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.

Rangers Sign Chytil to Four-Year, $17.75 Million Extension

New York Rangers general manager Chris Drury continues to show that he knows what he is doing when it comes to being an NHL GM. On Wednesday night, March 29, he went ahead and signed key youngster Filip Chytil to a four-year contract extension that is worth $17.75 million. This was a great move for […]

The Time to Win the Cup Is Now For The Rangers

Thanks to losses by the Florida Panthers and the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night, March 27, the New York Rangers clinched a spot in the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs. With that in mind, this year could be the best chance for the Blueshirts to win hockey’s Holy Grail, which they have not done since 1994. […]

Panarin Heating Up At The Right Time for The Blueshirts

Since signing with the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent in the summer of 2019, Artemi Panarin has been an offensive monster. Panarin, 31, led the team with 95 points (32 goals and 63 assists) in 69 games in his first season with the club. In the following COVID-shortened season, he had 58 […]

Bruins Swayman Deserves to be a Starter Somewhere

It is quite a luxury when an NHL team has two great goaltenders. This means the team can put in either goaltender and expect the same results. There will not be much dropoff in play, and more importantly, the team will come away with two points more often than not. That has been the case […]

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The Real Shesterkin Is Back

Occasionally, an NHL goaltender will have a great season, and then things will not go as smoothly the following season. That has definitely been the case this season for New York Rangers All-Star goaltender Igor Shesterkin. Last season, Shesterkin, 27, won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender when he went 36-13-0-4 with a […]

The Kids Are Alright

There is no doubt that everyone will mention the usual suspects when it comes to the New York Rangers offense. Fans will talk about Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin, Chris Kreider, Vladimir Tarasenko, Patrick Kane, Vincent Trocheck, and Adam Fox (Yes, I know he is a defenseman). It is these players that have been producing for […]

Loving The NHL Network

When it comes to sports channels, the popular ones all seem to be run by the professional sports leagues themselves. Channels like the NFL Network, MLB Network, and NBA TV all have solid viewership and are innovative in sports programming. In terms of these three particular channels, no one does it better than the NFL […]

The Flames Need a Change

The Calgary Flames were one of the league’s best teams last season. They won the Pacific Division and were the league’s sixth-best team with a record of 50-21-11 and 111 points. The team made it to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs only to be ousted by their arch-rivals, the Edmonton Oilers, in […]

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Here Come The Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche have been through a lot this season. For starters, they have dealt with a lot of injuries. Guys like Gabriel Landeskog (who has been out all season long), Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, Darren Helm, Kurtis MacDermid, Erik Johnson, Pavel Francouz, Artturi Lehkonen, and Josh Manson have all missed time this season. Secondly, […]

Rangers Rolling in the Right Direction

After struggling through the first several weeks of the season, the New York Rangers have found their game at the right time and are beginning to look like serious Stanley Cup contenders. The Rangers have won three straight games, outscoring their opponents 15-5 in those three games. Not only did they dominate the opposition in […]