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If it appears something always seems to happen to the Dallas Stars when the calendar flips to spring, you're probably not alone. Despite being one of the top teams during the regular season for the past five seasons, injuries, cold streaks and simply not being able to close series out has spelled doom in Big D. While the youth of the team are the cornerstones of the offense, other areas are starting to get on in years leading to a critical off-season for three-time GM of the Year, Jim Nill. 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 #SummerCoolers #DallasStars #JimNill #GlenGulutzan #LindyRuff #KenHitchcock #JimMontgomery #RickBowness #PeterDeBoer #VegasGoldenKnights #EdmontonOilers #JasonRobertson #WyattJohnston #MikkoRantanen #BillGuerin #MinnesotaWild #KevinFiala #TylerSeguin #RoopeHintz #MiroHeiskanen #RadekFaksa #MichaelBunting #NilsLundqvist #ChrisTanev #JamieBenn #AdamErne #NathanBastian #AlexPetrovic #KyleCapobianco #MavrikBouque #ArttuHyry
The Sabres had their legs a bit quicker than the Canadiens Wednesday and that was enough to propel them to a win to open their second round series. In Vegas, the Golden Knights never appeared to get their legs as the Ducks took home ice from the hosts in Game 2 of that Western Conference semi. Vic and Neil look back at those games and preview Game 3 in Philadelphia where the wounded Flyers try to get back into their series with the Hurricanes. All that plus the nominees for the Selke Trophy. 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 #ZachBenson #LaneHutson #JoshDoan #NoahDobson #RyanMcLeod #TageThompson #AlexTuch #NickSuzuki #JurajSlafkovsky #JordanGreenway #ColeCaufield #JakubDobes #JackQuinn #RasmusDahlin #ByramBowen #KirbyDach #AlexLyon #MasonMcTavish #IanMoore #JoelQuenneville #JansenHarkins #RossJohnston #CarterHart #TroyTerry #ChrisKreider #JackEichel #MitchMarner #JacksonLacombe #BeckettSennecke #JeffreyViel #KaedenKorczak #LeoCarlsson #MikaelGranlund #MarkStone #LukasDostal #EdOlczyk #BrianBoucher #NHLonTNT #JohnTortorella #NoahCates #ChristianDvorak #OwenTippett #JettLutchanko #BrantfordBulldogs #AnthonyCirelli #BrockNelson
If there was a team that truly took people off guard in a positive way during the regular season, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins. With a rookie head coach, an aging core and a relatively non-descript 2025 off-season, the Pens proved from opening night that, just because "experts" think one way, those assessments mean nothing to the team in the room. Still, an opening-round playoff loss to a lower seed leaves plenty of questions for GM Kyle Dubas in preparing the club for 2026-27. 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 #SummerCoolers #PittsburghPenguins #KyleDubas #DanMuse #SidneyCrosby #AnthonyMantha #YegorChinakov #ColumbusBlueJackets #JustinBrazeau #ConnorDewar #TommyNovak #NoelAcciari #ErikKarlsson #StuartSkinner #ArtursSilovs #TristanJarry #BrettKulak #ColoradoAvalanche #SamGirard #LukeSchenn #MikeSullivan #NewYorkRangers #EvgeniMalkin #KevinHayes #ConnorClifton #RyanShea #IlyaSolovyov #BryanRust #RickardRakell #SpencerCarbery #WashingtonCapitals #AlexOvechkin #BrettBurns #CoreyPerry #WarrenYoung
With each passing game, the Colorado Avalanche continue to make a statement as to why they were Presidents' Trophy winners during the regular season after taking a 2-0 lead over a wounded Minnesota team in the Western semi-final Tuesday. Vic and Neil look back on that game, preview the opener between the Sabres and Canadiens plus game two between the Golden Knights and Ducks AND... ...can anyone believe what happened at the NHL Draft Lottery? 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 #JoelErikssonEk #JonasBrodin #ZachBogosian #RyanHartman #JoshManson #FilipGustavsson #JesperWallstedt #MartinNecas #KirillKaprizov #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #GabrielLandeskog #NicolasRoy #JakeMiddleton #ScottWedgewood #ErikJohnson #ESPN #MarkMessier #QuinnHughes #MattBoldy #MarcusJohansson #ValNichushkin #RyanHartman #JakubDobes #AlexLyon #LindyRuff #SamCarrick #AndersLee #NoahOstlund #VictorHedman #JimRutherford #PatrikAllvin #NHLDraftLottery #GavinMcKenna #MathieuDarche #AustonMatthews #MitchMarner #IvarStenberg #AlbertsSmits #JohnChayka #MatsSundin #MikeGreer #CalderTrophy #IvanDemidov #MatthewSchaefer #BeckettSennecke #BrianLeetch #ConnSmytheTrophy #NorrisTrophy
Looking at some of the key stats for the Los Angeles Kings in 2925-26, that they even qualified for the playoff was a miracle. A late season coaching change, an uptick in play and the floundering of those around them proved to be just enough to get in...and they be disposed in four straight. With their longtime captain retired and the head coaching position in flux, GM Ken Holland has a busy off-season ahead to upgrade an older, underperforming roster. 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 #SummerCoolers #LosAngelesKings #KenHolland #CoreyPerry #JoelArmia #CodyCeci #BrianDumoulin #JimHiller #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #EvanBouchard #RobBlake #ToddMcLellan #DJSmith #KevinFiala #EricStephens #TheAthletic #ArtemiPanarin #AdrianKempe #QuintonByfield #AndreiKuzmenko #AlexTurcotte #AlexLaferriere #DarcyKuemper #AnzeKopitar #DrewDoughty #PhillipDanault #JordanSpence #ScottLaughton #MathieuJoseph #JeffMalott #JacobMoverare #PheonixCopley #BrandtClarke #NoahDobson
The Philadelphia Flyers brought considerably more to the Carolina Hurricanes in the second game of their series Monday but just fell short as the 'Canes moved to 6-0 during the post season. In Vegas, a controversial goal helped propel the Golden Knights past the Ducks in the opener of their Western semi-final. Vic and Neil break it down and look ahead to the second game between the Avalanche and Wild...and guessing we won't see 15 goals this time around. 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 #OwenTippett #AlexanderNikishin #SeanWalker #JamieDrysdale #SeanCouturier #NikolajEhlers #RasmusRistolainen #DanVladar #EricRobinson #FrederikAndersen #RonHextall #MartinBrodeur #ChristianDvorak #SethJarvis #AndreiSvechnikov #TravisKonecny #JacksonBlake #TaylorHall #RickTocchet #BobGainey #CraigButton#WilliamKarlsson #CarterHart #RasmusAndersson #LukasDostal #TroyTerry #MitchMarner #JohnChayka #MatsSundin #BrettHowden #MarkStone #MikaelGranlund #JacksonLacombe #PavelDorofeyev #IvanBarbashev #JackEichel #BevanHills #DaveJackson #JoelQuenneville #LeoCarlsson #RidlyGreig #WarrenFoegele #CharlieMcAvoy #ZachBenson #MastertonTrophy #RasmusDahlin #GabrielLandeskog #JonathanToews #NHLDraftLottery #GavinMcKenna #PennState #MatthewSchaefer #JesperWallstedt #FilipGustavsson #JoelErikssonEk #JonasBrodin #JoshManson