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OPINION

02/14/09

RYAN KENNEDY: Happy Valentine’s Day (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Likely smaller, Team USA won't mind being overlooked (CBS Sportsline)
RAY SLOVER: Rumors take flight in Pittsburgh as the Penguins weigh options (The Sporting News)
ALLAN MUIR: Price is not right in Montreal, deadline sleeper and more (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: USA hockey facing age-old questions in preparing for Olympics (The Sporting News)
BILL CLEMENT: Flyers need Biron at his best (MSNBC)
GARY LOEWEN: Valentine's Day greetings that should be (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Here's what's wrong with Jarome: Nothing (Calgary Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Focus is on community for Sabres (Buffalo News)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens won't Neil down to winger (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL considers plans to increase scoring (New York Post)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: It's gettin' crowded! (Edmonton Sun)
BOB DUFF: Datsyuk deserves Hart Trophy (Windsor Star)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Ducks' Pronger shrugs off trade rumors (Orange County Register)
RANDY SPORTAK: Kipper and Phaneuf have snapped out of funks this season, so we're hopeful Iggy can soon do the same (Calgary Sun)
RED FISHER: Did someone say there's a problem with Wings' goaltending situation? (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY KOSHAN: Plane crash hits home for emotional Sabres ... Panthers in a tough spot with Bouwmeester ... Trade rumours (Toronto Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Crosby expects no less than gold (Toronto Sun)

02/13/09

JIM KELLEY: Sean Avery, fighting and Eddie Litzenberger in the mailbag (Si.com)
ADAM PROTEAU: Memories of the last game at Maple Leaf Gardens (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: My 2010 U.S. Olympic roster (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Gonchar returning, Jagr isn't; fighting on the ropes? (CBS Sportsline)
RAY SLOVER: Bruins' thirst for Cup might make moves mandatory (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Motown model (Sportsnet)
DAMIEN COX: Hockey embedded in Canada's psyche (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Canucks Cup-worthy? (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Yzerman's 2010 approach is a familiar one (ESPN)
AL STRACHAN: Plus-minus doesn't add up (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Burke: 'We're going there to win' (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Wilson to coach Team U.S.A.? (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: It won't be easy to unload Leafs (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Paddock told to zip his lip ... Flyers snarky toward Jarkky ... Giroux likes his wingers ... Sabres' Mair full of zingers (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Call of the mountain gave Loo a totally different view (Vancouver Sun)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Osgood comes out ahead (Detroit Free Press)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Pressure cooker (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Lots of factors in play in Habs' slump (Montreal Gazette)
RICK SADOWSKI: USA Hockey an ambassador (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
SAM DONNELLON: Sam Donnellon: Time to wonder who is Flyers' No. 1 goaltender (Philadelphia Daily News)
JOHN ROMANO: Lightning finally has a rebuilding plan (St. Petersburg Times)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Perfect time for Nilsson's awakening (Edmonton Sun)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Down, but not out : Wings' Osgood again shows he can bounce back after rough spell (Detroit News)
TONY GALLAGHER: Turco's focus on Stars could lead to Team Canada (Vancouver Province)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs one third of the way there (Toronto Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Add it up and the Leafs are paying dearly for a string of questionable goalkeeping decisions ... And now, a word or two about our sons (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Yzerman has his own goals for team (Ottawa Citizen)
CAM COLE: Countdown to showdown (Vancouver Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs shot down by Lightning (Toronto Star)
ROB LONGLEY: Unlike the Leafs, Bolts need to win now (Toronto Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: GM's bid to kick-start Leafs is right on (Toronto Star)

02/12/09

RYAN DIXON: Trading Kovalev a path worth exploring (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Burke hints at bulldozer rebuilding in Toronto (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE BROPHY: Can't win, lose or draw (Sportsnet)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Sublime genius (Globe & Mail)
LUKE DeCOCK: Canes build momentum on road (Raleigh News & Observer)

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RED FISHER: High stakes on home ice (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: No Habby ending (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: From Gretzky's memories to Ballard's bunker (Toronto Sun)
JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR: Despite loss, Marty Turco's stops get Dallas Stars going (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Canada's roster challenge: Pt. II (Vancouver Province)
MARK WHICKER: Ducks earn brief respite from their anxiety (Orange County Register)
STEVE BUFFERY: Wake up NHL and smell the 'roids (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Paddock says GM will be next to go (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Edmonton embraces returning folk hero Laraque (Montreal Gazette)
DAN BARNES: Forwards wake up (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks have $8m to spend at trade deadline (Vancouver Province)
ROB LONGLEY: Leaderless Leafs (Toronto Sun)
PAOLA BOIVIN: Coyotes not helping own cause (Arizona Republic)
GARY LOEWEN: No-bull Burke presses right buttons (Toronto Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: JFJ would pay for Antropov (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Wilson declines invitation to pity party (Toronto Star)

02/11/09

SAM McCAIG: If the playoffs started today (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: The shame game (Sportsnet)
RAY SLOVER: Trade rumors: Bouwmeester the plum in the deadline pie (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Brodeur: I'll be in the best shape of my life (The Sporting News)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: The ultimate NHL Mt. Rushmore list! (ESPN)
TED MONTGOMERY: Handicapping the Western Conference playoff race (USA Today)
DAVID SHOALTS: Burke starts to fan the flames (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Kuba clinging to his clause (Ottawa Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Oilers unlikely to trade talented Hemsky (Edmonton Journal)
BEN KUZMA: Talented Perron worth the trouble (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens clear the air with heated team meeting (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Dark night in Sunshine State for Leafs (Toronto Star)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Top-line turmoil to end? (Edmonton Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Chiarelli should go shopping for a blue line special (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Big Apple bonanza: Duelling circus acts (Ottawa Citizen)
TONY GALLAGHER: Vancouver effect going on in Phoenix (Vancouver Province)
JIM MATHSEON: Jagr unlikely to join Oilers, rumours go up in smoke (Edmonton Journal)
GARY LOEWEN: Burke takes Kazakh stand (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Habs lose contender mantle (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Supreme highs and lows (Edmonton Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Islanders' Okposo could have Olympics in future (New York Newsday)
DAMIEN COX: Difficult for Campbell to escape dad's shadow (Toronto Star)

02/10/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Lockout was never about ticket prices (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Jeff Carter's grit driving the Flyers (Si.com)
MICHAEL FARBER: A rough week for goaltenders (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Avery deserves a chance (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Western teams looking for boost before deadline (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: This week, we're bursting a few bubbles (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: History shows anything is possible (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs let loose a scorer (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Ex-Hab Conroy remembers not-so-glory days (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE DYE: Legace, Blues in blame game (Detroit Free Press)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Net gain for Luongo (Vancouver Sun)
BILL LANNHOF: Rebuilding the ship (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Stunning saves second nature for Kiprusoff (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators go 'old school' (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: Blueshirts need A-very big boost (New York Post)
PAT HICKEY: Laraque throws support behind Kelly's stance on fights (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs getting Moore bang for their buck (Toronto Star)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Holmgren faces trade deadline challenge (South Jersey Courier-Post)
ROB LONGLEY: Nik's Leafs days numbered (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Schenn and friends pick up a large tab (Toronto Star)

02/09/09

JIM SOUHAN: They traveled to see Mikko make good -- and he did (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Cherry off the mark on Clutterbuck ... Mason's mono costly ... Burke made right call on Penner ... Biron's days numbered (Toronto Sun)
ROB LONGLEY: Sunny days for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks walk the line (Vancouver Sun)
ADRIAN DATER: Painting a portrait of dejection (Denver Post)
DON BRENNAN: Neil: being injured 'sucks' (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Come back with some wins, boys (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers must act quickly with Avery (New York Post)
DAMIEN COX: Will Burke gamble on Wilson for Games? (Toronto Star)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs hot, A-Rod not (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs struggle to patch up blue line (Toronto Star)
TOM POWERS: Oilers' goading gets Niklas Backstrom's goat (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site

02/08/09

STEVE SIMMONS: Add it up and the Leafs are paying dearly for a string of questionable goalkeeping decisions ... And now, a word or two about our sons (Toronto Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Hasty moves at trade deadline won’t benefit Sabres (Buffalo News)
THEOREN FLEURY: Trade deadline more bland than blockbuster (Calgary Herald)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Bitz thrilled to pieces with first goal (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Desperate to make playoffs, Panthers will likely keep big Bouw, but 'there's not a chance' he'll return next season (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Mike Smith goes to great lengths not to talk about his upper-body injury (St. Petersburg Times)
TONY GALLAGHER: Team pulls U-Turn in latest win (Vancouver Province)
TERRY FREI: "Three stars" process needs tweaking (Denver Post)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Boogaard ready to rumble (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: 'We let him down' (Calgary Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Big victory, big loss (Toronto Sun)
DAVE MOLINARI: Boo if you must, but ... (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL can't unilaterally back out of Olympics (New York Post)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Debate rages over the need for fisticuffs (South Jersey Courier-Post)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Regrets on Joe? Ex-GM says it ain't so (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Crunch time for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: The Heard mentality -- love of hockey, beer and laughs -- is just what SBP needs ... Tooth bad Peters was scratched (Ottawa Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Henrik Zetterberg sets bar high (Boston Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs savour sweet victory (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: The guy who's seen it all sees some hope (Ottawa Citizen)

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