Friends with Opinions - A Hockey Podcast

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to discuss the Goalie landscape in the NHL in the early part of the 2019-20 Regular Season.  They touch on the top goalies of the day, how the position has changed over the years, and what they are looking for in the future of goaltending.  The guys then update on the Calder Trophy Race and point out some young NHL Rookies that have caught our attention early on.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to discuss a couple of the early season disappointments.  The fellas target the San Jose Sharks to start off, talking about their failed goaltending, inability to transition leadership from Joe Pavelski, and their key players needing to step up.  Then, they look Eastward to talk about the pre-season darlings the New Jersey Devils. The guys tackle the holes in the Devils rosters, discuss PK Subban's poor season in detail, and prognosticate what may happen with Taylor Hall this season and beyond.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friends Jaideep Kanungo and Shawn Mann.  They break down their top 10 Calder trophy hopefuls in the 2019-20 NHL Season, with plenty of players to watch throughout the year.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to catch up on the Edmonton Oilers heading into the season.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to discuss the latest Restricted Free Agent Signings and the contract landscape in the NHL.

Jaideep welcomes Ahmad to discuss the Montreal Canadiens off season, rookie camps, preseason, and season outlook.

The fellas, Ahmadskis and J-Dizzle, talk about NHL marketing and the growth of the game around the world, including exploits into China, player personalities, and the failings of League head office.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Varun Bathini to talk the Game of Basketball.  The fellas cover whether Kevin Durant is the best player in the world, can KD turn the Knicks into contenders, what will the Warriors without KD, pick winners for Round 2 of the 2018-19 NBA Playoffs, and a myriad of other topics.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to recap round 1 of the NHL Playoffs 2018-19 and preview round 2.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo of jaikansport.com to chat NHL Playoffs 2018-19 Round 1 of the Eastern Conference matchups through game 3.  The fellas start it off discussing the epic collapse of the Tampa Bay Lightning and how Columbus has shocked the hockey world.  Then they chat about the seesaw match that is the Boston Bruins vs Toronto Maple Leafs, with the teams trading blows through games 1 to 3.  The fellas then spew some heated words about the heated showdown between elder Russian statesmen Alex Ovechkin and young Russian sniper Andrei Svechnikov, and how the Capitals have all the swagger in the world.  Finally, they chitty chat about the fall of the Pittsburgh Penguins in their matchup with the New York Islanders, giving credit to coach Barry Trotz and the passionate fans at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo of jaikansport.com to discuss the NHL playoffs, previewing each series with players to watch and their predictions for how the series will shake out. Finally, the fellas will give their predictions for the Stanley Cup Finals and ultimately who will walk away with Lord Stanley's Mug.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo of jaikansport.com to discuss the NHL Draft Lottery and implications for teams that won and those that lost.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to check in on the Montreal Canadiens season. The fellas discuss the Habs playoff race, why they suck lately, what’s wrong with Jonathan Drouin, WTF is up with a historically bad power play, Carey Price’s place in Habs history, the final stretch of the season, and what moves may come in the summer time.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to discuss the 2019 NHL Trade Deadline.  They go through all the big deals of the day, touch on the Habs and Oilers days, pick winners and losers, and finally wrap up discussing the NHL Landscape going down the stretch run

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Shawn Mann to discuss the Breaking News of the Edmonton Oilers firing President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Peter Chiarelli.  The fellas discuss what's next for the Oilers in terms of management decisions, what they would do next if they were GM, and the playoff race the rest of the way.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo to catch up on happenings around the NHL. The Fellas discuss the Wild-Hurricanes trade, World Cup of Hockey announcement, Victoria Royals trade and an Edmonton Oilers check in.

Ahmad Ghahary is joined by good friend Jaideep Kanungo.  The friends recap the standouts and duds from the 2019 IIHF World Junior Tournament they recently attended in Vancouver.  At 58:00, the boys wrap up the pod discussing some of the other storylines from the tournament, including the Team Canada disappointment, to stories from the crowd and meeting the Bob Father and Duthie.