Friends and Rivals Podcast

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 55 and...blech...things you wish you didn't know about your co-hosts are revealed in this shocking episode! Who are the NHL all-stars going to be and why are there so many stinking Rangers? The Devils played hockey this week and also battled COVID. The Islanders didn't play hockey this week and they are also battling COVID. The Rangers played some games...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 54 and we have never felt better! Except for the half of us with COVID. But can you tell which of your hosts are dealing with the plague of the 21st century? Speaking of the worst of times, there's what's been happening to the Devils and Islanders. The Devils got on a modest roll and then lost half of their lineup to illness and injury, and the Islanders...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 53 and we are poetry in motion! So you think with all of the cancellations around the NHL that we wouldn't have anything to say on our hockey podcast? Au contraire! If there's ANY hockey left, there's still going to be shitty calls of the week. There's going to be Devils losing games and Penguins winning games; occasionally against one another. T...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 52! The NHL would like to formally apologize to the Buffalo Sabres for the fact that they have allowed a franchise to reside in that loser city for this long. Amongst other things. We update the NHL COVID situation (hint: they all have it), the growing feeling that the Olympics are maybe not in NHL athletes' futures, and then take you around the Metro! Pens...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPIISODE 51 and Tom is over the moon with his red hot New York Rangers. Not only are they in first place in the NHL (by virtue of winning percentage; not the way they actually rank them) but they are also the most valuable franchise in the league with an estimated value over 2 billion dollars! Listen to four guys that know NOTHING WHATSOEVER about finance go ahead and a...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 50 and 50 weekly episodes plus 2 weeks off is ONE YEAR! You tune in for the informative hockey news and updates, but you stay tuned in because you know it's true love. No one can keep us apart, not even Prince Humperdinck! On this momentous week the Devils get their Jack on, the Rangers maul a bear, the Penguins turn away serious rubber, and the Islanders ta...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS Episode 49 and yes, we are from New Jersey! That's NEW Jersey! We kick the Devils when they're down after releasing one of the most heinous 3rd jerseys since the Tampa Bay lightning tried to put rain drops on a jersey in the late 90's that made it look like Zaxxon was attacking. Google it. This week the Rangers stay hot, the Penguins join them with their own...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 48 and here's something no one has said in at least 27 years. The Islanders, Penguins, and Devils suck. But the Rangers are kicking ass! Yuck, that just means no one is happy. Except Rangers fans. So I guess I should say, no one important is happy. But we break down this week's 3 Rangers wins, 3 Islanders losses, 3 Penguins losses, and the Devils going 1...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 47! You want shitty calls? Welcome to the NHL! The Rangers had a mostly positive week led by their young goaltender. The Islanders had a mostly positive week led by THEIR young goaltender. Which will actually finish higher in the Vezina race? Do I smell a bet? The Devils experience a range of emotions this week, the Penguins experience mostly extra hockey. Trivi...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 46 and this one is like no other, because it's pretty much all about the Calgary Flames! We DO have some pet peeves to lay out there for you, and some rule changes to suggest. Tom's has breaking news and it's neither breaking nor news. Bill is high on Oxy and does some trivia with himself (BACK OFF, I'M LEGITIMATELY SICK!). Impressions with Nick...

Welcome to FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 45! Breaking News! The Chicago Blackhawks...well...whoa boy. We get into the ins and outs of a very uncomfortable situation. (What, like the back of a Volkswagen?) Then we go around the Metro division and see the Penguins are up and down and missing 1-2-3-4-FIVE GUYS, the Devils are missing one important skater in Jack Hughes but have plenty of wood to build w...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS Episode 44 and how exactly is the Yankees' manager still holding on to his job? But, we're really all about hockey. The Devils are flying after a 2-0 start, but why is October 19 the most important date for the franchise's young stars? The Penguins dig their injury hole deeper but haven't lost in regulation yet. For the Rangers, what's the Fox say? A...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS Episode 43 and the NHL is back for what is expected to be a full length normal season!  We talk about the Penguins beating the Lightning into submission and taking over the title of "NHL's Best Team" after easily disposing of the 2-time champs. Then there's the Rangers who, um...gave Devils fans their best possible opening day.  The Devils and Islanders...

It's EPISODE 42 of FRIENDS AND RIVALS, do you know where your towel is? We talk preseason hockey. We give you team previews for the Devils, Islanders, Penguins, and Rangers. We make playoff predictions. There's trivia. There's an impression but it's NOT with Nick. Who could it be? And did we cancel ourselves doing it? There are flat tires, bologna sandwiches, and plastic pals who a...

It's EPISODE 41 of FRIENDS AND RIVALS! No more Steve takeovers; we're back to what we do best! Let's face it, we need other sports right now to get us through the pre-season doldrums. But in addition to our shock and awe of witnessing vintage Mike Stan...Mike Gianc...Giancarlo Stanton, we DO get into the pre-season happenings of the Rangers, Islanders, Devils, and Penguins. We speculat...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS episode 40 and Steve takes over! There's BREAKING NEWS with STEVE! There's TRIVIA with STEVE! There's IMPRESSIONS with STEVE! There's THIS DATE IN STEVE'S STOMACH with STEVE! "Wojtowicz Wojtowicz. Wojtowicz Wojtowicz Wojtowicz?" Join us, John Cusack, and Catherine Keener on the 7th-and-a-halfth floor to glimpse into the portal of Steve on FRI...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS Episode 39 Season 2 Episode 3 Chapter 12 Verse 19 good lord how many labels do we need? I AM SO FRICKIN' EXCITED, IT'S THE GREATEST WEEK OF ANY YEAR! NOOKIE DEVELOPMENT CAMP! Huh, what? It's "rookie" not "nookie"? Oh then nevermind. It's still an opportunity to go get you some Puustinen. We talk about the Rangers and Devils up-and-comers,...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 38 and do we have an offer sheet for you! The Hurricanes sign their guy Kotkem...Kokanim...Kotkianem...Ka-not-gonna-work-for-the-Habs-anymore. Was he worth the excessive price that Carolina paid for him? If they have to pay per letter for the stitching on his jerseys, it's doubtful. This is also the first time I saw a player get a signing bonus smaller than...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 37 aka Season 2 Episode 2. We've got a beautiful tribute, new music, offseason updates on the Penguins, Devils, Islanders, and Rangers, and the return of all of your favorite segments featuring Bill, Nick, and Steve. Tom is just omnipresent. We tell you what we did on our vacation, and Steve even goes meal by meal to tell us what we all missed since our last...

Apparently Bill got hit in the head while writing this intro. Its actually the beginning of season 2 of the Friends and Rivals Podcast. Sure its odd to do 1 show then take a 3 week vacation but its August. This month sucks for hockey. So, there's August and Everything After! It's the end of season 1 of our podcast! Nick tells us what kind of offer Lou Lamorillo has that we can't refuse...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 35, and to end season one of our podcast we have more special guests than a party at Corky's house! Our guest Olympics expert debates goats with our hosts. We discuss who needs what, where, and when, on the eve of NHL free agency. Trivia with Bill is stripped down. Our guest Brian joins us to talk about Mike Bossy, theater of the mind, his favorite son, and...

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 34! We discuss the most one sided trade since the white man took Manhattan. At least the natives got some beads out of it. Who was protected in the expansion draft, and who was left exposed? Which players are our beloved Devils, Islanders, Penguins, and Rangers going to lose? And what about the Fly...oh wait f*** the Flyers. This is the first episode where we ne...

It's the offseason at FRIENDS AND RIVALS so what are we going to talk about? First and foremost, which toy did you really want as a kid that you never got, and what tragic circumstances led to that? These are some of the saddest stories you have ever heard. Unless you have ever watched CNN for more than 12 seconds but I digress. Nick tells us who the semi-finalist Islanders need to protect fro...

It's Episode 32 of FRIENDS AND RIVALS and this is your one-stop shop for everything tangentially related to the NHL! You have made us your trusted source for hockey news in our inaugural 2020-21 NHL season coverage, and why WOULDN'T you? The season is over; Tampa has won the Stanley Cup, and in this episode you will hear about making preparations for hurricanes in western Florida, the fasc...

FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 31 - JOEY'S FAVORITE FOOD IS SANDWICHES It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 31! So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Habs are a joke, Isles broke, and Nick is M.I.A. The Lightning struck for a second year, when it hasn't been Steve's day, Tom's week, Bill's month, or Marcel's year, but Fox will be there for you (on his Norris Trophy tour...