Author: Patrick Hoffman
Patrick covers the NHL for Inside The Rink. He has previously covered the league for The Ultimate Hockey Fan Cave, WTP Sports, Sportsnet.ca, Kukla’s Korner, Spector’s Hockey, NHL Network Radio blog, TheHockeyNews.com, The Fourth Period, Stan Fischler’s “The Fischler Report”, as well as a slew of others.

Opinion: Why Jet Greaves Is the Real Future in Goal for the Blue Jackets
- Patrick Hoffman
- April 16, 2025
The Columbus Blue Jackets have undoubtedly had a solid season, considering everything they have endured. As of this writing (Tuesday night, April 15), the Blue Jackets are 38-33-9 for 85 points. They are four points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, and while there is a good […]
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Report: Kenny Albert To Be New Voice of the Rangers
- Patrick Hoffman
- April 14, 2025
There is no doubt that replacing Sam Rosen as the voice of the New York Rangers will not be an easy task. Rosen has been the team’s broadcaster for 40 seasons and has accomplished so much during that span. He is going to be more than missed when it comes to watching and listening to […]
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Catching up With Adam Proteau of The Hockey News
- Patrick Hoffman
- April 1, 2025
With the trade deadline behind us and teams pushing toward the Stanley Cup playoffs, I figured now was as good a time as ever to conduct an email interview with the great Adam Proteau of The Hockey News. Adam was kind enough to take time out of his busy writing schedule to give us his […]
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New York Rangers Sign Prized Prospect Gabe Perreault
- Patrick Hoffman
- March 31, 2025
Things have not always worked out in spades when it comes to the New York Rangers and their development of younger players. Kaapo Kakko is a great example of this. He was taken with the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, and things never panned out for him on Broadway as he […]
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Opinion: Why The Rangers Do Not Deserve To Make the Playoffs This Year
- Patrick Hoffman
- March 30, 2025
Except for winning the Stanley Cup, the New York Rangers did everything right last season. Last year, the Rangers finished first in the Metropolitan Division, first in the Eastern Conference, and first in the entire league to win the Presidents’ Trophy as the league’s best team in the regular season. They finished the year with […]
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Opinion: The Flyers and Goaltending Simply Do Not Jive
- Patrick Hoffman
- March 26, 2025
It is a tale as old as time when it comes to the Philadelphia Flyers. The team has promising talent up front that can put the puck in the net, create scoring chances, and excite the crowd, as well as a defense that does everything it can to try and help the team win hockey […]
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Opinion: Rangers Performance In Loss to the Flames Alarming At This Time of the Season
- Patrick Hoffman
- March 19, 2025
In a game that the New York Rangers needed to win in order to stay in a wild card spot in a very competitive Eastern Conference, they instead never showed up. On Tuesday night, March 18th, against the Calgary Flames, they were outplayed, outhustled, and outworked in a 3-1 loss at Madison Square Garden. To […]
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Opinion: Lightning’s Vasilevskiy Quietly One Of League’s Top Goaltenders This Season
- Patrick Hoffman
- February 25, 2025
When it comes to the top goaltenders in the NHL this season, only one name is consistently mentioned: Winnipeg Jets goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. This should not come as a surprise, considering what he has done so far this season. As of this writing (Monday night, February 24), Hellebuyck, 31, is 34-7-0-2 with a 2.06 goals-against […]
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