Episode 47 - A Man For All Seasons With Kenny Albert

One of sports most recognizable voices joins NHL Wraparound as Kenny Albert drops in to give his thoughts on the NHL season, broadcasting and the New York-area teams.Vic and Neil then offer up thoughts on the upcoming Four Nations Faceoff and then tackle a question regarding the NHL's most biggest disappointment: Are the Nashville Predators having a bad season or are they a bad team?IN THIS EPISODE:[01:00] - Three Things You Need to Pay Attention to focuses on Sidney Crosby's availability to Team Canada for the Four Nations Faceoff, the benefit of league-leading Washington not sending any players to the tournament and the importance of goal differential heading into the final third of the season.[04:10] - Kenny Albert joins Neil and Vic and the discussion opens with Kenny acknowledging congratulations for his upcoming induction into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and sharing his surprises and early disappointments which have turned their seasons around. [11:08] - Covering each at the four major North American Sports, Albert goes in depth about game preparation, the difference between calling games on TV and radio and how to integrate the analyst into a broadcast.[21:02] - Kenny shares about those who have been most influential in his development as a broadcaster.[26:50] - The biggest change that Kenny has seen in the broadcast industry during his three-plus decades in the business.[28:03] - An abbreviated NY Centric segment covering the Rangers, Islanders and Devils.[47:49] - Vic and Neil toss around the pros and cons of the upcoming Four Nations Faceoff.[57:48] - After making a significant free agent splash in during the off-season, the Nashville Predators have endured nothing but problems with their on ice showing. Is this simply a good team having a bad season...or is this a bad team?[1:04:18] - In The Human Side of the Story, Neil and Vic share stories about the legendary family of play-by-play men, the Alberts.Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgBj1LV0-DMfBhcRPSJZLjAX: 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 #ShortShifts #NYCentric #NeilSmith #VicMorren #NHL #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 #UtahHockeyClub #VancouverCanucks #VegasGoldenKnights #WashingtonCapitals #WinnipegJets #KennyAlbert #NHLonTNT #MSGNetwork #FoxSports #NationalJewishSportsHallofFame #MarvAlbert #SteveAlbert #AlAlbert #SidneyCrosby #NathanMacKinnon #MarkStone #MarkScheifele #SpencerCarbery #ChrisPatrick #MikaelGranlund #Pierre-LucDubois #JakobChychrun #AlexOvechkin #ScottArniel #ToddMcLellan #EvgeniMalkin #SamRosen #MikeEmrick #JoeLouisArena #HowieRose #MikeKeenan #NHLRadio #SherryRoss #BaltimoreSkipjacks #AHL #EdOlczyk #BrianBoucher #CraigLaughlin #LockerStrong #ZacJones #RodLangway #RichmondRenegades #ECHL #DaveMaloney #RochesterAmericans #ChuckKaiton #BarryLanders #JiggsMcDonald #LarryHirsch #FredShero #BarryTrotz #JoelQuenneville #RobLaird #JimmyWeisman #PresidentsTrophy #JTMiller #MikaZibanejad #ArtemiPanarin #UrhoVaakanainen #WillCuylle #LouLamoriello #MatthewBarzal #IlyaSorokin #DenisPotvin #BobNystrom #PatrickRoy #TonyDeAngelo #ScottPerunovich #AdamBoqvist #JacobMarkstrom #TimoMeier #JakeAllen #TomFitzgerald #SheldonKeefe #BrettPesce #LukeHughes #BrendenDillon #JohnathanKovacevic #SimonNemec #JackHughes #NicoHischier #JesperBratt #JackieRedmond #ButchGoring #DarrenPang #BrendanBurke #CalClutterbuck #NikitaKucherov #ThatcherDemko #ConnorIngram #QuinnHughes #JakeSanderson #DrewDoughty #AlexPietrangelo #RasmusRistolainen #NikolasMatinpalo #FourNationsFaceoff #LeonDraisaitl #RomanJosi #StevenStamkos #JonathanMarchessault #BradySkjei #RomanJosi #FilipForsberg #RyanO'Reilly #AndrewBrunette #JuuseSaros #DavidLetterman #JimRobson