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.
Boudreau is Back in the NHL
It never takes long for former Vancouver Canucks, Minnesota Wild, Anaheim Ducks, and Washington Capitals former head coach Bruce Boudreau to find work after being let go from a job. That was proven once again on Thursday, February 9, when Bruce rejoined the NHL Network as an analyst. He has an interesting schedule for the […]
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Rangers Acquire Shiny New Toy in Tarasenko from the Blues
While the New York Rangers are currently (Thursday, February 9) sitting pretty in terms of being in a playoff spot in a tight Eastern Conference, one thing they have struggled with all season long is line combinations. Team head coach Gerard Gallant has jumbled the lines around all year, and it has led to some inconsistency in their […]
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Appreciating Tortorella’s Honesty
Being a New York Rangers fan back during the 2017-18 season was tough. After a stretch of six straight seasons of making the Stanley Cup playoffs, it was clear the team was going to miss the postseason. They were having a terrible year, and it was apparent that changes would have to be made. On […]
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With Wallstedt, Wild Set in Goal for the Future
When it comes to the Minnesota Wild, they have never really had any problems when it comes to their goaltenders. With guys like Marc-Andre Fleury, Dwayne Roloson, Manny Fernandez, Niklas Backstrom, Darcy Kuemper, Jose Theodore, Cam Talbot, Josh Harding, and several others, goaltending is something that has never really held the Wild back from winning. […]
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The Islanders Are on a Roll
In what has been a sluggish season for the New York Islanders, it appears that things finally seem to be trending in the right direction. After sitting a decent number of points out of a playoff spot in an extremely tight Eastern Conference, the team is currently (Wednesday, February 8) tied with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the […]
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Rangers Need Shesterkin to Be at His Best For The Rest of the Season
It has been quite an inconsistent season for the New York Rangers this year. They looked like world beaters to start the season, then they lost a few games, then they won a few games, then they dropped a whole bunch of games and were even booed on home ice at Madison Square Garden. Fast […]
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Who was/is the John Madden of Hockey?
With the Super Bowl under a week away, it is hard not to think about football, even if we are all hockey fans here. When it comes to football, the person I think about is the great John Madden. Madden, who passed away back on December 28, 2021, was a Hall of Fame football coach, […]
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Tkachuk Doing it All for the Panthers
Back when the Florida Panthers traded Jonathan Huberdeau to the Calgary Flames, many wondered how his offensive production would be replaced. Huberdeau was coming off a season in which he led the Panthers with 115 points on 30 goals and 85 assists. It was a career-best for him, and being in the middle of his […]
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Stan Fischler Belongs in the Hockey Hall of Fame
I want to preface this by saying that the man known as “The Maven”, Stan Fischler, has been a good friend of mine for over 20 years. Not only is he a friend, he is a wonderful mentor to not only me but many others in the hockey industry. I actually interned for Stan in […]
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Rangers Need to Hit The Ground Running Out of the Break
With the NHL All-Star break currently going on and teams and players who are not involved taking a nice vacation, getting some important rest, and resetting their respective bodies for the second half of the season, it is time for many teams in this 32-team league to start gearing up for a Stanley Cup Playoff […]
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