NHL Wraparound Podcast

While unpredictability can always be counted on in the NHL, it's how those storylines take shape that provides the most intrigue.We're still over a week or so from the quarter pole of the 2025-26 but what takes place on a nightly basis never leaves a shortage of talk points. Some good. Some not so good. And some outright ugly.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #CaleMakar #JackDrury #ParkerKelly #NathanMacKinnon #KrisKnoblauch #GlenGulutzan #PaulCoffey #TrentFrederic #MattSavoie #IsaacHoward #NoahPhilp #ConnorBrown #EvanderKane #CoreyPerry #JeffSkinner #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #EvanBouchard #ZachHyman #ErieOtters #KenHolland #StanBowman #DarnellNurse #AndersLee #BoHorvat #IgorShesterkin #AnthonyStolarz #DennisHildeby #CraigBerube #JohnTavares #WilliamNylander #BradTreliving #BrendanShanahan #KeithPelley #VladislavGavrikov #LeoCarlsson #BeckettSennecke #PetrMrazek #LukasDostal #JacobTrouba #JohnGibson #ConnorBedard #FrankNazar #JeffBlashill #JoelFarabeee #MacklinCelebrini #WillSmith #RyanNugent-Hopkins #KevinCheveldayoff #ConnorHellebuyck #ChandlerStephenson #ShaneWright #JoelHofer #JordanBinnington #JimMontgomery #Pierre-LucDubois #JalenChatfield #TylerPitlick #PatrickKane #JonathanQuick #MichaelMisa #FilipHallander #DougieHamilton #ZayneParekh #WilliamKarlsson #JoeyDaccord #ColePerfetti #CaydenPrimeau #CaseyMiddlestadt #VincentTrocheck #ZackMacEwen #JoeThornton #ZdenoChara #DuncanKeith #AlexanderMogilny #BriannaDecker #JenniferBotterill #JackParker #DanielleSauvageau #MelBridgman #BobNystrom #VictoriaCougars #WHL #LeonStickle #DenisPotvin #HockeyHallofFame #NHLGlobalSeries #ArtemiPanarin

At one time, it was difficult to fathom anyone reaching 500 goals, then 600, 700 and 800. And now, the 900 mark has been breached with ALex Ovechkin having reached the mark Wednesday and, he eventually got hold a hold of the puck.Heading into the weekend, other vets left their marks over the past couple of evenings as have the first overall picks from 2023 and 2024.We'll also touch on team-related items as Pittsburgh, Anaheim and Boston continue to hold up well in the first month of play and has the most high-profiled free agent from the class of 2024 already worn out his welcome?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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #AlexOvechkin #JordanBinnington #MichelCormier #WayneGretzky #BrianBoucher #KennyAlbert #JohnWalton #JohnTavares #NazemKadri #SidneyCrosby #CutterGauthier #NikitaKucherov #AnthonyCirelli #BradMarchand #CoreyPerry #KenHolland #CodyCeci #AleksanderBarkov #MatthewTkachuk #PaulMaurice #MikeSullivan #ErikKarlsson #ChrisKreider #JoelQuenneville #PatVerbeek #MarcoSturm #PavelZacha #MorganGeekie #TimoMeier #JesperBratt #JakubDobes #KirbyDach #StevenStamkos #BarryTrotz #JonathanMarchessault #BradySkjei #MacklinCelebrini #JackEichel #ConnorMcDavid #WillSmith #MichaelMisa #ConnorBedard #SpencerKnight #JeffBlashill #JordanKyrou #JoelHofer #JimMontgomery #LindyRuff #RasmusDahlin #JalenChatfield #TylerPitlick #JordanStaal #K'AndreMiller #JaccobSlavin #ShayneGostisbehere #RodBrind'Amour #FrederikAndersen #FilipGustavsson #LoganStankoven #JohnHynes #JustusAnnunen #MarcusJohansson #DaveJackson #IlyaSorokin #DavidRittich #JacobMarkstrom #BillArmstrong

A season after surprising many with their first-ever Presidents' Trophy, the Winnipeg Jets are around the top of the NHL standings once again despite losing some key components from a season ago.Executive VP/GM Kevin Cheveldayoff joins Neil and Vic to discuss his team, the challenges of remaining competitive in the league's smallest market and the inspiration by the return to play of native son Jonathan Toews.In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, the Ducks continue to prove they are to be taken seriously while the Rangers play at home is...seriously poor.We also hit injury and league news and wrap up with one of the NHL's most important off-ice initiatives.IN THIS EPISODE:[02:13] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention focuses on happenings in Anaheim, New York City and Montreal.[13:22] - Winnipeg Jets Executive VP/GM Kevin Cheveldayoff joins the show and hit on the difficulty winning in the NHL amidst the parity around the league in a season with a compressed schedule. [16:16] - The challenges of keeping the Jets competitive in today's financial landscape with the exchange rate being unfavorable to Canadian teams and the salary cap continuing to go up.[20:15] - Forward Mark Scheifele is one of the premiere power forwards in the NHL. He might also be one of the NHL's best kept secrets playing in Winnipeg.[22:54] - Despite having put up Hall of Fame numbers and Vezina Trophy's on the mantle, Connor Hellebuyck has some work to do once the playoffs roll around in April.[25:11] - Dealing with the holes left by players departing Winnipeg via free agency. [27:49] - Cheveldayoff discusses which forwards need should be primed to take their next step forward. [30:00] - The thinking behind the signing of Jonathan Toews, returning to the NHL after a two-year absence. [32:42] - Comparing Toews with Gabriel Landeskog of Colorado, another player who took extraordinary measures to resume his playing career.[34:04] - Thoughts on head coach Scott Arniel, second year head coach having taken over for Rick Bowness. [38:01] - Looking at one of the most complete defensive corps in the NHL. [43:01] - Putting a wrap on the discussion with Kevin Cheveldayoff.[46:04] - Injury update.[50:13] - From injury news to other notable games and league news.[1:00:03] - Hockey Fights Cancer Initiative 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #KevinCheveldayoff #BillZito #CutterGauthier #JoelQuenneville #PaulMaurice #JacobTrouba #ChrisKreider #NikolajEhlers #PyotrKochetkov #MattRempe #MartinSt.Louis #SamMontembeault #JakubDobes #TrevorZegras #VyacheslavKozlov #RickTocchet #RogerNeilson #KyleConnor #MarkScheifele #StanFischler #DaleHawerchuk #CanadaLifeCentre #ConnorHellebuyck #VezinaTrophy #HartTrophy #EricComrie #MasonAppleton #AdamLowry #GabeVilardi #AlexIafallo #ColePerfetti #JonathanToews #PatBrisson #MorganBaron #GabrielLandeskog #MarioLemieux #ScottArniel #RickBowness #JackAdamsAward #AlainVigneault #PeterLaviolette #AlArbour...

The calendar has flipped to November as we begin to settle in for the long winter months ahead. The flip side is the Eastern Conference is showing signs of a true dogfight that might have everybody in the playoff hunt come April while in the West...not so much.Vic and Neil catch you up on the weekend highlighting some key games including the latest stunning performance from the first overall pick of the Entry Draft, a couple of veteran moments and what the Calgary Flames decided to do with their first pick in last year's draft.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #WorldSeries #LosAngelesDodgers #TorontoBlueJays #PittsburghPirates #BobManfred #SteveYzerman #BrooklynAmericans #MatthewSchaefer #SimonHolmstrom #BobbyOrr #JordanStaal #PierreTurgeon #DylanCozens #JaydenStruble #IvanDemidov #AlexNewhook #DrakeBatherson #JohnLeclair #JacquesDemers #DenisSavard #PatrickRoy #Montreal Forum #JohnGibson #TroyTerry #LeoCarlsson #JacobMarkstrom #CutterGauthier #BeckettSennecke #JoelQuenneville #PatVerbeek #ChrisKreider #JacobTrouba #BradMarchand #JPMacCallum #EastonCowan #JohnTavares #JamieDrysdale #ChrisTanev #MatveiMichkov #DawsonMercer #CaleMakar #TaylorMakar #ColoradoEagles #ZayneParekh #SaginalSpirit #OHL #AHL #CraigConroy #RasmusAndersson #KyleConnor #ArtursSilovs #LaneHutson #LinusUllmark #VasilyPodkolzin #SpencerKnight #ElliotteFriedman #EliasLindholm #JordanGreenway #SethJarvis #KylePalmieri #Pierre-LucDubios #DylanStrome #AlexOvechkin #QuinnHughes #JackHughes #LukeHughes #WilliamNylander

In this Halloween edition, Vic and Neil don't trick-or-treat but, instead theme on good news and bad news around the league. They add in some other notable items and injury news before wrapping up with a great gesture by a Florida Panther and an honor for a Lightning superstar.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #DanMuse #BillGuerin #JohnHynes #CriagLeipold #ZachParise #RyanSuter #KirillKaprizov #JTMiller #ZachHyman #CoreyPerry #EvanderKane #TrentFrederic #ConnorBrown #IsaacHoward #MatthewSavoie #StanBowman #EvanBouchard #KevinFiala #RichTocchet #TrevorZegras #DanVladar #NoahCates #TysonFoerster #BobbyBrink #JamieDrysdale #OwenTippett #SeanCouturier #NoahJuulsen #ColeSillinger #CharlieCoyle #MathieuOlivier #JohnTavares #CraigBerube #MikeSillinger #ReginaPats #GeorgeArmstrong #JonathanToews #ConnorMurphy #JasonDickinson #WyattKaiser #ArvidSoderblom #AlexVlasic #KieferSherwood #PitLepine #MathewBarzal #PatrickRoy #MorganGeekie #DavidPastrnak #DonSweeney #MartinNecas #MitchMarner #KyleConnor #LeonDraisaitl #SethJarvis #KylePalmieri #RodBrind'Amour #WilliamNylander #JasonZucker #EliasLindholm #JordanGreenway #BrockBoeser #EliasPettersson #ConorGarland #GustavNyqvist #EthenFrank #MikkoRantanen #BradMarchand #JPMacCallum #SelahMacCallum #BradMarchand #MillCountyHunters #PaulMaurice #BillZito #NikitaKucherov #BarbaraHelman #nhl.com #AlexOvechkin #IlyaSorokin #BradyTkachuk

Professional sports was rocked October 23rd when a prominent NBA head coach and a Miami Heat player were arrested as part of two separate illegal gambling investigations, one allegedly connected to organized crime. The ripple effect of these cases underscores that sports betting is not only a concern for the NBA, but extends to other major sports as well as the college ranks.While betting scandals in sports goes back over a century, pro leagues partnering with sports books and casinos combined with the vulnerability of today's youth being able to place bets with the click on a phone creates a frightening landscape.Renowned addiction medicine physician and international speaker Dr. Lipi Roy joins Neil and Vic to speak about the issues, the societal problems and whether the genie can be put back in the bottle, at least in part.IN THIS EPISODE:[03:37] - After some chat about the 16-game Frozen Frenzy, Three Things You Need to Pay Attention to focuses on a legend hitting 1700 points and the first overall pick in 2023 finally appearing to find a comfort zone in the Windy City.[12:51] - Dr. Lipi Roy is welcomed to the show. A Toronto native and hockey fan growing, she notes the sport she loves is as vulnerable to gambling and addiction as any of the other major pro sports.[14:59] - Dr. Roy addresses the root of addiction within the brain.[17:25] - The susceptibility for addition for a more undeveloped brain versus a grown adult.[20:09] - The problem with college athletes about to be granted permission to bet on professional sports.[22:42] - The follow-up addressing the obvious concern of once college athletes turn pro, whether they can realistically stop gambling if they've started. And that opens up another Pandora's Box...[25:41] - The increased issue with prop bets.[30:07] - Neil points out the gambling component may be connected to, in large part, the inbred competitive nature of athletes.[36:51] - Is there any true chance the current gambling landscape can be reversed somewhat or has it too far gone?[39:45] - How listeners/viewers can reach Dr. Roy. [42:27] - Wrap on the discussion with Dr. Lipi Roy. [43:26] - A segue off medical topics to injury news. [45:38] - Other league news of note.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #DrLipiRoy #SITAMEDLLC.com #HealthHumor&Harmony #SidneyCrosby #WayneGretzky #MarioLemieux #MarcelDionne #JaromirJagr #BrooksOrpik #ConnorBedard #JeffBlashill #ColeCaufield #BrandonMontour #ChaunceyBillups #TerryRozier #DamonJones #JontayPorter #TimDonaghy #1919BlackSoxScandal #PeteRose #LuisOrtiz #EmmanuelClase #ShanePinto #ScottyBoman #JakeNeighbours #RobertThomas #BrettPesce #CodyGlass #JuhoLammikko #ConorGarland #QuinnHughes #SamCarrick #MarcusPettersson #AlexOvechkin #JohnTavares #IlyaSorokin #DavidRiddich #EvgeniMalkin #TysonFoerster #DaveJackson #TrevorZegras #JacobMarkstrom #VictorOlofsson #CaleMakar #NathanMacKinnon #ConnorMcDavid #JackEichel #ThomasHarley #LoganCooley #AustonMatthews...

The first month of the season always yields some surprises. It's just hard to predict where they'll be originating from.This season, it happens it be coming from the NHL's newest market as the Utah Mammoth have used a seven-game winning streak to vault themselves to the top of the Central, above three other division powerhouses.Plenty of other news coming out of a 25-game weekend...some good, some bad and some ugly.And, gear up for Frozen Frenzy, a 16-game evening-long marathon coming up Tuesday.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #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 #UtahHockeyClub #DylanGuenther #LoganCooley #NickSchmaltz #KarelVejmelka #VitekVanecek #ClatonKeller #JoeyDaccord #PhilippGrubauer #LaneLambert #JordanEberle #DabeHakstol #DanBylsma #JaredMcCann #BrandonMontour #JackHughes #MarkScheifele #ShanePinto #JakeAllen #JacobMarkstrom #SheldonKeefe #CaleMakar #NathanMacKinnon #SergeiBobrovsky #NikitaKucherov #CarlLindbom #TimothyLiljegren #WilliamEklund #AlexanderWennberg #YaroslavAskarov #MacklinCelebrini #BrockFaber #MichaelMisa #RyanReaves #ConnorMcDavid #DonMaloney #DaveMaloney #KennyAlbert #MattCoronato #WillCuylle #AlexisLafreniere #JTMiller #MikaZibanejad #BrennanOthmann #NoahLaba #MattRempe #JoeBowen #JimRalph #AaronRodgers #GreenBayPackers #PittsburghSteelers #MitchMarner #MatthewKnies #AustonMatthews #WilliamNylander #BradMarchand #JohnTavares #DanVladar #SamErsson #RonHextall #CarterHart #JohnTortorella #TrevorZegras #SeanCouturier #OwenTippett #DannyBriere #KeiferSherwood #BrockBoeser #QuinnHughes #AlexOvechkin #WalterJohnson #WashingtonSenators #SpencerCarbery #PatrikLaine #RickardRakell #RomanJosi #HampusLindholm #CraigBerube #DylanStrome #ArtemZub #JakobChychrun #NicklasBackstrom #RoopeHintz #TaylorHall #RobertThomas #JimMontgomery #JosephWoll #AnzeKopitar #MitchLove #DomesticAbuse #ESPN #FrozenFrenzy #Dr.LipiRoy #NBC #MSNBC

In a night that saw 90 goals, scored, we're beginning to witness some of the NHL's former lesser teams show some genuine progress. That includes the league's lone winless team finally breaking into the win column.Vic and Neil also note at a couple wild contests in the West, the latest injury updates and look ahead to a 25-game 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #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 #RyanDonato #NikitaKucherov #VictorHedman #AndreiVasilevskiy #SethJones #SpencerKnight #JeffBlashill #LoganCooley #JoelHofer #JimMontgomery #SidneyCrosby #TristanJarry #DanMuse #MikaelGranlund #JoelQuenneville #PatVerbeek #ColtenEllis #MatthewSchaefer #TonyDeAngelo #DavidRittich #IlyaSorokin #BoHorvat #MathewBarzal #EmilHeinemann #NoahDobson #BrockNelson #LaneHutson #MacklinCelebrini #WillSmith #TaylorRaddysh #MattRempe #RyanReaves #JuusoParssinen #TieDomi #RyanWarsofsky #ConnorBedard #ColeCaufield #LeonDraisaitl #RyanNugent-Hopkins #VasilyPodkolzin #ScottWedgewood #TrentMiner #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #SebastianAho #AndreiSvechnikov #SethJarvis #QuebecNordiques #HartfordWhalers #AdrianKempe #JoeyDaccord #AdinHill #MarkStone #ChrisTanev #DawsonMercer #DakotaMermis #DakotaJoshua #ALexanderRomanov #PierreEngvall #LouLamoriello #TorontoMarlies #BridgeportIslanders #KasperiKapanen #ZachHyman #MaximShabanov #JohnKlingberg #NickLeddy #SamDickinson #MichaelMisa #MacKenzieBlackwood #AlexOvechkin #Dr.LipiRoy

His voice has boomed across the airwaves of Canada for almost four-and-a-half decades. After the 2025-26 season, Joe Bowen will retire from behind the Maple Leafs microphone but not before hoping to make the one call Leafs fans have waited for since 1967.Bowen joins Neil and Vic for an enlightening conversation covering his career, his famous moniker and his memories from a Hall-of-Fame career.IN THIS EPISODE:[02:15] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To pays a lot of attention to Brad Marchand's return Boston for the first time since the March trade as well as the first meeting of the last two number one overall draft picks.[09:53] - Joe Bowen joins the show and, with the Blue Jays having made the 2025 World Series, Neil poses the question whether the Maple Leafs have any more pressure having gone with a Stanley Cup since 1967. [12:00] - Calling Leaf games for the first time in 10 years without Mitch Marner.[14:24] - The difference of how Marner and John Tavares - both hometown players - dealt with the pressure of playing in Toronto.[18:20] - The latest drama in TO - this one centered around goaltender Anthony Stolarz. [19:52] - Going back to the beginning of Bowen's career as a broadcaster leading up to him getting the pxp gig for the Leafs in 1982. [22:04] - The origin and legend of Holy Mackinaw! [24:20] - Bowen's first game doing Leafs pxp, Oct. 6, 1982 in Chicago Stadium.[26:13] - Working in the two cathedrals of hockey in Toronto: Maple Leaf Gardens and Scotiabank Arena. [29:18] - Neil and Joe share some laughs about the French's Cup - a two-game exhibition series played between the Rangers and Leafs in September 1993. [30:18] - The favorite team Joe has covered during his career.[33:10] - Neil follows up on a point on the importance of supportive ownership of a franchise. [35:25] - The upcoming honor on Dec. 16 against the same club Bowen first called his first Leafs game against, the Chicago Blackhawks. [38:16] - Bowen will call his 3800th game in January. Does a particular call stand out...or has that script yet to be written? [40:29] - With a 44-year career winding down, Joe shares what his contributions to hockey and Canadian/Maple Leafs culture has meant to him.[42:59] - The difference between calling radio vs. TV.[48:12] - Speaking with Joe Bowen brought Neil back to being a young boy growing up in Toronto.[50:02] - Injury updates and other notes from around the NHL. 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #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 #BradMarchand #EetuLuostarinen #CarterVerhaeghe #JeremySwayman #AndrewPeeke #MatthewSchaefer #MacklinCelebrini #MarekZidlicky #LaneHutson #WillSmith #DylanGuenther #MartinNecas #JoeBowen #HolyMackinaw! #JohnTavares #JoePrimeau #BusherJackson #DaveKeon #GeorgeArmstrong #DarrylSittler #VladimirGuererroJr #AustonMatthews #MarcMessier #DavidOrtiz #MikeWalton #MitchMarner #WilliamNylander #ScottLaughton #StevenLorentz #NotreDameFootball #GreenBayPackers #JerryJones #MicahParsons #AnthonyStolarz #JohnnyBower #JohnBrophy...

A day later than planned but then again, who wasn't affected in some way by Monday's AWS outage?Speaking of which, while the Rangers did manage to score a goal at home for the first time in four games, but their offense continues to fizzle at MSG.Also, the NHL is an unforgiving league so there's little doubt 30 teams aren't feeling sorry for both the Panthers and Oilers - the frustration manifesting in different ways over last weekend.Elsewhere, Vic and Neil look at a teams making early progress and one in particular that contended for a playoff spot last spring and is sliding badly through seven games.Finally, we look ahead to Brad Marchand's return to Boston for the first time since becoming a Panther.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #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 #TorontoBlueJays #SeattleMariners #GeorgeSpringer #ArtemiPanarin #ChrisKreider #BillGuerin #DanilaYurov #AlexOvechkin #JohnGibson #CamTalbot #AlexLyon #BradMarchand #RasmusDahlin #TageThompson #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews #LeonDraisaitl #ConnorMcDavid #BradyTkachuk #JakeWalman #AdinHill #AkiraSchmid #CarlLindbom #CarterHart #MarkStone #JackEichel #NoahHanafin #BrettHowden #AlexPietrangelo #RickTocchet #OwenTippett #LaneLambert #MarkScheifele #KyleConnor #JonathanToews #NealPionk #DustinWolf #DevinCooley #RasmusAndersson #JeffMarek#FilipChytil #TomWIlson #JonathanLekkerimaki #TeddyBlueger #BrockBoeser #AdamFoote #EliasPettersson #JTMiller #RickTocchet #JayWoodcroft #KrisKnoblauch #JoelQuenneville #StanBowman #BradAldrich #JeffBlashill #NickFoligno #MilanaFoligno #AlexanderRomanov #NikitaKucherov #SonnyMilano #EthenFrank #AnzeKopitar #KaidenGuhle #FrederickGaudreau #BrandonMontour #NikitaZadorov #CharlieMcAvoy #JoeBowen #SamRosen

Three struggling clubs in the East get much needed wins while the ghosts of the Montreal Forum appear to have taken residence in the Bell Centre. Vic and Neil have the updates plus Carter Hart's new home headlines several goalie items heading into 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #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 #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews #JackQuinn #LeeviMerilainen #JasonZucker #ZachBenson #BoHorvat #EvanBouchard #StuSkinner #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #DarnellNurse #MathewBarzal #RayFerraro #PaulCoffey #KrisKnoblauch #ShanePinto #DylanCozens #BradyTkachuk #BellCentre #CentreBell #LaneHutson #JonathanMarchessault #ColeCaufield #JakubDobes #NickSuzuki #SethJarivs #CarterHart #MichaelMcLeod #AlexFormenton #CalFoote #DillonDube #AdinHill #AkiraSchmid #HendersonSilverKnights #EmilyKaplan #ESPN #DevinCooley #LoganCooley #JohnGibson #CamTalbot #AndreiVasilevskiy #PheonixCopley #AntonForsberg #DarcyKuemper #Pierre-LucDubois #KenHolland #AnzeKopitar #JacobMarkstrom #NicoDaws #JakeAllen #DmitriKulikov #PaulMaurice #MatthewTkachuk #AleksanderBarkov #TomasNosek #JacobMarkstrom #NicoDaws #JoshGetzoff JoeBrand #ColbyArmstrong #JasonSeidling #PhilBourque #WillieO'Ree #AlexOvechkin #PittsburghPirates #MikeSullivan #AustonMatthews #JoeBowen

14 years ago, the Buffalo Sabres qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs with Lindy Ruff behind their bench. Fourteen years and six head coaches later, Ruff was tabbed again last year to try to recapture some post-season magic in Buffalo. Unfortunately, it hasn't gone exactly to plan.Another slow start punctuated by lack of offense has quickly tested the patience of the fans in Western New York. Buffalo News columnist Mike Harrington joins Neil and Vic to get the pulse in the winning starved city.We'll also return with Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To starting with an historic dry spell in the Big Apple along with other items of note from around the NHL.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:28] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To opens the show with the New York Rangers firing blanks at home and a player that they'd like wish they still had.[09:26] - Mike Harrington joins the show and delivers the mood in the Buffalo area with the Sabres struggling, the Bills hitting a bump in the road and the Blue Jays having their hands full in the ALCS.[10:49] - Starting the breakdown of where it continues to go wrong and why the Sabres can't seem to have the Bills relative success.[13:29] - Moving from ownership to the front office where the club simply doesn't appear to have a true identity and fan patience is thin before the leaves have started to fall.[15:49] - Though most people are not pointing the finger at the head coach, Vic presses Mike on his position on Lindy Ruff.[18:25] - While the team has been affected by injuries early on, Neil is flabbergasted at some of the moves that have been made. Harrington adds his perspective.[21:49] - The Jack Eichel saga leading to his departure from Buffalo to Vegas.[23:41] - The big picture, as Mike sees it, in how the Sabres get their early woes turned around. [25:06] - While the goaltending and defense are respectable, some difference of opinion on the forward group in relation to the balance of the NHL.[29:10] - Adding to the frustration in Buffalo is the number of players that have won Stanley Cups elsewhere since departing the team.[31:33] - In the immediate, the baby steps needed to gain traction - as if the first week of the season never happened.[35:39] - Wrapping up the discussion with Mike Harrington[37:04] - Other items from around the NHL including a salute to the latest member of the 1500 games played club.[46:28] - A Human Side of the Story bit on how general managers - such as Kevyn Adams - deal with a high level of negativity when their franchise loses its way.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #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 #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews #PittsburghPirates #StuSkinner #VincentTrocheck #ArtemiPanarin #MikaZibanejad #WillCullye #AlexisLafreniere #MartinBrodeur #DominikHasek #CharlieLindgren #RyanLindgren #SamCarrick #AdamEdstrom #MattRempe #ChrisKreider #JoelQuenneville #JacobTrouba #BrandonBussi #PyotrKochetkov #BuffaloBills #TorontoBlueJays #NewYorkYankees #Presidents'Trophy #ChrisDrury #RasmusDahlin #OwenPower #TerryPegula...

The first week of the 2025-26 season is complete. Teams have played an average of three games apiece. Entering Tuesday only Buffalo, the N.Y. Islanders and San Jose are winless but each has a very different feel to it.We bounce around to some other league happenings, some major injury news in Ottawa and a nice, new contract for last year's Calder Trophy winner.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #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 #KevynAdams #NoahDobson #JonathanDrouin #BrockNelson #MatthewSchaefer #PatrickRoy #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #DarnellNurse #EvanBouchard #ErikCernak #JordanHarris #JonCooper #DavidPastrnak #NikitaKucherov #BrandonHagel #BradMarshand #LaneLambert #JoelQunneville #JeffBlashill #RickTocchet #TrevorZegras #SeanCouturier #AaronEkblad #SamBennett #JonathanToews #NinoNiederreiter #NikolajEhlers #MasonApplwton #LaneHutson #CalderTrophy #LukeHughes #JacksonLacombe #JoshNorris #LucasRaymond #ChrisTanev #BradyTkachuk #RomanJosi #SamGirard #VincentTrocheck #CarsonSoucy #RickardRakell #JaccobSlavin #SeanDurzi #PyotrKochetkov #BrandonBussi #FrederikAndersen #CaydenPrimeau #KenDryden #AlexanderOvechkin #MichaelMisa #PhillippKurashev #TyDellandrea #ErikKarlsson #HassoPlattner #CamFowler #IlyaSorokin #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews

Professional hockey has a long lineage of families who have had a prominent impact on the game. From the Staal's and Sutter's to the Hull's and Bentley's and beyond, each has left it's mark.However, if one is looking for the true first family of hockey, you'd have to go back well over a century to the name Patrick...one which continues to influence hockey today.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:53] - Neil's and Craig's first meeting.[02:58] - Rules that Patrick's great uncle, Frank and grandfather Lester introduced into hockey over a century ago. Vic adds some historical perspective to underscoring their place in hockey history. [06:20] - Craig's early years growing up with hockey including a vision he had of his recently passed grandfather while skating in the Montreal Forum.[11:07] - Stories from the sixties where Patrick's route to the pros took a detour attending - and winning a pair of championships at the University of Denver - before spending two years in the service.[14:02] - How playing on weaker NHL clubs played a role in how Patrick approached building teams in a managerial role. [15:34] - The 1980 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Hockey team experience with head coach Herb Brooks. Patrick cites perhaps the single biggest key to one of sports greatest stories.[18:23] - How Patrick ended up with the Rangers, first working under Fred Shero and then taking over for him as general manager in 1980. After coaching New York to the semi-finals in '80, he gets his man to run the team.[21:55] - After six successful year in New York where the Rangers made the playoffs each year, the draft pick in '86 which Patrick believes got him fired. [23:35] - The construction of the Penguins championship teams with the main piece already in place and watching that player evolve as a leader and Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1991 and 1992.[27:25] - The second Cup which came after dealing with heavy hearts early in the season.[30:49] - Perhaps even better than the two Cup winners, the missed opportunity for a three-peat and a true place in hockey history.[32:23] -As a former GM of the Rangers himself, Neil takes Craig on the nostalgic path back to the significance of being part of a franchise which is synonymous with his family's name. [33:28] - Despite winning in Pittsburgh, there was also reality of dealing with tight purse strings in a smaller market.[35:35] - Patrick's legacy carries on today with some of the players he drafted in Pittsburgh prior to leaving the organization.[37:54] - Craig talks about his current venture as commissioner of 3Ice, a summer league of three-on-three hockey with legends of the game coaching the squads in the eight team league.[42:34] - Summing up the true first family of hockey: The Patrick's.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #NHL #HallofFameEdition #CraigPatrick #ScottyBowman #PierreTurgeon #SteveYzerman #ScottStevens #GlennPatrick #HamptonAces #FrankPatrick #LesterPatrick #VancouverMillionaires #SeattleMetropolitans #MontrealCanadiens #JoeHall #MuzzPatrick #LynnPatrick #FrankSelkeJr. #MontrealForum #BostonGarden #ScottyBowman #MurrayArmstrong #UniversityofDenver #CaliforniaSeals #KansasCityScouts #St.LouisBlues #WashingtonCapitals #1980USOlympicHokeyTeam #HerbBrooks #MiracleonIce #JimCraig #KenMorrow #MikeEruzione #MinnesotaFightingSaints #FredShero #AndersHedberg #UlfNilsson #JohnFerguson #BillTorrey #ColoradoRockies #NewYorkIslanders #SonnyWerblin #BrianLeetch #PhilEsposito #TonyEsposito #EdJohnston #MarioLemieux #MartinStraka #JaromirJagr #JoeMullen #CalgaryFlames #LarryMurphy #PeterTaglianetti...

Twenty-one games in the books as the new season is underway. Plenty of coverage including contract extensions, debuts in new places and observations as all 32 teams have emerged from the starting blocks.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #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 #JackEichel #KyleConnor #MitchMarner #KirillKaprizov #MattiasEkholm #JackRoslevic #ConnorMcDavid #ArtemiPanarin #AdrianKempe #PatrikLaine #AlexTuch #MartinNecas #StanBowman #ZachHyamn #KenHolland #EvanderKane #CoreyPerry #EvanBouchard #DarnellNurse #MichaelMcLeod #CarterHart #DillonDube #CalFoote #AlexFormenton #SteveStaois #DanMuse #MarcoSturm #GlenGulutzan #AdamFoote #LaneLambert #MikeSullivan #JeffBlashill #RickTocchet #JoelQuenneville #JeremySwayman #JoonasKorpisalo #FrankNazar #ConnorBedard #FraserMinten #DylanLarkin #JohnGibson #JurajSlafkovsky #CamTalbot #LindyRuff #NikolajEhlers #K'AndreMiller #NoahDobson #JJPeterka #MatthewSchaefer #JonathanDrouin #JonthanToews #RodBrind'Amour #LeonDraisaitl #PavelDorofeyev #MarkStone #TomasHertl #MatthewKnies #MorganRielly #SamMontembeault #MaxDomi #BobbyMcCann #JohnTavares #NicholasRobertson #DylanGuenther #AnzeKopitar #BruceCusick #JoshManson #WarrenFoegele #JeffMalott #ScottStevens #DaveJackson #DavidPastrnak #CharlieMcAvoy #HampusLindholm #MacklinCelebrini #KellyKisio #MarkMessier #BrianLeetch #JTMiller #AlexNedeljkovic #WilliamEklund #SheaTheodore #ReillySmith #YaroslavAskarov #JohnKelly #SteveLevy #JohnTortorella #JohnBuccigross #CraigPatrick

After some shenanigans in Ottawa and the Sunshine State to wrap up the pre-season, the Tuesday openers can't get here fast enough.Vic and Neil look at those three games, coaches debuting with new teams and dates major free agents kick off their respective seasons.And, it's never too late to look ahead to the 2026 Entry Draft where the projected number one pick is already making an impression...and a former number one overall has signed a contract extension that may surprise many of you.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #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 #WayneGretzky #RyanGraves #KyleDubas #JacksonLacombe #FilipGustavsson #ConnorMcDavid #LaneHutson #LukeHughes #IgorShesterkin #ThatcherDekmo #KirillKaprisov #MartinBrodeur #MarkMessier #JoeyKocur #ScottLaughton #ColePerfetti #MattiasJanmark #ArberXhekaj #FlorianXhekaj #NickCousins #IvanDemidov #JJMoser #ScottSabourin #RomanSchmidt #GageGonclaves #AleksanderBarkov #MatthewTkachuk #JeffBlashill #PaulMaurice #MikeSullivan #DanMuse #SidneyCrosby #MikkoRantanen #JimHiller #AnzeKopitar #DrewDoughty #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #KenHolland #MarcoSturm #SpencerCarbury #RickTocchet #GlenGulutzan #JoelQuenneville #LaneLambert #AdamFoote #MitchMarner #NoahDobson #NikolajEhlers #K'AndreMiller #JJPeterka #MatthewSchaefer #GavinMcKenna #PennStateHockey #ZdenoChara #PeterChiarelli #LeonDraisaitl #EvanBouchard #MauriceRichard #GordieHowe #StanBowman

Ready for another round? The new season is at our doorstep and, with it, comes our season preview show with long-time Canadian commentator and host of The Sheet Podcast, Jeff Marek.We'll be talking the new era of money as it pertains to player contacts and free agency, new faces behind the bench and who may be on the hot seat, plus players and teams to look out for as the Florida Panthers look to three-peat despite having to deal with some key injuries.IN THIS EPISODE:[02:15] - Show me the money! Minnesota Wild forward Kirill Kaprizov got a visit from the Brinks truck with Connor McDavid's situation still looming. As big as these new contracts are getting, Jeff believes we've come to a point we need to get comfortable with that.[06:44] - McDavid's potential term with Leon Draisaitl starting a new eight-year deal while RFA Evan Bouchard opted for half that length.[13:49] - Not all of these contracts work out as well as the day they are signed. A discussion of which deals may wind up being albatrosses around a team's neck.[21:46] - Amidst the big money, perhaps some bargains out there as well.[29:30] - Nine new head coaches this season. Taking a look at who will make the biggest impact in his first season with their new team.[35:50] - Coaches who might be looking over their shoulders should their teams have a slow start.[40:08] - The panel weighs in with their breakout players[46:09] - Power shifts. The teams which start to rise and those who might be in for a slip.[51:05] - Teams which may sneak in if one of the regulars slip up.[56:33] - The Florida Panthers are behind the eight ball from the start of the season in their quest to do something no team since the 1982 Islanders did, win three straight Stanley Cups.[1:01:01] - Picks for the Final.[1:06:18] - A personal note from Vic and Neil with a new season upon us.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #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 #TheSheet #KirillKaprizov #MitchMarner #LeonDraisaitl #ConnorMcDavid #LukeHughes #LaneHutson #JackEichel #KyleConnor #KevinCheveldayoff #JeffJackson #EvanBouchard #StanBowman #NoahDobson #ElliotteFriedman #BobGainey #SergeSavard #GaryBettman #BrianBurke #NathanMacKinnon #JohnnyGaudreau #MorganRielly #NikolajEhlers #K'AndreMiller #VladislavGavrikov #JJPeterka #BillZito #SamBennett #BradMarchand #AaronEkblad #MatthewKnies #JohnTavares #BrockBoeser #MorganGeekie #TrentFrederic #BrockNelson #FrankNazar #LoganStankoven #MattCoronato #MasonMcTavish #WadeRedden #HartfordWolfpack #TheAHL #RyanSuter #ZachParise #KevinMagnuson #MikeyAnderson #IgorShesterkin #ChrisDrury #BrentBurns #CoreyPerry #JonathanToews #MikhailSergachev #BrettPesce #BradySkjei #RodBrind'Amour #SylvainLefebvre #TomDundon #JoelQuenneville #MikeSullivan #MarcoSturm #DanRuse #AdamFoote #GlenGulutzan #LaneLambert #JeffBlashill #RickTocchet #ChrisKreider #PatVerbeek #DuncanKeith #BrentSeabrook #PatrickKane #SteveYzerman #GregCronin #LindyRuff #KenHitchcock #JimMontgomery #RickBowness #PeterDeBoer #AndrewBrunette #JimHiller #KenHolland #AndreTourigny #QuinnHughes...

The NHL has a long history of players who have made their mark as open-ice hitters, perhaps none who delivered more punishment than Scott Stevens.The 2007 Hall of Fame inductee joins Neil and Vic to talk playing style, leadership and captaincy and winning three Stanley Cups in New Jersey under three different head coaches.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:44] - Neil opens about one of his pet peeves: a player having to answer for delivering a big hit. As Stevens shares, it's a far cry from when he played.[04:06] - Neil takes Scott back to his days as a Ranger...a Kitchener Ranger, where he had his number 3 retired. That number followed him to Washington, then changed when he went to St. Louis and, later, New Jersey.[06:07] - First NHL Game, October 6, 1982.[06:54] - Highly emotional in his early years in the NHL, Stevens shares his turning point took where learned he could maintain his intensity and keep his emotions more in check.[09:34] - Scott's mentors upon his arrival in Washington in 1982.[11:09] - Captain's have varying leadership styles. For Stevens, it was always less about words and more about setting examples through action.[13:11] - After spending his first eight seasons in Washington, Stevens signed as a free agent in St. Louis in 1990 only to be awarded to New Jersey as compensation for the Blues signing Brendan Shanahan a year later.[15:08] - The acclimation to new teammates in New Jersey and assuming the Devils captaincy in his second season with the team.[16:46] - Neil explains the Group I/Group II free agency in that era which left Stevens future in the hands of an arbitrator. Scott also notes the emotions waiting for the decision to come down.[20:16] - As captain of the three New Jersey Cup winners in 1995, 2000 and 2003, was the best Devils team ever one that did not capture a title?[22:19] - The first Cup in 1995 following a half-season lockout.[24:37] - Stevens comments on the three different head coaches behind the bench for those Stanley Cup wins.[30:31] - In each of those championship seasons, a signature hit was delivered to players with their heads down. According to Stevens, it was that physical play which helped the other parts of his game.[31:55] - Considering the ferocity of Stevens open-ice hits, the number of elbowing penalties he incurred in a 22-season career might surprise you.[34:03] - A little comic relief.[35:55] - The first-ever Devil to have his number retired.[37:25] - Neil wraps up the interview revealing to Scott that they actually had a common defense partner at different points in their careers.[39:47] - Closing words on the Scott Stevens interview.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #NeilSmith #VicMorren #NHL #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #ScottStevens #WashingtonCapitals #St.LouisBlues #NewJerseyDevils #EddieShore #RedHorner #BillBarilko #LeoBoivin #JacobTrouba #ConnorBedard #NickFoligno #BrendanSmith #KitchenerRangers #KenDaneyko #MylesO'Connor #LouLamoriello #BobbyOrr #AlMacInnis #EdMio #BryanMurray #SteveYzerman #RodLangway #BrianEngblom #CraigLaughlin #DougJarvis #MikeGartner #BruceDriver #BrendanShanahan #CurtisJoseph #RodBrind'Amour #DavidPoile #AdamGraves #JasonArnott #DetroitRedWings #DallasStars #AnaheimDucks #MarkMessier #JacquesLemaire #LarryRobinson #JacquesCaron #RobbieFtorek #PatBurns #BobbyCarpenter #SlavaKozlov #EricLindros #PaulKariya #TheThreeStooges #DaytonGems #DwightSchofield #WayneGretzky #BernieParent #RonFrancis #JimGregory #TorontoMapleLeafs

A major contract extension and it's potential ripple effect. Some major injury updates starting with the defending Stanley Cup champions and while one goalie says says farewell, another veteran netminder is looking to hook on with his original team.The 2025-26 regular season is just a week away and we have the latest.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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #NeilSmith #VicMorren #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 #KirillKaprizov #BillGuerin #CraigLeipold #ZachParise #RyanSuter #LeonDraisaitl #ConnorMcDavid #AleksanderBarkov #MathhewTkachuk #PaulMaurice #BillZito #SamBennett #CarterVerhaeghe #SamReinhart #AntonLundell #BradMarchand #EetuLuostarinen #TomasNosek #ConnorHellebuyck #DylanSamberg #RyanLomberg #MatsZuccarello #KaapoKakko #NilsHoglander #JTMiller #MikeSullivan #AlexanderOvechkin #Marc-AndreFleury #KrisLetang #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #IvanIvan #LucaDelBelBelluz #MartinBrodeur #WayneGretzky #MarkMessier #MarioLemieux #JamesReimer #JosephWoll #AustonMatthews #DonStevens #RochesterAmericans #TheAHL #BlueCrossArena #DonCherry #SamRosen #ScottStevens

The third installment of the Hall of Fame Edition is a man synonymous with the Winged Wheel logo. Steve Yzerman's entire playing career was spent in the Motor City with the transition to management taking place nearly two decades ago.Steve stops by for a chat with Vic and Neil and we cover the entire spectrum for youth to his playing career to the rivalry with the Colorado Avalanche to life as a hockey executive.IN THIS EPISODE:[01:10] - The show opens with Neil and Steve recalling their first meeting at the 1983 Memorial Cup when Yzerman was just 18-years-old and how he ended up with number 19.[03:23] - Not so fond memories having to wear the one-piece Cooperalls for Peterborough during the junior years.[04:27] - Early upbringing from Cranbrook, BC to the OHL and returning home a few years ago on a scouting trip where Yzerman visited his first rink.[06:51] - The 1983 Entry Draft and the expectations of staying with the big club immediately. Current Seattle head coach Lane Lambert was selected in that draft as well.[09:41] - Being named captain of the Red Wings in 1986 at age 21. As an executive now, his thoughts on whether he'd name a captain that young.[11:06] - Learning to lead.[13:03] - The key conversation with head coach Scotty Bowman where some of the big offensive numbers might need to be sacrificed a bit in order for the Wings to have more team success, particularly in the playoffs.[17:17] - Steve's most memorable goals as he recalls them.[18:07] - The white heat rivalry with the Avalanche born in 1996.[21:36] - The first Stanley Cup in Yzerman's career in 1997 breaking a 42-year drought for the Wings dating back to 1955. Coming off the losses to Colorado and Team USA in the World Cup of Hockey in 1996, there were doubts Steve would ever become a champion.[25:33] - The 1998 and 2002 championships where severely injured defenseman Vladimir Konstantinov and head coach Scotty Bowman had special Stanley Cup moments.[28:25] - After winning another Cup as VP of the Red Wings in 2008, Yzerman became GM in Tampa, learning the ropes from Ken Holland. Though he didn't win a Cup with the Lightning, he laid the foundation for the championship teams in 2020 and 2021.[32:29] - The difference of building a team in 2025 as compared to 2010.[35:40] - The harsh reality of building a playoff team when only half of the teams make the post-season.[40:59] - Putting a wrap on the Hall of Fame chat with Steve YzermanX: 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #NeilSmith #VicMorren #NHL #CelebritySeries #HallofFameEdition #SteveYzerman #GusBadali #JimDevellano #CamNeely #KenYaremchuk #MemorialCup #AlfieTurcotte #RichSutter #RonSutter #PatLafontaine #JohnMacLean #BryanTrottier #RandyLadouceur #PaulHenderson #DetroitRedWings #PeterboroughPetes #OHL #Cooperalls #PhiladelphiaFlyers #HartfordWhalers #DaveDryden #PeytonKrebs #DougFavell #BoobySmith #LaneLambert #KellyKisio #NickPolano #JacquesDemers #DannyGare #ColinCampbell #DickTodd #ScottyBowman #WayneGretzky #MarioLemieux #DaveLewis #BarrySmith #JacquesLemaire #SergeiFedorov #PatrickRoy #SlavaKozlov #AdamFoote #ClaudeLemieux #KrisDraper #MinnesotaNorthStars #QuebecNordiques #PeterForsberg #ValeriKamensky #JoeSakic #GaryBettman #JoeLouisArena #BrettHull #MikeRichter #WorldCupofHockey #BrendanShanahan #VladimirKonstantinov #ViacheslavFetisov #IgorLarionov #KenHolland #NicklasLidstrom #JimNill #RyanMartin #JeffVinik #VictorHedman #StevenStamkos #MartinSt.Louis #VincentLecavalier #NikitaKucherov #BraydenPoint #AnthonyCirelli #AndreiVasilevskiy #AlMurray #JulienBriseBois #OndrejPalat #YanniGourde #TylerJohnson #RyanMcDonagh...