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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/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
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/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 #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/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
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/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
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/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 #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/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