On this week's FRIENDS AND RIVALS podcast Episode 8: You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the start of the NHL season! Our experts guide you through the early season Eastern Division (brought to you by Masshole Mutual) results. The Islanders take two steps forward and one step back as they run circles around the Rangers in the season opener and get smashed in the sequel. But after pitching another shutout, they are off and running against the Bruins. The Rangers take some lumps in the early going and then get a standout performance by Pavel Buchnevich; but what game is Sam Rosen watching? The Devils outperform expectations - or is it just Mackenzie Blackwood? The Penguins endure one of the most inauspicious debuts in NHL history as veteran Mike Matheson steps in and stinks on ice, which is not good, because that's where the game is played. But that Sidney Crosby...he's going to be a star in this league! In other news, Zdeno Chara offers helpful advice; we talk about The Facts of Life until one of us is censored by THE MAN, and can we please bring back Sergei Gonchar? 8 IS DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH of the FRIENDS AND RIVALS podcast!
