTrick #FilipForsberg #MartyBeniers #JordanEberle #BobbyMcMann #JTMiller #EliasPettersson #BrockBoeser #ThatcherDemko #RickTocchet #FilipChytil #QuinnHughes #KieferSherwood #TylerMyers #ConorGarland #EvanderKane #TeddyBlueger #DerekForbort #KirillKaprizov #JoelErikssonEk #EthenFrank #RobertThomas #Pierre-LucDubois #JimMontgomery #VictorHedman #RyanWinterton #LoganO'Connor #RossColton #RadkoGudas #AustonMatthews #PaulMaurice #ScottyBowman #BradMarchand #HartfordWhalers #BillZito
After four days of blazing the trail, Neil cooled off a bit with a 6-7-2 mark. Two games, one with playoff implications and one without, make up Wednesday's schedule. The overmark stands at 483-267-105.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Just a single game on Monday but they all count towards the overall mark.Like shooting fish in a barrel, the Ottawa Senators held the Rangers to just nine shots on goal despite playing most of the final two periods with only four defensemen in continuing to move towards a wild card spot.Neil gets put to the test Tuesday with a beefy 15-game schedule taking a 477-260-103 (.629) record into play.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
One of best stories of 2025-26 has been that of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Assumed to be largely in a re-building phase, the team has been in the hunt for a playoff from opening night under the stewardship of first-year head coach Dan Muse.Two-time Stanley Cup champion and current Pens radio/TV analyst Phil Bourque joins Neil and Vic to discuss not only this season but the future of the team while sharing some stories of his own career.Also, in Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, the first two playoff spots have been grabbed while one officially waits until next year. Meanwhile, think about one player scoring 1000 goals. Alex Ovechkin reached that mark Sunday while Nikita Kucherov joined some elite company of his own.Finally,IN THIS EPISODE:[01:31] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To.[08:43] - Neil welcomes Phil to the show with the discussion with how Bourque, raised in Massachusetts, wound up advancing his hockey career in Ontario.[13:57] - Neil recounts other connections he shares with Phil going back to days in Kingston.[16:00] - Arriving in Pittsburgh, a place that's still home, through generations of superstars playing with the Penguins.[19:19] - The renaissance in Pittsburgh in 2025-26 led by a first-year NHL head coach who has defied expectations of what was expected from the club.[23:02] - Having seen so many coaches over the decades, what has Dan Muse done that has been so effective among a mix of veterans, youth and journeyman players?[26:07] - Selling Muse to the veterans that he was the right man for the job. Or did a sell to the stars on the team need to be made at all?[27:29] - One of the most lopsided trades of the season - as of now, was the acquisition of Stuart Skinner and Brett Kular from Edmonton for Tristan Jarry.[30:48] - The story of Neil trading Phil to Ottawa at the deadline in 1994 after signing him two years earlier. But the story doesn't end there.[37:04] - Bourque shares stories about his book, published in 2019, and the special relationship with the Penguins late Hall of Fame play-by-play man, Mike Lange.[41:24] - What the Penguins need to do to secure their first playoff berth in four years and best wishes continue to be extended to Craig Patrick, recovering from a stroke.[47:02] - Putting a wrap on the discussion with Phil Bourque.[49:39] - Standings update with a beef from Vic.[57:21] - Some props for a Buffalo player who's toughness epitomizes the grit the Sabres have shown with them on the verge of ending a 14-season playoff drought.[59:29] - Discussion on the AJ Greer suspension for his act against Connor Zary of the Flames Friday evening.[1:04:36] - Remembering Minnesota Wild nhl.com correspondent Jessi Pierce.[1:05:40] - Personnel notes.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #PhilBourque #AlexOvechkin #WayneGretzky #NikitaKucherov #BrianEngblom #MarioLemieux #SteveYzerman #ConnorMcDavid #BernieNicholls #MarkMessier #BobTindall #JeanRatelle #JimmyMorrison #KingstonCanadians #RikWilson #MikeStothers #ShawnBabcock #KirkMuller #JaromirJagr #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #ErikKarlsson #RickardRakell #BryanRust #DanMuse #KyleDubas #ParkerWortherspoon #YegorChinakov #TommyNovak #BenKindel #ConnorDewar #AnthonyMantha #BobJohnson #MikeSullivan #DeanEvanson #RickBowness #RodBrind'Amour #StuartSkinner #SamGirard #BrettKulak #NoelAcciari StanBowman #TristanJarry #EdOlczyk #MikeHartman #MikeGartner #RogerNeilson #IfTheseWallsCouldTalk #JoshYohe #MikeLange #PaulSteigerwald #StephaneMatteau #CraigPatrick #CaleMakar #NathanMacKinnon #JoeQuenneville #ArizonaCoyotes #UtahHockeyClub #SeanMcDonough #RayFerraro #ZachBenson #BraydenMcNabb #JoelEdmondson SamCarrick #RasmusDahlin #AJGreer #ConnorZary #EliotteFriedman #RadkoGudas #JessiPierce #NikoMikkola #MackieSamoskevich #UvisBalinskis #RyanStrome #RyanReaves #GarrettWilson #DennisGilbert #OliverEkman-Larsson #TravisGreen #RyanPulock #AnthonyDuclair #GabrielLandeskog #NealPionk #JoelArmia #MichaelCarcone #MikaZibanejad
Neil's sizzling weekend concluded at 6-2-1 with a 19-2-4 mark dating back to Friday. He even overcame his nemesis: overtime and shootouts winning five of six on Sunday.He takes a 476-260-103 mark into the lone contest Monday as the surging Ottawa Senators visit Madison Square Garden.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
That recent dry patch for Neil is long in the rearview mirror as he followed a 5-0-0 Friday with an 8-2-1 Saturday for a season record of 470-258-102.An usually busy Sunday with nine games on tap. Check out the selections to see if the good times continue to roll.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
We'll never hear the end of blind squirrels finding nuts or broken clocks being right twice a day after Neil delivers a perfect 5-0-0 Friday to bounce the season mark to 462-256-101 (.626).Eleven games on tap for Saturday with a heavy afternoon concentration giving way to a U.S. national audience for Boston-Detroit at 8pm et.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
After holding a playoff spot for more than 100 days one team is out of an Eastern Conference playoff spot while a club in last place in the conference in mid-January is now in. However, that's only part of the story as six teams are separated by one point with two other making a charge to join the party.In the West, a Wednesday showdown between Central heavyweights Colorado and Dallas was as good as advertised while on the flip side, the "race" for top spot in the Pacific is at a crawl.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #RickBowness #JetGreaves #DonWaddell #DeanEvason #BradyTkachuk #AndersLee #MatthewSchaeffer #PhilHousley #AlexDebrincat #MikeMatheson #scottArniel #SeanWalker #BenKindel #K'AndreMiller #SidneyCrosby #SamCarrick #AlexLyon #NikitaKucherov #ConnorMcDavid #BrianEngblom #LindyRuff #WyattJohnston #JasonRobertson #JakeOettinger #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #SergeiBobrovsky #ClaytonKeller #KarelVejmelka #AdinHill #AndreTourigny #FilipForsberg #JustusAnnunen #JuuseSaros #AndrewBrunette #KirillKaprizov #TylerToffoli #TrentFrederic #LeonDraisaitl #AustonMatthews #DylanLarkin #ColeHudson #LaneHutson #QuinnHutson #AlexOvehckin #ConnorMcMichael #BridgeportIslanders #BlackstoneValleyCoopKnights #MathieuDarche #ColinDorgan #JaxonBoyes #DaveGoucher #ChrisLibrizzi #AvaDorgan #PatrickRoy #PhilBourque
Only one game went beyond 60 minutes Thursday - which, of course, Neil lost. However, the rest of the evening treated him just fine as he won seven of the other ten games to move his seasonal mark 201 games over .500 at 457-256-101.A handful of Friday games kicks of the weekend.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
If not for those blasted ovetimes!After winning two of the first three games Wednesday, Neil managed to be on the wrong side of all three late games which went beyond 60 minutes to finish the night 2-1-3 for an overall mark of 450-253-100.Eleven games on the Thursday docket. If Neil can avoid overtime, has the earmarks of a good night.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Every so often, NHL Wraparound checks in north of the border. Nobody is better to opine on the doings in Canada than long time TSN analyst Craig Button.Neil and Vic will talk Oilers, Maple Leafs and the Department of Player Safety among other things.In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, another superstar is out, one makes a big return from suspension and the team pacing the field all season plays it's biggest game of the year.[01:27] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To[09:59] - Craig Button from TSN joins the show with some brief reminiscing with Neil about Craig's legendary father, Jack.[11:06] - Let the Canadian scrutiny begin. First up, the myriad of issues in Edmonton and Button makes a comparison to Neil's Ranger teams in the early 1990's.[15:44] - Neil poses to Craig perhaps Oilers ownership is too hands on for the good of the club.[17:11] - The suggestion the Oilers can somewhat re-invent themselves for the balance of the regular season with Leon Draisaitl out of the lineup.[19:10] - Next up at the carving station, the Toronto Maple Leafs.[22:35] - The change in the look and feel of the Leafs with Mitch Marner gone to Vegas - in the eyes of Craig.[25:22] - Player safety next up and Vic visits with Craig, his proposal of a schedule for meting out supplemental discipline coupling severity of the incident with number of times a player has been suspended previously.[29:23] - Addressing the gray area of goaltender interference.[34:23] - More talk on video review and who is actually making the final decisions.[37:40] - One more area for Craig to untangle, the enigma that is Elias Pettersson in Vancouver.[40:57] - Rejoin and wrap on Craig Button discussion.[42:48] - A scrub on the standings in both conferences.[49:05] - World Cup of Hockey officially scheduled for February 2028.[52:27] - Personnel notes.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #CraigButton #TSN #LeonDraisaitl #OzzyWeisblatt #EvgeniMalkin #RasmusDahlin #SidneyCrosby #DarrylReaugh #GlenGulutzan #DaredBednar #NHLonTNT #DavidPoile #ConnorMcDavid #StanBowman #ConnorIngram #TristanJarry #PhilipBroberg #DylanHolloway #RyanMcLeod #Warren Foegele #CodiCeci #ViktorArvidsson #JeffSkinner #JakeWalman #CoreyPerry #MarkMessier #DaveTippett #JayWoodcroft #KrisKnoblauch #MaxJones #BradTreliving #CraigBerube #BrendanShanahan #MitchMarner #NathanMacKinnon #MorganRielly #WilliamNylander #NazemKadri #MatthewKnies #MikeBabcock #AustonMatthews #HaroldBallard #DarrylSittler #LannyMcDonald #JoeThornton #HarrySinden #BobGainey #DoughWilson #RadkoGudas #NHLDepartmentofPlayerSafety #GeorgeParros #GaryBettman #BrianO'Neill #IgorShesterkin #AnthonyMantha #VilleHusso #PatVerbeek #PierreLeBrun #ColinCampbell #BrettHull #EliasPettersson #DonMaloney #CraigConroy #Ukko-PekkaLuukkonen #RickBowness #MathieuOlivier #NickDeslauriers #BobProbert #WorldCupofHockey #KirbyDach #JeffreyViel #FilipChytil #NickJensen #JakeSanderson #BrandonMontour #AdrianKempe #JoelErikssonEk #ZachBenson #BraydenMcNabb #SamBennett #SethJones #PaulMaurice #NolanFoote #AdamFoote #CalFoote #NickFoligno #ArtemiPanarin #AnzeKopitar #JonathanQuick #TorontoSt.Pats
The Colorado Avalanche have been treading water after 28 games since their torrid start. So, too, is our resident prognosticator. Some risk yielded some reward Tuesday but not enough to end up flat at 4-4-1.448-252-97 record with a six pack on tap for Wednesday.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Much like Sunday, Monday had a good start and rough finish for Neil. After winning the first three games, who'd have thunk both Colorado and Dallas would get whipped at home by Pittsburgh and Utah respectively?A nine-game St. Patrick's Day schedule awaits. Let's see if luck will shine on today's selections with a cumulative record of 444-248-96.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
Sunday started with a pair of wins but flattened out with a 3-3-0 mark by the time the day was done.441-246-96 overall with a handful of games on tap Monday.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
In a season which is has been highly entertaining on a nightly basis, the weekend excitement ran neck and neck with the fallout of the Auston Matthews/Radko Gudas incident last week. Many are calling for a review of the NHL supplemental discipline policy, most notably, the game's biggest star.What does that look like though? It's one thing to call for change, it's another to have a plan. Vic and Neil offer up a framework of a step forward. Not perfect but something perhaps the league can work from.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #KirbyDach #JeffreyViel #CutterGauthier #FraserMinten #AlexOvechkin #JeremySwayman #JohnCarlson #RickBowness #ThomasHarley #JaroslavChmelar #BoGroulx #IgorShesterkin #AnthonyStolarz #BillGuerin #JohnHynes #BobbyMcMann #MitchMarner #NickRoy #BradTreliving #CraigBerube #AustonMatthews #RadkoGudas #JohnTortorella #ConnorMcDavid #PatVerbeek #GeorgeParros #ColinCampbell #SidenyCrosby #LeonDraisaitl #OzzyWiesblatt #SamBennett #SamReinhart #SethJones #AleksanderBarkov #BradMarchand #PaulMaurice #IgorChernyshov #MikeMatheson #YaroslavAskarov #LaurentBroissoit #AlexNedeljkovic #TroyTerry #AnzeKopitar #MarcelDionne #WayneGretzky #LucRobitaille #Dave Taylor #RogieVachon #MatthewSchaefer #JaredSpurgeon #KyleConnor #IlyaKovalchuk #WesMcCauley #JohnMcCauley #JackWallace #ParalympicHockey #WorldCupofHockey #ArtemiPanarin
Though the margin was slim, Neil on the plus side following a 7-6-1 Saturday, including three of four games which went beyond 60 minutes.A six pack awaits on Sunday with an overall mark of 438-243-96 (.625).X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/NHL Wraparound Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nhlwraparound/#NHLWraparound #NHLWraparound.com #ShortShifts #NYCentric #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #AnaheimDucks # #BostonBruins #BuffaloSabres #CalgaryFlames #CarolinaHurricanes #ChicagoBlackhawks #ColoradoAvalanche #ColumbusBlueJackets #DallasStars #DetroitRedWings #EdmontonOilers #FloridaPanthers #LosAngelesKings #MinnesotaWild #MontrealCanadiens #NashvillePredators #NewJerseyDevils #NewYorkIslanders #NewYorkRangers #OttawaSenators #PhiladelphiaFlyers #PittsburghPenguins #StLouisBlues #SanJoseSharks #SeattleKraken #TampaBayLightning #TorontoMapleLeafs #UtahMammoth #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets
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