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
Some NHL history was made in Friday's quartet of games while we also saw a quartet of happy returns of some sort. The Florida rivals got re-acquainted while some key injury news makes the show among our divisional updates. 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #FilipFosrberg #StevenStamkos #SergeiMurashov #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #TaylorHall #SebastianAho #TrevorZegras #JordanBinnington #JonathanDrouin #NateSchmidt #MatthewSchaefer #ZachHyman #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #AlexOvechkin #BradMarshand #AntonForsberg #BrandonSaad #BrockNelson #ScottWedgewood #NoahDobson #BoHorvat #EmilHeineman #PierreEngvall #JackFinley #MarcoSturm #JaydenStruble #NikitaZadorov #ZdenoChara #TannerJeannot #ArberXhekaj #CharlieMcAvoy #ViktorArvidsson #CaseyMittelstadt #JordanHarris #AlexNewhook #KirbyDach #KaidenGuhle #IlyaLybushkin #PatrikLaine #JosephWoll #BrandonCarlo #TroyStecher #ChrisTanev #JackHughes #JonathanQuick #MasonAppleton #PeteBabando #DaveMaloney #MikeSullivan #JoeSacco #DavidQuinn #FrankNazar #NickFoligno #JakeMcCabe #ThomasHarley #AdrianKempe #DrewDoughty #NikitaKucherov #ThatcherDemko #QuinnHughes #KevinLankinen #JiriPatera #DavidKampf #MattMurray #PhilippGrubauer #SamuelHonzek #MichaelBacklund #MarkScheifele #PatLafontaine #MikeKeane #BradyTkachuk #JeremySwayman #BillArmstrong
Another couple of nights rife with storylines. From Brad Marchand to home struggles to a few surging teams, Vic and Neil have it covered. We'll also have the latest personnel news and the passing of a Hall of Fame journralist. 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #BradMarchand #EetuLuostarinen #AntonLundell #UlfSamuelsson #EsaTikkanen #MattBarzal #PatrickRoy #JGPageau #AkiraSchmid #CarlLindbom #CarterHart #AdinHill #JonathanQuick #RobinLehner #BoHorvat #CaseyDeSmith #AlexNewhook #IlyaLybushkin #MartinSt.Louis #QuintonByfield #KevinFiala #WilliamNylander #CraigBerube #DennisHildeby #AnthonyStolarz #AustonMatthews #ScottLaughton #NikitaZadorov #MitchMarner #JohnTavares #SidenyCrosby #MartinNecas #GavinBrindley #CharlieCoyle #MilesWood #ValNichushkin #NathanMacKinnon #CaleMakar #VincentTrocheck #WillCuylle #ArtemiPanarin #VictorHedman #RyanMcDonagh #AnthonyCirelli #BrandonHagel #CarsonSoucy #AndreiVasilevskiy #SimonNemec #UliHiemer #BarryBeck #ColoradoRockies #KansasCityScouts #JackHughes #TimStutzle #ShanePinto #BradyTkachuk #TravisGreen #MathieuOlivier #MatthewSavoie #IssacHoward #NoahPhilp #TrentFrederic #ZachHyman #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #EvanBouchard #DarnellNurse #BooneJenner #DylanSanberg #RyanStrome #JohnGibson #CamTalbot #MatthewTkachuk #LarryBrooks #NewYorkPost #LeonStickle #MelBridgman #JohnTortorella #ESPN #MarkEverson #FilipForsberg #ErikKarlsson #NHLGlobalSeries #BrockNelson #DawsonMercer #JesperBratt
It's the most over-hyped title in the NHL: The Generational Player. Every high-profile player projected to be a number one overall pick seems to get the label. In 2023, it was Connor Bedard. In '24, Macklin Celebrini. And be ready for Gavin McKenna to be anointed in advance of the 2026 Entry Draft. Let's now take a step back. What truly defines a generational talent and who are those that are worthy? Who better to dissect that than hockey's most renowned history, Stan Fischler. In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, a milestone and a key injury coming out of the Toronto-Boston game Tuesday, the Oilers get up off the mat and a notable goal in Colorado. We have injury and league news and wrap up acknowledging a true hero on Veterans/Remembrance Day. IN THIS EPISODE: [01:28] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention to Starts in Boston and ends in Colorado with stop in Edmonton in between. [07:37] - Stan Fischler is welcomed to the show and he and Neil reminisce about their first meeting four-and-a-half decades ago. [10:10] - The Generational Player. Stan has seen it all and takes us from the early days of the NHL into the 1960's. Stories and anecdotes as only Stan can share. [31:19] - Neil weighs in with his definition of a generation player and picks up where Stan left off with players he believes, fits the bill. [39:41] - Vic weighs in with his generational player definition and brings this part of the discussion full circle as to whether any other player should be considered aside from those mentioned earlier. [42:18] - Neil...and the number 9. [43:49] - Stan's more recent books and a weekly podcast he's on. [53:03] - Neil and Vic share some thoughts on The Maven. [55:32] - Other league news. [1:01:20] - Injury Update. [1:05:54] - A story of a true hero representing all veterans on a day of observance in both the US and Canada. 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #StanFischler #TalesofBrooklyn #BottleRocketPodcast #AlenaSycheva #JerryHack #DavidPastrnak #AustonMatthews #NikitaZadorov #AnthonyStolarz #ScottLaughton #CraigBerube #ConnorMcDavid #JakeWalman #JackRoslevic #GabrielLandeskog #NathanMacKinnon #KenMorrow #BillySmith #JiggsMcDonald #ChrisChelios #LouLamoriello #BillTorrey #ConnorBedard #MacklinCelebrini #GavinMcKenna #HowieMorenz #TexRickard #BillCook #BunCook #FrankBoucher #NYAmericans #GeorgesVezina #EddieShore #ArtRoss #CharlieConacher #KingClancy #HapDay #AceBailey #MartyBarry #DaveKerr #SugarJimHenry #BillChadwick #AlanEagleson #StanMikita #ConnSmythe #MapelLeafGardens #BobbyHull #GordieHowe #MauriceRichard #GlennHall #TurkBroda #TerrySawchuk #BobbyOrr #AndyBathgate #JohnBucyk #FrankMahovlich #JeanBeliveau #LeoBoivin #WayneGretzky #MarioLemieux #AlexOvechkin #SidneyCrosby #BrendanSmith #MatthewSchaefer #DenisPotvin #AaronEkblad #NormUllman #NikitaKucherov #RedKelly #PunchImlach #TedKennedy #SylApps #ShirleyFischler #BoomBoomGeoffrion #BradPark #DonCherry #DerekSanderson #ScottyBowman #VincentTrocheck #BradMarchand...
While unpredictability can always be counted on in the NHL, it's how those storylines take shape that provides the most intrigue. We're still over a week or so from the quarter pole of the 2025-26 but what takes place on a nightly basis never leaves a shortage of talk points. Some good. Some not so good. And some outright ugly. 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #JackDrury #ParkerKelly #NathanMacKinnon #KrisKnoblauch #GlenGulutzan #PaulCoffey #TrentFrederic #MattSavoie #IsaacHoward #NoahPhilp #ConnorBrown #EvanderKane #CoreyPerry #JeffSkinner #ConnorMcDavid #LeonDraisaitl #EvanBouchard #ZachHyman #ErieOtters #KenHolland #StanBowman #DarnellNurse #AndersLee #BoHorvat #IgorShesterkin #AnthonyStolarz #DennisHildeby #CraigBerube #JohnTavares #WilliamNylander #BradTreliving #BrendanShanahan #KeithPelley #VladislavGavrikov #LeoCarlsson #BeckettSennecke #PetrMrazek #LukasDostal #JacobTrouba #JohnGibson #ConnorBedard #FrankNazar #JeffBlashill #JoelFarabeee #MacklinCelebrini #WillSmith #RyanNugent-Hopkins #KevinCheveldayoff #ConnorHellebuyck #ChandlerStephenson #ShaneWright #JoelHofer #JordanBinnington #JimMontgomery #Pierre-LucDubois #JalenChatfield #TylerPitlick #PatrickKane #JonathanQuick #MichaelMisa #FilipHallander #DougieHamilton #ZayneParekh #WilliamKarlsson #JoeyDaccord #ColePerfetti #CaydenPrimeau #CaseyMiddlestadt #VincentTrocheck #ZackMacEwen #JoeThornton #ZdenoChara #DuncanKeith #AlexanderMogilny #BriannaDecker #JenniferBotterill #JackParker #DanielleSauvageau #MelBridgman #BobNystrom #VictoriaCougars #WHL #LeonStickle #DenisPotvin #HockeyHallofFame #NHLGlobalSeries #ArtemiPanarin
At one time, it was difficult to fathom anyone reaching 500 goals, then 600, 700 and 800. And now, the 900 mark has been breached with ALex Ovechkin having reached the mark Wednesday and, he eventually got hold a hold of the puck. Heading into the weekend, other vets left their marks over the past couple of evenings as have the first overall picks from 2023 and 2024. We'll also touch on team-related items as Pittsburgh, Anaheim and Boston continue to hold up well in the first month of play and has the most high-profiled free agent from the class of 2024 already worn out his welcome? 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #AlexOvechkin #JordanBinnington #MichelCormier #WayneGretzky #BrianBoucher #KennyAlbert #JohnWalton #JohnTavares #NazemKadri #SidneyCrosby #CutterGauthier #NikitaKucherov #AnthonyCirelli #BradMarchand #CoreyPerry #KenHolland #CodyCeci #AleksanderBarkov #MatthewTkachuk #PaulMaurice #MikeSullivan #ErikKarlsson #ChrisKreider #JoelQuenneville #PatVerbeek #MarcoSturm #PavelZacha #MorganGeekie #TimoMeier #JesperBratt #JakubDobes #KirbyDach #StevenStamkos #BarryTrotz #JonathanMarchessault #BradySkjei #MacklinCelebrini #JackEichel #ConnorMcDavid #WillSmith #MichaelMisa #ConnorBedard #SpencerKnight #JeffBlashill #JordanKyrou #JoelHofer #JimMontgomery #LindyRuff #RasmusDahlin #JalenChatfield #TylerPitlick #JordanStaal #K'AndreMiller #JaccobSlavin #ShayneGostisbehere #RodBrind'Amour #FrederikAndersen #FilipGustavsson #LoganStankoven #JohnHynes #JustusAnnunen #MarcusJohansson #DaveJackson #IlyaSorokin #DavidRittich #JacobMarkstrom #BillArmstrong
A season after surprising many with their first-ever Presidents' Trophy, the Winnipeg Jets are around the top of the NHL standings once again despite losing some key components from a season ago. Executive VP/GM Kevin Cheveldayoff joins Neil and Vic to discuss his team, the challenges of remaining competitive in the league's smallest market and the inspiration by the return to play of native son Jonathan Toews. In Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, the Ducks continue to prove they are to be taken seriously while the Rangers play at home is...seriously poor. We also hit injury and league news and wrap up with one of the NHL's most important off-ice initiatives. IN THIS EPISODE: [02:13] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention focuses on happenings in Anaheim, New York City and Montreal. [13:22] - Winnipeg Jets Executive VP/GM Kevin Cheveldayoff joins the show and hit on the difficulty winning in the NHL amidst the parity around the league in a season with a compressed schedule. [16:16] - The challenges of keeping the Jets competitive in today's financial landscape with the exchange rate being unfavorable to Canadian teams and the salary cap continuing to go up. [20:15] - Forward Mark Scheifele is one of the premiere power forwards in the NHL. He might also be one of the NHL's best kept secrets playing in Winnipeg. [22:54] - Despite having put up Hall of Fame numbers and Vezina Trophy's on the mantle, Connor Hellebuyck has some work to do once the playoffs roll around in April. [25:11] - Dealing with the holes left by players departing Winnipeg via free agency. [27:49] - Cheveldayoff discusses which forwards need should be primed to take their next step forward. [30:00] - The thinking behind the signing of Jonathan Toews, returning to the NHL after a two-year absence. [32:42] - Comparing Toews with Gabriel Landeskog of Colorado, another player who took extraordinary measures to resume his playing career. [34:04] - Thoughts on head coach Scott Arniel, second year head coach having taken over for Rick Bowness. [38:01] - Looking at one of the most complete defensive corps in the NHL. [43:01] - Putting a wrap on the discussion with Kevin Cheveldayoff. [46:04] - Injury update. [50:13] - From injury news to other notable games and league news. [1:00:03] - Hockey Fights Cancer Initiative 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #StanleyCupdate #SummerCoolers #Smith'sPix #NeilSmith #VicMorren #PatrickHoffman #NHL #SummerCoolers #DrLipiRoy #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 #KevinCheveldayoff #BillZito #CutterGauthier #JoelQuenneville #PaulMaurice #JacobTrouba #ChrisKreider #NikolajEhlers #PyotrKochetkov #MattRempe #MartinSt.Louis #SamMontembeault #JakubDobes #TrevorZegras #VyacheslavKozlov #RickTocchet #RogerNeilson #KyleConnor #MarkScheifele #StanFischler #DaleHawerchuk #CanadaLifeCentre #ConnorHellebuyck #VezinaTrophy #HartTrophy #EricComrie #MasonAppleton #AdamLowry #GabeVilardi #AlexIafallo #ColePerfetti #JonathanToews #PatBrisson #MorganBaron #GabrielLandeskog #MarioLemieux #ScottArniel #RickBowness #JackAdamsAward #AlainVigneault #PeterLaviolette #AlArbour...