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After making a surprise trip to the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2025, the Ottawa Senators faced an uphill climb for nearly the entire season before qualifying this time around. Improved offensive output helped offset poor penalty killing, spotty goaltending and a rash of late season injuries to the defense. While it wasn't nearly enough to make a dent in the post-season, the Senators are known for their compete level and it's now up to GM Steve Staios to ensure that doesn't wane while bolstering the roster 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 #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #OttawaSenators #TimStutzle #BradyTkachuk #DrakeBatherson #DylanCozens #LinusUllmark #LeeviMeralainen #JamesReimer #JakeSanderson #ArtemZub #ThomasChabot #TylerKleven #NickJensen #JordanSpence #LassiThomson #TravisGreen #SteveStaios #JakobChychrun #ArizonaCoyotes #WashingtonCapitas #VladimirTarasenko #FloridaPanthers #WarrenFoegele #LosAngelesKings #ClaudeGiroux #LarsEller #NickCousins #StephenHalliday #ConnorMcDavid #EdmontonOilers #MatthewTkachuk #BrianSutter #St.LouisBlues
Any thoughts the Carolina Hurricanes might have a bit of rust after a week since finishing off Ottawa, were quickly dispelled in gaining a quick upper hand over Philadelphia to kick off round two. Vic and Neil review that game and preview two games on opposite sides of the playoff schedule as the Canadiens and Lightning conclude their epic opening round series in Tampa while the Wild and Avalanche open their second round series in Denver. Finally, the urgency level is officially approaching DEFCON 1 in Edmonton and Charlie McAvoy may be on the sidelines to start 2026-27 after his antics at the end of the Bruins season ending loss to Buffalo Friday. 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 #RickTocchet #OwenTippett #GarnetHathaway #NikolaiEhlers #AlexanderNikishin #RodBrind'Amour #MikeReilly #LoganStankoven #JasonBlake #TravisSanheim #MatveiMichkov #SeanCouturier #K'AndreMiller #NoahJuulsen #SethJarvis #AndreiSvechnikov #DanVladar #FrederikAndersen #BrandonBussi #ColeCaufield #NickSuzuki #JurajSlafkovsky #IvanDemidov #MartinSt.Louis #NoahDobson #NikitaKucherov #BrandonHagel #BraydenPoint #JakeGuentzel #AlexandreTexier #AndreiVasilevskiy #JakubDobes #JonCooper #CaleMakar #DevonToews #QuinnHughes #BorckFaber #NathanMacKinnon #ConnorMcDavid #JasonDickinson #LeonDraisaitl #StanBowman #CharlieMcAvoy #ZachBenson
The essence of Stanley Cup theatre was on full display Friday as the Tampa Bay Lightning forced the lone seventh game in the opening round as Andrei Vasilevskiy simply refused to lose in the 1-0 OT win. Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres and Vegas Golden Knights both punch their tickets to the second round, taking out Boston and Utah respectively. Vic and Neil discuss the three games and also look ahead to the opening game of Round Two as Philadelphia takes on Carolina. 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 #AndreiVasilevskiy #DarrenRaddysh #JakubDobes #YanniGourde #ColeCaufield #JakeGunetzel #NikitaKucherov #IvanDemidov #BrandonHagel #DominicJames #GageGonclaves #JeremySwayman #AlexLyon #RasmusDahlin #AlexTuch #MattiasSamuelsson #JoshDoan #CharlieMcAvoy #ZachBenson #JoshNorris #KarelVejmelka #CarterHart #MitchMarner #KailerYamamoto #NicDowd #ColtenSissons #SheaTheodore #NikolajEhlers #AlexanderNikishin #JackAdamsAward #JonCooper #DanMuse #LindyRuff #DylanHolloway #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #SidneyCrosby #KyleDubas #CraigButton #TSN
It took 11 and nine years respectively but the Minnesota Wild and Anaheim Ducks are finally through to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. Meanwhile a loaded Dallas Stars team maintained Bridesmaid status and the questions surrounding the two-time Western Conference champions are just beginning. Vic and Neil break down Thursday's two games and look ahead to three more elimination games Friday as the Sabres, Canadiens and Golden Knights can reserve their spots in the final eight. 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 #AndrewBrunette #NinoNiederreiter #QuinnHughes #JakeOettinger #MarcusFoligno #EsaLindell #MikkoRantanen #LianBichsel #AlexPetrovic #NickFoligno #WyattJohnston #MatsZuccarello #MavrikBourque #JesperWallstedt #MichaelBunting #VladimirTarasenko #ColinBlackwell #MattBoldy #PeterDeBoer #JimNill #GlenGulutzan #KrisKnoblauch #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #ConnorIngram #JohnCarlson #RyanPoehling #StuartSkinner #KasperiKapanen #TroyTerry #ChrisKreider #ConnorMurphy #CutterGauthier #DarnellNurse #JayWoodcroft #ZachHyman #LukasDostal #VasilyPodkolzin #EvanBouchard #MattSavoie #LeoCarlsson #RyanNugent-Hopkins #NorrisTrophy #LadyByngTrophy #MattiasEkholm #StanBowman #TristanJarry #StuartSkinner #NikitaKucherov #ColeCaufield #AnzeKopitar #JakeSanderson
The thrill ride in Philadelphia continued Wednesday with the lone goal of the night coming deep in overtime to propel the Flyers into the second round for a meeting with the Carolina Hurricanes. There was also a late night in Sin City where it took double overtime to send Vegas to within a win of advancing while the Montreal Canadiens earned the right to finish off the Lightning Friday prevailing in Tampa. Vic and Neil cover an entertaining evening and set up Thursday where higher seeds Dallas and Edmonton have to win on the road in order to survive to a seventh game. 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 #RickTocchet #MatveiMichkov #AlexBump #GarnetHathaway #SidenyCrosby #ArtursSilovs #DanVladar #OwenTippett #BlakeLizotte #PorterMartone #TommyNovak #BryanRust #AnthonyMantha #NoahCates #CamYork #MarkMessier #DannyBriere #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #FrederikAndersen #BrtanadonBussi #NikitaKucherov #JakeGuentzel #BrandonHagel #BraydenPoint #AlexNewhook #BrendanGallagher #RyanMcDonagh #OliverBjorkstrand #JakeEvans #DominicJames #KirbyDach #GageGoncalves #MikeMatheson #AlexandreTexier #ZachBolduc #JakubDobes #BraydenPoint #JakubDobes #JohnMarino #ClaytonKeller #CarterHart #PavelDorofeyev #TomasHertl #MikhailSergachev #LawsonCrouse #KarelVejmelka #MarkStone #SheaTheodore #AndreTourigny #NickSchmaltz #ChrisTanev #DylanGuenther #KailerYamamoto #KaedenKorczak #ColtonSissons #AlexanderKerfoot #MichaelCarcone #JohnTortorella #JakcEichel #LoganCooley #ReillySmith #MackenzieWeegar #BrettHowden #MinnesotaNorthStars #KrisKnoblach #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #TedLindsayAward #NHLPA #HartTrophy #MacklinCelebrini #NathanMacKinnon #VezinaTrophy #IlyaSorokin #JeremySwayman #AndreiVasilevskiy #AlRollins
From cellar dwellers to playoff contenders, the San Jose Sharks made one of the most dramatic improvements in the NHL in 2025-26. Led by budding superstar Macklin Celebrini, the Sharks remained in contention right to the end of the regular season. With one of the most dynamic young offenses in the NHL, the priority for GM Mike Grier and head coach Ryan Warsofsky is to clean up the other end of the rink where the team remained one of the leakiest in the league. 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 #MacklinCelebrini #MikeGreer #RyanWarsofsky #WillSmith #MichaelMisa #KieferSherwood #TylerToffoli #WilliamEklund #AlexanderWennberg #JakeWalman #ErikKarlsson #MikaelGranlund #NicoSturm #TimothyLiljegren #CareyPrice #LoganCouture #Marc-EdouardVlasic #MartinJones #TomasHertl #RyanReaves #JohnKlingberg #NickLeddy #MarioFerraro #VincentDesharnais #ShakirMukhamadullin #CollinGraf #PhilippKurashev #ZackOstapchuk #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl