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For the sixth consecutive spring, the Columbus Blue Jackets are out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. What started poorly was replaced to an incredible run to playoff position after a coaching change, only to falter at the end for the second straight season. Vic and Neil, look back at what went wrong and look ahead with plenty of decisions for GM Don Waddell. X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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 #ColumbusBlueJackets #DonWaddell #JohnnyGaudreau #RickBowness #DeanEvason #DetroitRedWings #WashingtonCapitals #ZachWerenski #KirillMarchenko #AdamFantill #CharlieCoyle #SeanMonahan #JetGreaves #ElvisMerzlikins #ColeSillinger #MasonMarchment #BooneJenner #DantonHeinen #ErikGudbranson #BrendanSmith #EgorZamula
While the Stanley Cup Playoffs are a two month physical battle of attrition, the mental component plays an equally significant role in determining the fate of clubs. Monday, Pittsburgh, Ottawa and Anaheim all went down in very different ways and are going to be challenged to get themselves back in their respective series. Elsewhere, Dallas avoided a 2-0 hole against Minnesota and we look ahead, to four games on the games on the Tuesday schedule where the Lightning, Bruins, Mammoth and Kings will try to even their series. X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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 #PorterMartone #DanVladar #CoreyPerry #ClaudeGiroux #OwenTippett #TommyNovak #KrisLetang #GarnetHathaway #StuartSkinner #LukeGlendenning #SeanCouturier #ParkerWortherspoon #SidneyCrosby #TravisSanheim #EvgeniMalkin #AnthonyMantha #BenKindel #DanMuse #RickTocchet #BradyTkachuk #ArtemZub #TimStutzle #LoganStankoven #SebastienAho #DrakeBatherson #DylanCozens #FrederikAndersen #LinusUllmark #MarkJankowski #JordanStaal #JordanMartinook #WarrenFoegele #MichaelAmadio #MatsZuccarello #JakeOettinger #WyattJohnston #JesperWallstedt #BrockFaber ##ColinBlackwood #YakovTrenin #ZachBogosian #MarcusFoligno #ThomasHarley #MattDuchene #QuinnHughes #GlenGukutzan #LeonDraisaitl #JasonDickinson #StanBowman #ConnorIngram #TimWashe #KasperiKapanen #TroyTerry #LeoCarlsson #ChrisKreider #BeckettSennecke #RadkoGudas #AustonMatthews #JoelQuenneville #MikaelGranlund #VasilyPodkolzin #ConnorMcDavid #ZachHyman #MattSavoie #JurajSlafkovsky #MarcoSturm #DylanGuenther #JackEichel #MitchMarner
Let the plots begin to unfold as the Stanley Cup Playoffs opened over the weekend with seven of the eight series beginning to tell their respective stories. Perhaps no tale was better than in Buffalo where, after a decade-an-a-half of waiting, fans in Western New York were treated to a stirring comeback at the hands of the rival Bruins. Elsewhere, some favorites held serve as expected while a couple of others stunned their hosts. Finally, the number of hits more than doubled from that of a regular season game according to stats compiled by the NHL. Really? Let's get to the definition of a hit and go from there. X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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 #BradyTkachuk #AndersLee #JordanStaal #FrederikAndersen #BrandonBussi #JesperWallstedt #DarcyKuemper #AntonForsberg #CarterHart #AdinHill #LoganStankoven #ArtemZub #SethJarvis #CarterYakemchuk #ArthurKaliyev #JakeSanderson #ThomasChabot #JesperWallstedt #FilipGustafsson #MattBoldy #JoelErikssonEk #KirillKaprizov #MatsZuccarello #JakeOettinger #GlenGulutzan #TravisSanheim #PorterMartone #DanVladar #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #ErikKarlsson #ArturriLehkonen #RickTocchet #DanMuse #LoganO'Connor #ScottWedgewood #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #ValNichushkin #MartinNecas #BrockNelson #AlexOvechkin #NikitaKucherov #StevenStamkos #AdrianKempe #DJSmith #DrewDoughty #JackDrury #AntonForsberg #JurajSlafkovsky #JakeGuentzel #KaidenGuhle #VictorHedman #DominicJames #Charle-EdouardD'Astoud #JakeEvans #JoshAnderson #JonCooper #BrandonHagel #MarcoSturm #LindyRuff #TageThompson #MattiasSamuelsson #HampusLindholm #AlexTuch #MarkStone #JackEichel #MitchMarner #NicDowd #NoahHanafin #IvanBarbashev #JohnTortorella #BruceCassidy #TravisGreen #RodBrind'Amour #JohnHynes #LeonDraisaitl #JoelQuenneville #ConnorMcDavid #EvanBouchard
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/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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/NHLWraparound Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil Vic 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