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The Old Professor turned into Captain Marvelous Tuesday with a 6-1 performance only spoiled by a Canadiens OT loss to Minnesota due in part to a controversial penalty at the end of regulation. Nonetheless, the season mark moves to 183-109 (.627). Wednesday's are usually a light night but it's a moderate schedule this evening with six games for Neil to select. 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #HockeyHallofFame
In the spring of 2026, the Anaheim Ducks ended a seven-season playoff drought and proceeded to upset the two-time Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers in the process. The man behind the bench, the NHL's second all-time winningest head coach, Joel Quenneville. He joins Neil and Vic to talk about his club amidst a five-game winning streak, the offensive roll the team is on and to look at how he's changed after his return to the league following a four-year absence. We'll also hit on Connor Hellebuyck's brief return to Winnipeg and the hometown reaction, Hall of Famer Carey Price's far-warmer reception in joining the Canadiens Ring of Honor and can the Canucks really be this bad? IN THIS EPISODE: [01:21] - Ducks head coach Joel Quenneville is welcomed to the show by Neil and one quickly gets a sense how long the coach has been around the NHL as a player and bench boss. [03:39] - Neil continues the longevity theme before pivoting to the difference of coaching today's generation of players. [06:51] - As part of the evolution of coaching, Quenneville shares whether it's more one-on-one today as opposed to team strategy. [08:00] - With the Ducks entering Wednesday play on a run of having scored at least five goals in eight consecutive games, is there a comparable of his firepower on today's Ducks with the gunners of his championship Chicago teams? [10:11] - With Cutter Gauthier turning in spectacular numbers early on, Quenneville offers up his sniper comparable - and it's quite a compliment. [12:37] - With Radko Gudas in Florida, the decision to go with a veteran as the new captain as opposed the choices of Macklin Celebrini and Connor Bedard in San Jose and Chicago respectively. [14:10] - The growth of the young defense corps and the potential trajectory towards the Big 4 Quenneville coached in Chicago. [16:12] - With a team among the elite in offense but towards the cellar in defensive categories, the systematic changes which still need to be made so they team doesn't have to outscore their mistakes on a regular basis. [17:46] - Getting through to players making astronomical salaries in todays NHL. [19:53] - Though the team enters Wednesday on a five-game winning streaks, cracks began to show in the third period Sunday vs. Pittsburgh. Quenneville speaks how to step in front of those issues to ensure they don't open the door to a losing skid. [21:55] - How the game is officiated today as opposed to years past. [23:57] - After having been away from the bench for four years - three of those as an NHL banishment for mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations against the video coach in Chicago - Quenneville shares changes he's had to made and the support he's received since returning to the league. [26:27] - The "Toilet Paper Capers" in Chicago after winning Stanley Cups - something Quenneville hopes to repeat in Orange County. [27:35] - Both commonality Neil and Quenneville have with ending long Stanley Cup droughts in New York and Chicago. [29:28] - Wrapping the discussion with Joel Quenneville. [31:41] - The return of Connor Hellebuyck to Winnipeg. [41:52] - Carey Price honored in Montreal. [43:22] - Are the Canucks really this bad? [47:57] - GM Meetings and personnel Notes [55:05] - TheLineup.pro Stat of the Week 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #JoelQuenneville #LannyMcDonald #RogerNeilson #DarrylSittler #PatBoutette #MarcCrawford #BorjeSalming #RonFrancis #YanicPerreault #GabePerreault #PatrickKane #JonathanToews #BrettHull #JoeSakic #AleksanderBarkov #CutterGauthier #LeoCarlsson #BeckettSennecke #MarianHossa #MikaelGranlund #JacksonLacombe #ChrisPronger #MikeBossy #NikitaKucherov #PatVerbeek #ConnorBedard #MacklinCelebrini #DenisSavard #DaleTallon #SteveYzerman #DuncanKeith #Niklasjalmarsson #BrentSeabrook #JohnnyOduya #PavelMintyukov #DrewHelleson #TristanLuneau #EvanBouchard #PaulMaurice #RadkoGudas #JacobTrouba #ChrisKreider #ConnorHellebuyck #TSN #BradyTkachuk #QuinnHughes #ScottArniel #DawsonMercer #NicoDaws #StuartSkinner #MarkScheifele #KyleConnor #ColePerfetti #CareyPrice #GeorgesVezina #JacquesPlante #GumpWorsley #KenDryden #PatrickRoy #JoseTheodore #SheaWeber #BrendanShanahan #MannyMalhotra #GaryBettman #AdamFoote #RyanJohnson #DanielSedin #HenrikSedin #KyleDavidson #ShawnHorcoff #DylanLarkin #SimonEdvinsson #MatveiMichkov #NickSeeler #PatBrisson #JoshMorrissey #LoganMailloux #MasonAppleton #MarcoKasper #NickCousins #JakobChychrun #RichPilon #KevinStevens #TravisGreen #ClaudeGiroux #ConorGarland #AlbertsSmits #KyleOkposo #MikeSillinger #TomPoti #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 #HartfordWhalers #WindsorSpitfires
Only taking a flyer on the lowly Canucks prevented a perfect night for Neil amidst a quiet three-game schedule. He moves to 177-108 on the season with a seven-game slate on tap for Tuesday. See who he takes as Connor Hellebuyck returns to Winnipeg - as an expected back up to Jake Allen. 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #HockeyHallofFame
With every Sunday matchup fairly even, Neil turned in a 4-2 mark to move to 175-107 (.621) for the season. Three games on the Monday schedule, all taking place out west, with Neil and Vic doing a rare dual record with The Old Professor on the road. 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #HockeyHallofFame
Just when you thought you'd seen and heard it all in the Connor Hellebuyck saga, the Devils announced Sunday evening that the three-time Vezina Trophy winner would not play in his return to Winnipeg Tuesday. This is an audio-only show with Neil joining Vic en route to South Carolina. They share thoughts and other noteworthy items from the weekend. 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #HockeyHallofFame #BryanTrottier #ScottyBowman #PierreTurgeon #SteveYzerman #ScottStevens #CraigPatrick #MikeGartner #ConnorHellebuyck #SonnyMehta #BryanHayes #TSN #BradyTkachuk #QuinnHughes #DylanLarkin #BrianBurke #CindyCurley #PekkaRinne #PatriceBergeron #CareyPrice #KeithTkachuk #MatthewTkachuk #NikitaZadorov #BradMarchand #JackEichel #MitchMarner #IvanBarbashev #ColtenEllis #OwenPower #AlexTuch #CutterGauthier #WayneGretzky #NikitaKucherov #JulienBriseBois #KevinCheveldayoff #PontusHolmberg #YanniGourde #NealPionk #ErikCernak #RyanMcDonagh #ColePerfetti #MarkScheifele #ConnorBedard #MacklinCelebrini #PatrickKane #ArvidSoderblom #JeffBlashill #KyleDavidson #JoelQuenneville #GavinMcKenna #JimHiller #MikeBabock #DarrenRaddysh #WarrenYoung #VictorHedman #JakeGuentzel #AustonMatthews #WilliamNylander #AlexOvechkin #MorganRielly #JohnTavares #JoshAnderson #BraydenPoint #JonCooper #SandisVilmanis #TomWilson #ElliotteFreidman #SeanMonahan #DmitryVoronkov #JamesHagens #SamGirard #MarcoSturm #KevinBahl #DevonLevi #ZachHyman #RyanNugent-Hopkins #BrockFaber #AlexanderNikishin #MarcusFoligno #NickFoligno #JoonasKorpisalo #JamesReimer #LinusUllmark #NHLGlobalSeries #SebastianAho #JesperiKotkaniemi #JussoValimaki #KaapoKakko #JaniNyman #VilleOttavainen #JordanStaal
Four road underdogs sidetracked Neil's sidetracked Neil's Saturday to a 6-6 mark putting the straight up season mark at 171-105 (.620). One can literally flip a coin on each of Sunday's six pack. Let's see how the Old Professor fares. 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 #NHL #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #HockeyHallofFame