{"podcast":{"title":"NHL Wraparound Podcast","slug":"nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916","podcast_index_feed_id":6738916,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/nhl-wraparound-podcast/","website_url":"https://nhl-wraparound-podcast.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/b1f011ee-519a-4697-8650-bceee856df78/EY-HiA10QW6j_adqQ0EhGDtC.png","author":"Neil Smith & Vic Morren","episode_count":500,"summary":"Breadth and depth. Contemporary and historical. Straight-forward and experienced. The NHL Wraparound podcast features Neil Smith, President-General Manager of the 1994 Stanley Cup Champion New York Rangers and longtime ESPN/NHL veteran Vic Morren sharing no-nonsense opinions on news and issues around the National Hockey League. Bringing decades of experience from their respective fields, Smith and Morren create a unique partnership that examines the NHL from multiple perspectives. Additionally, as hockey historians, the pair can delve into any topic in today’s game and enlighten the audience with connections to events from previous years. To truly appreciate where hockey stands today, one needs to understand its past. With 2024 marking the 30th anniversary of the Rangers last championship season, a special five-part series is planned to commemorate that magical run. Expect fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and special guests with particular focus on the GM who pushed all of his chips into the middle of the table amidst the most pressurized environments – and came out on top. Whether you’re new to the game or a seasoned fan, each episode of NHL Wraparound will leave you enterta…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:20:08.812828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916"},"episode":{"title":"NHL Wraparound Quick Takes - Spring Cleaning - Pittsburgh Penguins","slug":"nhl-wraparound-quick-takes-spring-cleaning-pittsburgh-penguins","published_at":"2026-05-06T22:19:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916/nhl-wraparound-quick-takes-spring-cleaning-pittsburgh-penguins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916","url":"https://nhl-wraparound-podcast.captivate.fm/episode/nhl-wraparound-quick-takes-spring-cleaning-pittsburgh-penguins","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/8791dfe4-bbc5-421c-815b-4e39b7e15359.mp3","summary":"If there was a team that truly took people off guard in a positive way during the regular season, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins. With a rookie head coach, an aging core and a relatively non-descript 2025 off-season, the Pens proved from opening night that, just because \"experts\" think one way, those assessments mean nothing to the team in the room. Still, an opening-round playoff loss to a lower seed leaves plenty of questions for GM Kyle Dubas in preparing the club for 2026-27. 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 #PittsburghPenguins #KyleDubas #DanMuse #SidneyCrosby #AnthonyMantha #YegorChinakov #ColumbusBlueJackets #JustinBrazeau #ConnorDewar #TommyNovak #NoelAcciari #ErikKarlsson #StuartSkinner #ArtursSilovs #TristanJarry #BrettKulak #ColoradoAvalanche #SamGirard #LukeSchenn #MikeSullivan #NewYorkRangers #EvgeniMalkin #KevinHayes #ConnorClifton #RyanShea #IlyaSolovyov #BryanRust #RickardRakell #SpencerCarbery #WashingtonCapitals #AlexOvechkin #BrettBurns #CoreyPerry #WarrenYoung","meta_description":"If there was a team that truly took people off guard in a positive way during the regular season, it was the Pittsburgh Penguins. With a rookie head coach…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":627,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916/episodes/nhl-wraparound-quick-takes-spring-cleaning-pittsburgh-penguins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nhl-wraparound-podcast-6738916/nhl-wraparound-quick-takes-spring-cleaning-pittsburgh-penguins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}