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.

Trocheck Proving To Be Worth All the Money The Rangers Are Paying Him

When the New York Rangers went out and signed forward Vincent Trocheck to a seven-year contract worth $5.625 million per year back in the summer of 2022, many fans and pundits alike wondered if the team was giving him too much money. It is safe to say that two years into the deal, Trocheck, 30, […]

Rangers’ Lafreniere Looks Like a Different Player This Season

Going into this season, there was a lot of pressure put on New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafreniere. Since being drafted as the first overall pick in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, Lafreniere, 22, had yet to truly live up to the expectations placed on him. Sure, he showed flashes of brilliance in his first […]

Gustafsson Off to Great Start for the Blueshirts

Since Chris Drury became the New York Rangers general manager, he has made a few underrated moves that have helped his hockey club. Two examples were ones that he made over the summer. The first was when he signed goaltender Jonathan Quick to a one-year deal worth $925,000. As of this writing (Wednesday night, November […]

Quick Proving Naysayers Wrong on Broadway

Going into the regular season, myself and many New York Rangers fans alike were worried about goaltender Jonathan Quick. Quick, 37, was coming off a preseason in which he did not play very well. Yes, the games obviously did not matter or anything like that, but the fact that he looked uncomfortable and was not […]

Talbot Ruling The Net For the Kings

The NHL’s Pacific Division has been an interesting one to start the season. As of this writing (Monday night, November 6th), the Vegas Golden Knights are already running away with the division. The Golden Knights are currently 11-1-0-1 with 23 points, and not only is that record good enough for first in the division, but […]

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Canucks Off to Blazing Start

There have been a lot of surprises to start in the NHL this season. The Anaheim Ducks are currently on a six-game winning streak. The Boston Bruins currently have the second-best record in the league despite losing the likes of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci, and even though they have the likes of Connor McDavid and […]

Rangers To Try and Survive Without Fox For Next Few Weeks

With the New York Rangers off to an 8-2 start, one would figure that all is good in their world, right? Unfortunately for the team and their fans, that assumption would be wrong. On Friday, November 3rd, the club found out that they will be without not only their best defenseman but one of their […]

The Sharks Are Dead in the Water

It must be unbelievably tough to be a San Jose Sharks fan these days. Unfortunately, there is nothing really nice to say about the Sharks right now. This is especially the case after the team lost by a score of 10-1 to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night, November 2nd. As of this writing (Friday, November 3rd), the […]

Jack and Luke Hughes Dominating the NHL

While the NHL has had many brothers play in its league, it is not very often that you will find two of them dominating games every night they play. Well, do not look now, but that is exactly what Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils and Luke Hughes of the Vancouver Canucks are currently […]

The Devils Need Better Goaltending

When it comes to the New Jersey Devils, there is a lot to like so far. For starters, Jack Hughes is doing it all for the hockey club. He currently leads the team and the league with 18 points (five goals and 13 assists) in his club’s first eight games. Newcomer Tyler Toffoli is also off […]