NO NONSENSE.JUST HOCKEY.
The definitive NHL podcast network with expert analysis and insider perspectives.
Listen on Your Favorite Platform
Subscribe to NHL Wraparound and never miss an episode
Loading recent episodes...
The definitive NHL podcast network with expert analysis and insider perspectives.
Subscribe to NHL Wraparound and never miss an episode
Catch up on our latest NHL analysis and exclusive interviews
The road teams had their way Friday sweeping all five games. Neil only won with the Rangers in Detroit in posting a 1-4 mark to drop his straight up record to 12-9. The first Saturday of the new season provides a 13-game test. 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro
Finally time to talk about things happening on the ice. The 84-game regular season is here and Vic and Neil have plenty to cover from the first three nights as we go live on BZZR.com and YouTube. We had a goalie score a goal and offensive outbursts bringing back memories of the mid-1980's. There's also some potentially significant injury news regarding Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov plus Smith's Pix. 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #BarryMelrose #ESPN #TheNHLonTNT #WilliamNylander #JackMichaels #BruceCusick #AleksanderBarkov #JacobTrouba #BradyTkachuk #MacklinCelebrini #LucaCagnoni #WillSmith #IgorShesterkin #JonCooper #MatthewKnies #KirillMarchenko #GavinMcKenna #EvanBouchard #MarkHowe #ConnorMcDavid #TristanJarry #DevonLevi #EliasPettersson #BillLaforge #ZackHyman #NathanMacKinnon #BrandtClarke #CaleMakar #PeterLaviolette #ArtursSilovs #BrockFaber #ThomasChabot #JackHughes #TristanLuneau #PatVerbeek #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
Neil ran the home teams across the limited three-game schedule Wednesday and was 2-1 straight up to improve to 5-3 through eight games. That's how many games are on the Thursday schedule so check them out. 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro
Neil is back for a second season of Smith's Pix. After posting a .625 winning percentage a season ago, he's truly challenging himself as his overall record for this season with be straight wins and losses and no credit for teams picking up a point by virtue of an overtime or shootout loss. Thus, his opening night record was 3-2 as opposed to 3-0-2. And therein, lies the challenge. What would have been an .800 winning percentage in 2025-26 sits merely at .600. 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro
Nothing like a blockbuster trade on the eve of a new season to get fans going as Kirill Marchenko has moved on from the Columbus Blue Jackets to Toronto. Vic and Neil break it down and go straight to the heart of the matter: for two non-playoff teams from a season ago, does the move push either into the top eight in the Eastern Conference? 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #JohnChayka #JimHIller #DonWaddell #KirillMarchenko #MilesWood #ElvisMerzlikins #MatthewKnies #StevenLorentz #EmilAndrae #SergeiBobrovsky #GavinMcKenna #DarrenRaddysh #NickPaul #AnthonyStolarz #WilliamNylander #JohnTavares #AustonMatthews #MitchMarner #ZachWerenski #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
After eleven years without a playoff series win, the Minnesota Wild got that score settled in the spring by taking out the Dallas Stars in the opening round. Now they look to take the next steps. Armed with a new contract, head coach John Hynes joins Neil and Vic to share how his team can elevate further in a brutally competitive Central Division. In the post-interview segment, there's captaincy news, RFA and UFA signings, injury news, salary cap and a few interesting sidebar stories. We'll also introduce a new partner and some an update on one of our franchises going live. IN THIS EPISODE: [01:10] - Minnesota Wild head coach John Hynes begins the show remarking on a 12th straight season behind an NHL bench. [03:33] - Some background on Hynes family, growing up in Rhode Island and playing under one of college hockey's most storied coaches - a gentleman who helped inspire Hynes on become a coach someday. [06:21] - At BU, Hynes played with a couple of current NHL GMs as well as a promising player whose life was forever changed on his very first college shift. [07:59] - More on players Hynes played with and then coached at Wilkes-Barrie/Scranton before making the move to the NHL. [11:57] - Acknowledging Hynes 2023 induction into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame. [12:59] - The adjustment of a shortened training camp and pre-season with veterans players limited to the amount of exhibition games they could play. [15:30] - Nothing like a little feistiness at the end of a pre-season game with the team the Wild knocked off in the opening round last spring to get the juices going. [16:54] - Injury updates on defenseman Brock Faber and goaltender Filip Gustavsson. [17:52] - Assessing the losses, pick-ups and re-signees since the end of the 2025-26 season. [20:23] - Working with the superstars on the Wild, led by Kirill Kaprizov, Matt Boldy and Quinn Hughes. [22:47] - Appreciating Hughes having the opportunity to coach him. [24:34] - With his GM Bill Guerin also armed with a contract extension, the Wild leadership pair continue a parallel journey to get the Wild across the finish line. [28:07] - Summing up the John Hynes interview and the six head coaches appearing on NHL Wraparound in September. [30:38] - Plenty of player news across the NHL, some good and some not so good. [37:28] - Other news items from TV contracts to bonding trips to an obscure rule being enforced to a Winnipeg combining their franchise record book. [46:05] - Welcoming The Lineup. [51:26] - The Carolina Hurricanes rings and Smith's Pix for opening night. 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 #BZZR #UBS #TheLineup.pro #JohnHynes #BillGuerin #PeterDeBoer #JackParker #MikeBoyle #ChrisDrury #MikeGreer #TravisRoy #TomPoti #ShawnBates #ConorSheary #BrianDumoulin #BryanRust #MattMurray #Marc-AndreFleury #LouLamoriello #JackCapuano #DavidQuinn #BrianBurke #MikkoRantanen #QuinnHughes #MattBoldy #GlenGulutzan #JakeOettinger #MattDuchene #BrockFaber #MatsZuccarello #JakeMiddleton #BlakeColeman #OlliMaatta #JustinKirkland #MaxShabanov #CalvinPickard #MichaelMcCarron #BobbyBrink #NickFoligno #ZachBogosian #DavidSpacek #DaemonHunt #VladimirTarasenko #MarcusJohansson #KirillKaprozov #JoelErikssonEk #FilipGustavsson #JesperWallstedt #JaredSpurgeon #MarcusFoligno #BrianLeetch #DeanEvason #RogerNeilson #MikeKeenan #MacklinCelebrini #JoeThornton #DavidPastrnak #MikaelGranlund #BooneJenner #DylanLarkin #BradyTkachuk #BrockBoeser #AdamFantilli #DonWaddell #ZachWerenski #KirillMarchenko #OliverMoore #LoganStanley #MattGrzelcyk #JonasJohansson #LinusUllmark #SamErsson #LeeviMerilainen #ThatcherDemko #FilipChytil #BenKindel #BlakeLizotte #JustinBrazeau #AndreiKuzmenko #AnthonyMantha #SidenyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #ErikKarlsson #JimMontgomery #LoganMallioux #TylerTucker #GaryBettman #ESPN #NHLonTNT #JohnChayka #AustonMatthews #TrevorZegras #SeanCouturier #AlexOvechkin #WayneGretzky #MarkChipman #ClintBenedict #FrankFinnigan #FrankNighbor #DaneilAlfredsson #BradyTkachuk #KenHolland #PatVerbeek #RyanCraig #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 #BostonUniversityTerriers #Wilkes-BarrieScrantonPenguins #AtlantaThrashers #AtlantaFlames #MinnesotaNorthStars