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.
Flames Are Smoldering
The Calgary Flames have been a Jekyll and Hyde club this season. After losing the likes of Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, many thought that the Calgary Flames were in trouble, and with good reason. To help compensate for those losses, team general manager Brad Treliving went out and acquired the likes of Jonathan Huberdeau […]
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The Penguins Need Jarry Back ASAP
Things are tight right now in the Eastern Conference, and every point is crucial. This is why teams need to start playing well and doing so consistently, so they are in a playoff spot come April. It will be an easy task for some teams, while for others, it will take extra work. It appears […]
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The Rangers Are Back
The New York Rangers were one of the league’s biggest surprises last season. The team finished second in the Metropolitan Division and seventh in the NHL with a 52-24-6 record for 110 points. They also shocked many hockey fans and pundits n the Stanley Cup playoffs last season as they made it all the way […]
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Fox Doing it All for the Rangers
When it comes to great defensemen and the New York Rangers, Brian Leetch is the player everyone talks about. Leetch, a two-time Norris Trophy winner, was a franchise defenseman. He won the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe in 1994, he is second on the team’s all-time list in points with 981 (240 goals and […]
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Saros Having Another Strong Season for the Predators
Replacing a franchise goaltender is not an easy task. There is a lot of pressure, responsibility, expectations, and more that come with replacing someone who has been with the team for an extended amount of time. It is not an enviable position. Pekka Rinne was the starting goaltender for the Nashville Predators, the only franchise […]
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Flyers Showing Signs of Life
It has been a long season for the Philadelphia Flyers. The team is currently (Thursday, January 12) seventh in the Metropolitan Division and 24th in the NHL with a 17-18-7 record and 41 points. The Flyers are also 25th in the league in goals scored (119 goals), 20th in goals against (135 goals against), 29th […]
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Shesterkin Can Be Better
New York Rangers All-Star and all-world goaltender Igor Shesterkin was the king of goaltenders in the NHL last season. Shesterkin, 27, won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goaltender in the regular season. He posted a 36-13-04 record with a 2.07 goals-against average, a .935 save percentage, and six shutouts. The man they call […]
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Looks Like The Ducks Are Hunting For Bedard
Going into this season, there were several teams that were expected to be bad enough in order to give hope to their fans that they would be able to draft highly touted prospect Connor Bedard in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft. The Anaheim Ducks were one of those teams and they have lived up to […]
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The Canucks Are An Embarrassment
The Vancouver Canucks went into this season with a lot of optimism. After parting ways with head coach Travis Green in the middle of last season, the team went out and hired Bruce Boudreau. Under Boudreau, the Canuck s went 32-15-10, giving fans hope that this season was going to be a good one. Unfortunately […]
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The Bruins are a Well-Oiled Machine
It is safe to say that the Boston Bruins are a winning-hockey machine. As of this writing (Tuesday, January 10), the Bruins are first in the Atlantic Division and the entire NHL with 68 points, thanks to a 32-4–4 record. The closest teams behind them, the Carolina Hurricanes (57 points) and Toronto Maple Leafs (57 […]
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