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Monday morning saw the surprise announcement that Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz would be stepping down, though he would remain in his current role until a replacement is found. Vic and Neil so a quick look into what impact this has on a team that has bounced back after a rough season-and-a-half and are looking to squeeze into a Wild Card spot in the West. 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 #QuickTakes #BarryTrotz #DavidPoile #BillHaslam #AndrewBrunette #RyanO'Reilly #StevenStamkos #BradySkjei
The first night of February brought perhaps the wildest outdoor game we've ever seen in a furious comeback win for the host Lightning. That was followed Monday morning by the surprising resignation of Nashville Predators GM Barry Trotz. Vic and Neil have the latest along with along with a couple of strong takes coming out of Saturday's games along with the possibility of the playoff field flipping by 50% by the time we get to April. All that plus some odds and ends including Linus Ullmark's return to the Ottawa net, the run by the Blue Jackets and the struggles taking place in Vegas. 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 #JohnSaunders #BarryTrotz #DavidPoile #StevenStamkos #JonathanMarchessault #BradySkjei #AndrewBrunette #NHLStadiumSeries #ESPN #ABC #WinterClassic #TNT #JonCooper #MarcoSturm #PavelZacha #EliasLindholm #VictorHedman #AnthonyCirelli #MarkKastelic #BraydenPoint #JulienBriseBois #OliverBjorkstrand #RayFerraro #DonSweeney #NikitaKucherov #JakeGuentzel #DavidPastrnak #AndreiVasilevskiy #JeremySwayman #DaleHunter #PierreTurgeon #SteveLevy #MarkMessier #PKSubban #NathanMacKinnon #ErikJohnson #PatrickKane #TomBarrasso #ChrisChelios #BrianLeetch #PhilHousley #BobbyOrr #MikeModano #SteveSimmons #BrettHull #PatLafontaine #QuinnHughes #AustonMatthews #JeremyRoenick #MakrHowe #SidneyCrosby #BobWischusen #ChrisDrury #GeorgeCostanza #ArtemiPanarin #MikaZibanejad #HartfordWolfpack #GerardGallant #MikeSullivan #PeterLaviolette #BillGuerin #VincentIorio #JeffMarek #ConnorHellebuyck #NikolajEhlers #MitchMarner #LinusUllmark #JackHughes #RickBowness #DeanEvason #ConnorMcMichael #MattRoy #MartinFehervary #LoganThompson #CharlieLindgren #ClayStevenson #GarinBjorklund #CarterHart #BrettHowden #WilliamKarlsson #MasonMcTavish #TroyTerry #LeoCarlsson #FrankVatrano #BrockMcGinn #JoelQuenneville #RobertThomas #MartinNecas #KrisLetang #MorganRielly #AlexTurcotte #BradMarchand #AntonLundell #WilliamNylander #AnzeKopitar #TrippTracy #TonyGranato #ShaneWillis #DarylEvans #CammiGranato #CatherineO'Hara #Schitt'sCreek #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #MatthewSchaefer #CalvinPickard #ConnorIngram #TristanJarry #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews
Kenny Albert, Rangers radio voice and one of sports broadcasting's most versatile talents, joins Neil Smith and Vic Morren for an in-depth career discussion. From 2025 National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction to his autobiography "A Mic for All Seasons" now available on audiobook, hear about calling the 1994 Stanley Cup Final on NHL Radio when Rangers-Canucks matched his two favorite teams, Barry Trotz fake arrest prank in Baltimore Skipjacks days, growing up with legendary father Marv Albert, and preparation differences between 20-30 hour NFL weeks versus NHL games. Plus comprehensive Rangers analysis on inconsistency and JT Miller trade impact, Washington and Winnipeg surprising success, Detroit and Ottawa turnarounds, Islanders injury plague with three waiver pickups, Devils inconsistency despite upgrades, why all three New York teams making playoffs raises excitement, radio versus TV call differences working with Dave Maloney and Eddie Olczyk, Twin Rinks Port Washington skating instructor origin story where Neil first saw Kenny's name, and humbleness making journey to top more fun than being there. Broadcasting legend shares 40 years of career insights. IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] - Welcome: A Man for All Seasons with Kenny Albert joining NHL Wraparound [01:00] - Great privilege: reminiscing with good friend Kenny Albert [02:00] - 2025 National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame induction: great names inducted past years [03:00] - Hall of Fame located Commack Long Island: big honor to be included [04:00] - Madison Square Garden press room: sitting with mom and dad after Rangers games [05:00] - Neil scouting for Islanders: innocent days for all of us [06:00] - NHL this season: things didn't see coming or surprised you [07:00] - Two biggest surprises: Washington Capitals and Winnipeg Jets [08:00] - Washington last year playoffs: tired, old, slow against Rangers [09:00] - Retooled: Pierre-Luc Dubois, Logan Thompson, key players during off-season [10:00] - Alex Ovechkin amazing season: Spencer Carbery a lot of credit [11:00] - Winnipeg: Scott Arniel great guy, assistant coach with Rangers [12:00] - Head coaching opportunity Columbus: long time assistant, takes over where he played [13:00] - East Coast doesn't pay attention: tremendous goaltending Hellebuyck, terrific players [14:00] - Flip side disappointments: Detroit, Ottawa, Buffalo on the rise [15:00] - Todd McLellan coming in: terrific record since took over [16:00] - Ottawa finally next level: challenging for playoff spot, still time left [17:00] - Montreal rough start then great stretch: right in mix as well [18:00] - Pittsburgh impressive without Crosby and Malkin: leading up to break [19:00] - Not many teams really out of it: three-point games, 25-26 games remaining [20:00] - Players get to refresh: 100 players Four Nations, others recharge [21:00] - Doing color with Kenny at Joe Louis Arena: Detroit on Versus/OLN [22:00] - Over-preparer: tend to do even more than probably need [23:00] - Learning tricks of trade: what to do and what not to do through years [24:00] - Keep all game sheets: file cabinet to my left, could pull it out [25:00] - 1994 Stanley Cup Final: NHL Radio, looked through sheets recently [26:00] - Grew up Vancouver Canucks fan but also Rangers fan [27:00] - Working Washington doing Capitals home games cable 1992-95 [28:00] - Also WTOP radio station: Rangers-Devils conference final happening [29:00] - Howie Rose and Mike Keenan: 1993 Final NHL Radio, Los Angeles-Montreal [30:00] - 1994: Howie supposed to do NHL Radio final, unavailable if Rangers got there [31:00] - Got call day of Game 3 Rangers-Devils series: would you be interested? [32:00] - 26 years old: of course I'd be interested, Rangers and Canucks my two teams [33:00] -
Columbus Blue Jackets Senior Advisor John Davidson joins Neil Smith and Vic Morren to discuss the young core emerging (Adam Fantilli, Marchenko, Mateychuk, Kent Johnson all popping at same time), Johnny Gaudreau's tragic legacy galvanizing team identity, Sean Monahan's underrated leadership, and why Columbus is positioned for genuine optimism despite missing playoffs. Hear JD's heartfelt tribute to Sam Rosen's 40-year Rangers career and charity work raising tens of millions, the white-knuckle 1994 police car ride to Canyon of Heroes with million people and zero arrests, Rangers implosion analysis with best players falling backward simultaneously, Mike Sullivan's unrelenting coaching impact, Will Cuylle smart business from Lias Andersson trade, Alexei Kovalev Mike Keenan shift story, Rangers not built for playoffs playing east-west, and comprehensive playoff predictions. Plus Doug Armstrong planting trees quote, Gabriel Landeskog's remarkable Masterton Trophy comeback from cartilage transplant, Connor Hellebuyck inexplicable struggles, goaltending lineage from Giacomin through Shesterkin, Lundqvist's first practice impact, and why NHL playoffs are completely unpredictable making them fantastic theater. IN THIS EPISODE: [00:00] - Welcome: From Blue to Blueshirt to Blue Jacket with John Davidson [01:00] - Three Things: UBS Financial Services, playoff updates [02:00] - JD back on NHL Wraparound: 1994 special with Glen Healy cathartic [03:00] - Jogging memory: very special time, makes your day [04:00] - Paul Maurice: trade deadline podcast, called away for Toffoli trade mid-show [05:00] - Happy for Paul: looked out of gas Winnipeg, revived in Florida [06:00] - Life expectancy with coach in certain city: runs out, doesn't mean bad coach [07:00] - St. Louis Blues: JD president years ago, Doug Armstrong hire by Larry Pleau [08:00] - Doug's edge: nice man, understands business, no fear making decisions [09:00] - 2019 Cup: 10 of 20 players JD brought in when with Blues [10:00] - Doug quote: "Somebody plants trees, somebody else enjoys shade" [11:00] - Draft and develop takes time: 2-3-4 years battle, everybody loses minds [12:00] - Columbus same thing: team coming, gonna be good, well coached [13:00] - Young players JD drafted: Marchenko, Fantilli, Mateychuk, Kent Johnson [14:00] - All popping primarily at same time: self-satisfaction seeing them succeed [15:00] - Montreal nosing out Columbus: frustrating not getting there [16:00] - Week or two prior: weren't scoring, weren't very good [17:00] - Analyzing after disappointment: Columbus in good position, good shape [18:00] - Scoring talent: two or three areas need shoring up, Don Waddell working [19:00] - Genuine room for optimism: Fabbro picked up waivers, fit with Werenski [20:00] - Werenski best season: top three defenseman in game for sure [21:00] - Sean Monahan: tutored Fantilli, underrated very good hockey player [22:00] - Jeff Gorton: when Monahan healthy, we were much better hockey club [23:00] - Missing Monahan with wrist: when in, leadership with young players [24:00] - Boone Jenner leadership group: fought through tragedy and adversity [25:00] - Washington series: skill versus grit and grime, would've given very good battle [26:00] - Not a chance they would've intimidated us: toughness when needed [27:00] - 2024-25 behind, Johnny Gaudreau tragedy: spinning forward to next year [28:00] - Not taking anybody by surprise: how work this forward into mindset? [29:00] - Young players know they're pretty good NHL players now [30:00] - Understand how much stronger they have to get: summer to work on it [31:00] - Instead of shocking feeling after Gaudreau tragedy: team galvanized [32:00] - Johnny's wife spends time in Columbus: team rallies around her, very...
Thursday had to have been one of the best nights we've seen all season. Throwback uniforms, multi-goal comebacks and notable personal achievements all on a night where Patrick Kane becomes the all-time leading U.S.-born point scorer. On a day where we celebrate our two-year podcast anniversary, it's also our 250th original show! Where did that time go? 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 #WayneGretzky #QuebecNordiques #HartfordWhalers #PatrickKane #MikeModano #BenChiarot #AlexDebrincat #NicDowd #CharlieLindgren #LoganThompson #JohnGibson #DylanLarkin #ClayStevenson #BarrettHayton #NikolajEhlers #AndreiSvechnikov #ShayneGostisbehere #JordanStaal #LeonDraisaitl #ConnorMcDavid #EvanBouchard #ZachHyman #TimothyLiljegren #JacobTrouba #DrewO'Connor #NikitaTolopilo #RyanPoehling #KevinLankinen #JoelQuenneville #MitchMarner #MikkoRantanen #NikoMikkola #JimmySnuggerud #AleksanderBarkov #JakeNeighbours #JordanKyrou #BradMarchand #NickSuzuki #TravisKonecny #AlexTuch #AlexLyon #KevynAdams #JarmoKekalainen #JasonKarmonos #MarcBergevin #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #ConnorDewar #AnthonyMantha #BenKindel #BlakeLizotte #NoelAcciari #DanMuse #MikeSullivan #DavidPastrnak #MorganGeekie #CaseyMittelstadt #FraserMinton #ViktorArvidsson #PavelZacha #TannerJeannot #MaratKhusnutdinov #MarcoSturm #OndrejPalat #CarsonSoucy #MatthewSchaefer #ErieOtters #OntarioHockeyLeague #BobbyOrr #PhilHousley #BrettLindros #ArtemiPanarin #DavidRittich #IlyaSorokin #JackHughes #Ukko-PekkaLuukkonen #BlakeColeman #DanVladar #RyanDonagh #VictorHedman #RickBowness #NHLStadiumSeries
On a night where the Maple Leafs honored legend Darryl Sittler as the 50th anniversary of his 10-point game nears, the team completed an 0-5-0 homestand in advance of kicking off a 6-game road trip which may seal their fate for this season. Elsewhere, Patrick Kane and Mike Modano are now tied among U.S.-born players for most points, the Islanders pull of a pair of deals with their Metro-area rivals and Vic and Neil do a deeper dive into the success of the Penguins in Bruins this 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 #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 #MikeHarrington #BuffaloNews #CraigBerube #MitchMarner #ConnorMcDavid #AustonMatthews #MorganRielly #JohnTavares #WilliamNylander #DarrylSittler #DaveReece #PatrickKane #MikeModano #AlexDebrincat #CarsonSoucy #OndrejPalat #MaximTsyplakov #MathieuDarche #TomFitzgerald #LouLamoriello #EvanBouchard #MattiasEkholm #MikaelGranlund #JaredMcCann #BrianLeetch #EricDesjardins #JacquesDemers #MarcoSturm #OntarioReign #DanMuse #MikeSulivan #DavidPastrnak #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #JoeSacco #BradMarchand #FraserMinton #PavelZacha #ViktorArvidsson #CaseyMittelstadt #AnthonyMantha #JustinBrazeau #BenKindel #TommyNovak #ConnorDewar #NikitaZadorov #ErikKarlsson #StuartSkinner #TristanJarry #ArtursSilovs #JeremySwayman #JoonasKorpisalo #DonSweeney #MikhailSergachev #JimMontgomery #BrockBoeser #BryanRust #ZeevBuium #ThatcherDemko #KevinLankinen #MacklinCelebrini #RickTocchet #AdamFoote #EliasLindholm #JordanKyrou #JakeNeighbours #ColeSmith #DeanEvason #SteveMcCarthy #EricRaymond #MarcoMarciano #SteveSullivan #MarcSavard #BenChiarot #JamesReimer #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar