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.

A Look at the Upcoming Season with The Hockey News’ Adam Proteau

With the NHL season upon us, I figured now would be as good a time as ever to check in with one of my favorite hockey writers – Adam Proteau of The Hockey News. Adam was kind enough to take time out of his busy writing schedule to give us his thoughts on the moves […]

Opinion: More Questions Than Answers for the Blueshirts Heading Into Upcoming Season

Despite not winning the Stanley Cup last season, the New York Rangers had what you would call a perfect season. They finished first in the Metropolitan Division, first in the Eastern Conference, and first in the entire NHL in the regular season. While doing so, the team set franchise records in wins (55) and points […]

Mika Zibanejad skating for the New York Rangers

Opinion: Why Rangers’ Zibanejad Will “Bounce Back” This Season

There is no doubt that the one for one trade that took place back in July 2016 involving the New York Rangers and Ottawa Senators ended up being one-sided. In that deal, the Blueshirts traded popular player Derick Brassard to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Mika Zibanejad. At the time of the move, no […]

Rangers’ Long-Time TV Voice Sam Rosen To Retire At the End of the Season

The saying goes that all good things must come to an end. This is especially the case when it comes to New York Rangers Hall of Fame broadcaster Sam Rosen. It was reported by Andrew Marchand and Peter Baugh of The Athletic that the upcoming season would be Rosen’s last in the broadcast booth. This […]

Opinion: It is Now or Never for Rangers’ Kakko

There was a lot of hype surrounding New York Rangers forward Kaapo Kakko when he was taken with the second overall pick in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. At the time he was drafted, Kakko, 23, was looked at as a player who had tremendous skill, size, an ability to drive the net, and put […]

Sabres Sign Goaltender Luukkonen to Five-Year Deal

For a long time, both the Buffalo Sabres as a franchise and their fans assumed that Devon Levi was their goaltender of the future. Levi, 25, won the Mike Richter Award twice as college hockey’s top goaltender, looked solid in his first seven career games, and had the makings of a franchise goaltender. Levi is […]

An Email Interview with Florida Everblades Broadcaster Jake Maurice

When you grow up in a family that has a member who is involved with hockey or loves the game of hockey, there is always a good chance that you will get involved with the game in some way as well. One such person is Florida Everblades broadcaster Jake Maurice. Jake’s father is Florida Panthers’ […]

Opinion: Why This Could Be the Year that Predators’ Saros Wins the Vezina Trophy

It may be too early to start thinking about next season considering that we are still in the thick of things regarding free agency and the summer in general. One area that might be worth looking at is potential award winners for next season. For this particular article, I want to focus on the Vezina […]

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Opinion: Team USA’s Goaltending Could End Up Being Lights Out in NHL’s Four Nations Face-Off

When it comes to international competition involving NHL players, especially goaltenders, it is usually hit and miss when it comes to Team USA because if their goaltenders do not play well, they usually fail to accomplish anything. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Team USA went 1-3 and were outscored 14-9 despite being heavily […]

New York Rangers General Manager Chris Drury

Opinion: No One Should Envy Rangers’ GM Drury

Going into the offseason, it was clear that one area that the New York Rangers needed to address was finding a high-end winger to play on the team’s first line with Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider. Unfortunately for the Blueshirts, team general manager Chris Drury struck out on that front. He missed out on the […]