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  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 24, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 24, 2026
    Mar 24 2026

    Just a single game on Monday but they all count towards the overall mark.

    Like shooting fish in a barrel, the Ottawa Senators held the Rangers to just nine shots on goal despite playing most of the final two periods with only four defensemen in continuing to move towards a wild card spot.

    Neil gets put to the test Tuesday with a beefy 15-game schedule taking a 477-260-103 (.629) record into play.

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    Vic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/

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    6 mins
  • Episode 93 - March of the Penguins - With Radio/TV Analyst Phil Bourque

    Episode 93 - March of the Penguins - With Radio/TV Analyst Phil Bourque
    Mar 23 2026
    One of best stories of 2025-26 has been that of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Assumed to be largely in a re-building phase, the team has been in the hunt for a playoff from opening night under the stewardship of first-year head coach Dan Muse.Two-time Stanley Cup champion and current Pens radio/TV analyst Phil Bourque joins Neil and Vic to discuss not only this season but the future of the team while sharing some stories of his own career.Also, in Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To, the first two playoff spots have been grabbed while one officially waits until next year. Meanwhile, think about one player scoring 1000 goals. Alex Ovechkin reached that mark Sunday while Nikita Kucherov joined some elite company of his own.Finally,IN THIS EPISODE:[01:31] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention To.[08:43] - Neil welcomes Phil to the show with the discussion with how Bourque, raised in Massachusetts, wound up advancing his hockey career in Ontario.[13:57] - Neil recounts other connections he shares with Phil going back to days in Kingston.[16:00] - Arriving in Pittsburgh, a place that's still home, through generations of superstars playing with the Penguins.[19:19] - The renaissance in Pittsburgh in 2025-26 led by a first-year NHL head coach who has defied expectations of what was expected from the club.[23:02] - Having seen so many coaches over the decades, what has Dan Muse done that has been so effective among a mix of veterans, youth and journeyman players?[26:07] - Selling Muse to the veterans that he was the right man for the job. Or did a sell to the stars on the team need to be made at all?[27:29] - One of the most lopsided trades of the season - as of now, was the acquisition of Stuart Skinner and Brett Kular from Edmonton for Tristan Jarry.[30:48] - The story of Neil trading Phil to Ottawa at the deadline in 1994 after signing him two years earlier. But the story doesn't end there.[37:04] - Bourque shares stories about his book, published in 2019, and the special relationship with the Penguins late Hall of Fame play-by-play man, Mike Lange.[41:24] - What the Penguins need to do to secure their first playoff berth in four years and best wishes continue to be extended to Craig Patrick, recovering from a stroke.[47:02] - Putting a wrap on the discussion with Phil Bourque.[49:39] - Standings update with a beef from Vic.[57:21] - Some props for a Buffalo player who's toughness epitomizes the grit the Sabres have shown with them on the verge of ending a 14-season playoff drought.[59:29] - Discussion on the AJ Greer suspension for his act against Connor Zary of the Flames Friday evening.[1:04:36] - Remembering Minnesota Wild nhl.com correspondent Jessi Pierce.[1:05:40] - Personnel notes.X: https://twitter.com/NHLWraparoundNeil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeilVic 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 #PhilBourque #AlexOvechkin #WayneGretzky #NikitaKucherov #BrianEngblom #MarioLemieux #SteveYzerman #ConnorMcDavid #BernieNicholls #MarkMessier #BobTindall #JeanRatelle #JimmyMorrison #KingstonCanadians #RikWilson #MikeStothers #ShawnBabcock #KirkMuller #JaromirJagr #SidneyCrosby #EvgeniMalkin #KrisLetang #ErikKarlsson #RickardRakell #BryanRust #DanMuse #KyleDubas #ParkerWortherspoon #YegorChinakov #TommyNovak #BenKindel #ConnorDewar #AnthonyMantha #BobJohnson #MikeSullivan #DeanEvanson #RickBowness #RodBrind'Amour #StuartSkinner #SamGirard #BrettKulak #NoelAcciari StanBowman #TristanJarry #EdOlczyk #MikeHartman #MikeGartner #RogerNeilson #IfTheseWallsCouldTalk #JoshYohe #MikeLange #PaulSteigerwald #StephaneMatteau #CraigPatrick #CaleMakar #NathanMacKinnon #JoeQuenneville #ArizonaCoyotes #UtahHockeyClub #SeanMcDonough #RayFerraro #ZachBenson #BraydenMcNabb #JoelEdmondson SamCarrick #RasmusDahlin #AJGreer #ConnorZary #EliotteFriedman #RadkoGudas #JessiPierce #NikoMikkola #MackieSamoskevich #UvisBalinskis #RyanStrome #RyanReaves #GarrettWilson #DennisGilbert #OliverEkman-Larsson #TravisGreen #RyanPulock #AnthonyDuclair #GabrielLandeskog #NealPionk #JoelArmia #MichaelCarcone #MikaZibanejad
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 23, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 23, 2026
    Mar 23 2026

    Neil's sizzling weekend concluded at 6-2-1 with a 19-2-4 mark dating back to Friday. He even overcame his nemesis: overtime and shootouts winning five of six on Sunday.

    He takes a 476-260-103 mark into the lone contest Monday as the surging Ottawa Senators visit Madison Square Garden.

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    1 min
  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 22, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 22, 2026
    Mar 22 2026

    That recent dry patch for Neil is long in the rearview mirror as he followed a 5-0-0 Friday with an 8-2-1 Saturday for a season record of 470-258-102.

    An usually busy Sunday with nine games on tap. Check out the selections to see if the good times continue to roll.

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    Neil Smith: https://twitter.com/NYCNeil

    Vic Morren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vic-morren-7038737/

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    4 mins
  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 21, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 21, 2026
    Mar 21 2026

    We'll never hear the end of blind squirrels finding nuts or broken clocks being right twice a day after Neil delivers a perfect 5-0-0 Friday to bounce the season mark to 462-256-101 (.626).

    Eleven games on tap for Saturday with a heavy afternoon concentration giving way to a U.S. national audience for Boston-Detroit at 8pm et.

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    5 mins
  • NHL Wraparound Short Shifts - Bubble Shake in the East & Does Anyone Want the Pacific? - Mar. 20, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Short Shifts - Bubble Shake in the East & Does Anyone Want the Pacific? - Mar. 20, 2026
    Mar 20 2026

    After holding a playoff spot for more than 100 days one team is out of an Eastern Conference playoff spot while a club in last place in the conference in mid-January is now in. However, that's only part of the story as six teams are separated by one point with two other making a charge to join the party.

    In the West, a Wednesday showdown between Central heavyweights Colorado and Dallas was as good as advertised while on the flip side, the "race" for top spot in the Pacific is at a crawl.

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    35 mins
  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 20, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 20, 2026
    Mar 20 2026

    Only one game went beyond 60 minutes Thursday - which, of course, Neil lost. However, the rest of the evening treated him just fine as he won seven of the other ten games to move his seasonal mark 201 games over .500 at 457-256-101.

    A handful of Friday games kicks of the weekend.

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    2 mins
  • NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 19, 2026

    NHL Wraparound Smith's Pix - Mar. 19, 2026
    Mar 19 2026

    If not for those blasted ovetimes!

    After winning two of the first three games Wednesday, Neil managed to be on the wrong side of all three late games which went beyond 60 minutes to finish the night 2-1-3 for an overall mark of 450-253-100.

    Eleven games on the Thursday docket. If Neil can avoid overtime, has the earmarks of a good night.

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    4 mins