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There were few feel-good stories in 2025-26 than the Buffalo Sabres. After 15 long years, the Sabres got themselves back into the post-season winning the Atlantic Division plus the opening round of the playoffs against Boston before falling in Game 7 overtime to Montreal. While it is easy to statistically equate as to why the team escaped the doldrums, the path of the past season was atypical. A slow start and the firing of the GM reversed itself in December with a torrid hot streak that raised the Sabres into the NHL elite. Plenty to build on for 2026-27. Along with that, expectations the franchise hasn't had in years. 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 #BZZR #NHL #SummerCoolers #BuffaloSabres #UtahMammoth #DetroitRedWings #ColumbusBlueJackets #St.LouisBlues #OttawaSenators #NewYorkRangers #WinnipegJets #VegasGoldenKnights #LosAngelesKings #JarmoKekalainen #KevynAdams #LindyRuff #JoshDoan #MichaelKesselring #JJPeterka #Ukko-PekkaLuukkonen #AlexLyon #ColtenEllis #TageThompson #AlexTuch #RasmusDahlin #RyanMcLeod #JackQuinn #MastertonTrophy #NorrisTrophy #OwenPower #BowenByram #MattiasSamuelsson #ZachBenson #KonstaHelenius #NoahOstlund #ShaneDoan #ArizonaCoyotes #JoshNorris #SamCarrick #TannerPearson #BeckMalenstyn #JoshuaDunn #LukeSchenn #LoganStanley #PeytonKrebs #JackEichel
If there was any question of the Hurricanes superiority over a Canadiens team that won Game 1 and got Games 2 and 3 to overtime, those questions were answered in a dominant performance Wednesday. Three quick goals late in the first period put the 'Canes into cruise control and they never let up on a Habs team appearing more and more spent from the attrition of having to play 14 games in the first two rounds. Vic and Neil break it down as the Canadian (and Canadiens) Stanley Cup drought is on the verge of reaching 33 years. 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 #BZZR #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 #JakubDobes #JacksonBlake #NikolajEhlers #NickSuzuki #SebastianAho #K'AndreMiller #JordanStaal #LoganStankoven #ShayneGostisbehere #AndreiSvechnikov #MikeMatheson #PhillipDanault #EricRobinson #FrederikAndersen #JoshAnderson #ColeCaufield #SethJarvis #WilliamCarrier #MitchMarner #GaryBettman #QuebecNordiques
In 2019, John Tortorella's Columbus Blue Jackets stunned the hockey world sweeping out the Presidents' Trophy winning Tampa Bay Lightning in the opening round. Call it the Seven-year Itch because, after taking over the Golden Knights in late March, Torts troops have gone 19-4-1 finishing off the league-leading Colorado Avalanche Tuesday displaying a defensive clinic in putting the broom to the Avs. Vic and Neil break it down, look forward to Wednesday's fourth game between Carolina and Montreal and guess who's returning to Pittsburgh for a 21st 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 #BZZR #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 #NathanMacKinnon #SheaTheodore #JaredBednar #MacKenzieBlackwood #ScottWedgewood #MarkStone #BraydenMcNabb #CarterHart #BrockNelson #WilliamKarlsson #IvanBarbashev #ColtonSissons #NicDowd #TomasHertl #JackEichel #MartinNecas #DylanCoghlan #KaedenKorczak #PavelDorofeyev #CaleMakar #ColeSmith #JohnTortorella #BruceCassidy #StanleyCup #Presidents'Trophy #PrinceofWalesTrophy #ConnSmytheTrophy #LesterPatrick #FrankPatrick #BrentBurns #MitchMarner #RodBrind'Amour #MartinSt.Louis #EvgeniMalkin #GaryBettman
A change in venue did not change the territorial dominance of the Carolina Hurricanes as they took a second straight overtime game from the Montreal Canadiens to take a 2-1 series lead in the East Final. Vic and Neil have the recap plus a look to the West Final where the Golden Knights will try to complete a stunning sweep of the Presidents' Trophy-winning Colorado Avalanche whose star forward, Nathan MacKinnon, may be compromised should he be able to play. The show wraps up with the measures Avs captain Gabriel Landeskog is taking to ensure his surgically repaired right knee will continue to hold up for not just the rest of his playing career but, downwind as well. 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 #WilliamCarrier #EricRobinson #MarkJankowski #ShayneGostisbehere #JakubDobes #AlexandreCarrier #JurajSlafkovsky #FrederikAndersen #AlexNewhook #JakeEvans #IvanDemidov #MikeMatheson #JordanMartinook #JacksonBlake #K'AndreMiller #TaylorHall #JoshAnderson #AndreiSvechnikov #RodBrind'Amour #NikolajEhlers #LaneHutson #ColeCaufield #SebastianAho #NickSuzuki #JalenChatfield #DonCherry #NathanMacKinnon #JaredBednar #CaleMakar #JackEichel #MitchMarner #MarkStone #CarterHart #GabrielLandeskog #Plantiga #PatGraham #JonathanWhyno #JoeSakic #MastertonTrophy #RasmusDahlin #JonathanToews
There are few teams in the NHL that have a higher upside coming off the 2025-26 season than the Anaheim Ducks. After qualifying for the playoffs for the first time since 2018, the managed to take out the two-time Western Conference champion Oilers before gamely bowing out to Vegas in six. There's a youth, experience and cap space for Pat Verbeek to work with heading into the off-season. At the same time, a combined 13 UFA's and RFA's are on the roster. How Verbeek continues to upgrade this team will be worth watching during the summer months. 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 #AnaheimDucks #EdmontonOilers #VegasGoldenKnights #HartfordWhalers #PhiladelphiaFlyers #WashingtonCapitals #LosAngelesKings #PatVerbeek #JoelQuenneville #ChrisKreider #MikaelGranlund #RyanPoehling #LukasDostal #JacksonLacombe #OlenZellweger #PavelMintyukov #DrewHelleson #GregCronin #ConnorMcDavid #MasonMcTavish #CutterGauthier #LeoCarlsson #BeckettSennecke #PatVerbeek #JohnCarlson #RadkoGudas #JacobTrouba #RossJohnston #JeffreyViel #JansenHarkins #PetrMrazek #VilleHusso #IanMoore #TysonHinds #SteveYzerman #KenHolland
It all appeared to be falling into place for the Colorado Avalanche despite the 0-2 hole and having to dig out in Vegas. Cale Makar was back and, in a matter of 13:15, the Avs had a 3-0 lead. And just like that, it disappeared with their offensive superstar Nathan MacKinnon finishing the game on a gimpy leg after blocking a shot. Meanwhile, the Golden Knights appear more and more like the best in the West. Vic and Neil do the deep dive and also preview Game 3 of the Hurricanes and Canadiens in the Bell Center on this Memorial Day. 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 #CaleMakar #MarkStone #IvanBarbashev #NathanMacKinnon #CarterHart #DevonToews #NoahHanafin #GabrielLandeskog #JoshManson #MartinNecas #NazemKadri #ScottWedgewood #ColtonSissons #PavelDorofeyev #DaveJackson #ESPN #JackDrury #MitchMarner #JackEichel #SamMalinski #ParkerKelly #WilliamKarlsson #DylanCoghlan #KeeganKolesar #JaredBednar #BrettHowden #KaedenKorczak #TomasHertl #JohnTortorella #BruceCassidy #MartinSt.Louis #RodBrind'Amour #MaxDomi #TieDomi