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.

Panarin Doing it All for the Blueshirts

After leading the New York Rangers in scoring during the regular season last year with 92 points, Artemi Panarin finished the year on a sour note. In the club’s first-round ouster at the hand of the New Jersey Devils in last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, Panarin, 32, was terrible. He had just two assists, 15 […]

Panthers’ Bobrovsky Has Been Stellar Between the Pipes This Season

When the Florida Panthers went out and signed then-unrestricted free agent two-time Vezina Trophy-winning goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to a seven-year, $70 million deal back on July 1, 2019, a lot was expected of the Russian goaltender. Bobrovsky, 35, was expected to get the Panthers into the Stanley Cup playoffs regularly and do so by putting […]

Lots to Love About the Rangers So Far This Season

Going into this season, both the New York Rangers and their passionate fan base had a sour taste in their mouths. After going up 2-0 in their first-round series with the New Jersey Devils in last year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, the Blueshirts went on to lose the series in seven games. Their effort in Game […]

Rangers’ Zibanejad is On Fire

There is no doubt that sports fans love to overreact. New York Rangers fans are a perfect example. In the early part of the season, many Blueshirt fans were worried about the play of Mika Zibanejad. At that time of the season, Zibanejad, 30, struggled to produce, had trouble putting the puck on and in […]

Opinion: Admiring Sidney Crosby

As someone who grew up rooting for the New York Rangers, it was seldom that I had favorite players on other NHL clubs. My favorite player of all time is/was Rangers great Mike Richter. I also enjoyed watching players like Brian Leetch, Adam Graves, Mark Messier, Alexei Kovalev, and several others. Nowadays, I consider myself […]

Shesterkin’s Game is Coming Around For the Blueshirts

This may be hard to believe, but when it comes to the New York Rangers and their goaltending, Jonathan Quick has been the better goaltender up to this point in this season. Quick, 37, is 9-0-0-1 with a 2.09 goals-against average, a .926 save percentage, and one shutout. He has been one of the league’s […]

The Hurricanes Have a Big Goaltending Problem

Going into this season, the Carolina Hurricanes were considered Stanley Cup contenders. At the time, it was hard to disagree with that sentiment. The club has a great offense, plays well defensively, and has enough depth in goal to overcome injuries. As it turns out, hockey pundits and fans alike may have been premature with […]

Islanders No Longer Sinking

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An Email Interview with Hockey Content Creator Ethan Zaretsky

There are a lot of up-and-coming hockey content creators out there. One such person is Penn State University senior Ethan Zaretsky. Ethan is someone who is involved in hockey at both Penn State University and TDAY Sports while also being a big New York Rangers fan. Ethan was kind enough to take time out of […]

Opinion: Why Ranger Fans Should Not Worry About Shesterkin

It is amazing that despite being one of the best teams in the NHL this season, New York Rangers fans will find something to be negative about. As someone who grew up a Blueshirts fan, I am guilty of doing this. I could always find the bad, even when good things were happening. Now that […]