It's EPISODE 216 of the FRIENDS AND RIVALS PODCAST, your Gulden Glob winner of the Best Podcast of 2025! The Rangers lose BIG to the Bruins, the Devils lose BIG to the Islanders, the Islanders win BIG against the Devils, and the Penguins lose small. We discuss the contracts that have to go, the trades that never happened, lazy Alexei Lafreniere, retired numbers, Nick Lidstrom, Pierre Turgeon, Nikki Glazer, every Hughes brother, Artemi Panarin, Nike skates, hockey cards, the Playfair family, AI accuracy, Trading Places, ugly sweaters, (sorry I have to cut this short - character limit in the description!) all on FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 216!

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 215 and I'm fancy as all hell, just look at my car! The Rangers and Devils frustrate Tom and Steve, but the Penguins and Islanders have Billy and Nick dreaming of a 1st round playoff matchup! Sure the entire East is separated by 10 points and every team is over .500 somehow, but a couple of points halfway through the season sure give some of us a lot of confidence and some a sense of hopelessness. That's right, this is an unnecessarily philosophical FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 215!

It's FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 214 and there's a new #1 scorer in Penguins history, and his name is Sidney Crosby! But everything else about the Penguins sucks. The Islanders take a hit this week, the Devils have a Pop Tart in the house, and the Rangers enjoy some time away from home. We do our FAR version of Twas the Night Before Christmas and if you're not going to YouTube for that then you're missing out. Merry Christmas from FRIENDS AND RIVALS EPISODE 214!