NHL Wraparound Quick Takes - Spring Cleaning - Pittsburgh Penguins

About this episode

The episode discusses the surprising performance of the Pittsburgh Penguins during the regular season and the challenges they face after an early playoff exit.

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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Neil Smith, Vic Morren

Topics covered

• Pittsburgh Penguins
• NHL playoffs
• Kyle Dubas
• rookie head coach
• team performance
• off-season preparation

Keywords

• Pittsburgh Penguins
• NHL playoffs
• Kyle Dubas
• rookie head coach
• Sidney Crosby
• team performance
• 2026-27 season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pittsburgh Penguins, Columbus Blue Jackets, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, Washington Capitals

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