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Covid-19 Continues To Impact The League With Serious Implications

As the holiday season is upon us and the deadline to pull out of the Olympics draws ever so near, Covid continues to rack up names in its protocol superstar studded list. Since we last reported here at Inside The Rink, The list of teams and players has grown significantly, as has the concern about […]

Week 8 Fantasy Recap & Waiver Wire

Week eight is now over, and Covid-19 is still taking its toll on the NHL, with players continuing to enter protocols for close contacts or positive test results. You will always hear that American Thanksgiving is a measuring stick for a team’s success in an early season. Most of the teams out of a playoff […]

Tampa Bay Lightning Unveil New 2022 Stadium Series Jerseys – Opinion

Today around 5 pm, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators released their jerseys for the 2022 Stadium Series set to take place on Saturday, February 26th, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, TN. This marks the first time that a hockey team in Florida has been invited to play in an NHL outdoor event, so […]

Bolts Military Appreciation Night – A Fan Review

Military Appreciation Night in the NHL has always meant a lot to me. We get to see a variety of players from different teams and nationalities come together to honor and celebrate former and current United States Military members. My grandfather fought in WW2, and I always feel a deep connection to him on these […]

Stamkos finding a new stride in his game despite injury, and age

Although the reigning back-to-back champions’ start hasn’t gone as expected, their Captain Steven Stamkos is off to a scorching start. He currently leads the team in points (12) and has five goals and seven assists in nine games. With his stats for the first nine games of last year’s shortened season (four goals, six assists, […]

Week 3 Fantasy Wrap-up & Waiver Wire

While the NHL season continues to march on, the Carolina Hurricanes, Florida Panthers, Edmonton Oilers, and St. Louis Blues lead their respective divisions. Covid protocol and early-season injury bugs have ravaged the league and the fantasy world at the same time. While a player missing 3 games in an 82 game season isn’t the end […]

Five of 32 NHL Teams Still Have Perfect Attendance

The first “month” of the NHL season is coming to a close, and sellouts in NHL stadiums are hard to come by. According to the ESPN NHL Attendance Report, only five teams have managed to sell out their home games and have the fans attend those games. This isn’t all surprising based on numerous factors, […]

Week 1 Fantasy Wrap-up

The first week of Fantasy hockey is always a wild one, while technically it’s only half a week, most fantasy sites turn their weeks over on Mondays. Having a shortened week on top of most teams only playing 1-2 games certainly made this top 3 interesting to start the season. Anze Kopitar Kopitar played 2 […]

Department of Player Safety Sunday Review

Every week we’ll break down the NHL Department of Player Safety’s fines and suspensions. During the first week of the NHL regular season, only three actions were taken by the Department of Player Safety. The first discipline taking by the Department this week was Colorado’s Gabriel Landeskog being suspended for two games for Boarding Chicago’s […]

Dylan Larkin of the Detroit Red Wings Suspended One Game

The Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin has been suspended for one game following an incident that occurred in Thursday nights game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. During the 2nd period Larkin is forcefully pushed into the boards by Mathieu Joseph. Larkin immediately springs up from the ice and takes a swing at Joseph in […]