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OPINION

02/21/09

RYAN KENNEDY: Hockey provides escape for struggling OHL cities (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Revived Bergeron can play his way out of Boston, plus more (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Mob suspect linked to three Canadiens players (The Sporting News)
DAVID SHOALTS: Sundin's long road back (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Welcoming Sundin back to Toronto (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: Sundin visit marks start of a new era (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: ‘I don’t understand it,’ Sundin says of many Leafs fans’ hostility (Vancouver Sun)
BOB DUFF: Wings, Islanders switch places (Windsor Star)
TERRY JONES: Let's make a deal! (Edmonton Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers' deadline deals yield mixed results (New York Post)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs leave Gillett twisting in foul wind (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: 'We're very, very concerned' (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: 'Tis the season for hockey players to break out the cliche -- no, not the 110% one, but the 'I love it here, don't trade me' (Calgary Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: It'll all be over soon (Toronto Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: I was never a traitor to Leafs: Sundin (Toronto Star)
DAN BARNES: Habs' horrible hassles (Edmonton Journal)
CAM COLE: Will Toronto fans praise or pan Sundin? (Vancouver Sun)
DREW SHARP: Sabbatical is desperate, but correct (Detroit Free Press)
MARK EVERSON: Clemmensen has been Masterton of his domain (New York Post)
JAY GREENBERG: Bathgate confesses (New York Post)
JAMES DUTHIE: Jackets' nickels, dimes add up to good Plan B for Sens fans (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LOEWEN: It's Heckle Night at the Air Canada Centret (Toronto Sun)
TERRY KOSHAN: The Kostitsyn brothers' off-ice links with an unsavoury character is the latest controversy to plague the Canadiens (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza: Give Habs a break (Ottawa Sun)

02/20/09

ADAM PROTEAU: Sundin jeers will be well deserved (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: Rangers on long road to nowhere (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: Pointing out the numbers (Sportsnet)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Punch in the gut: Gainey tries to find pulse in Habs (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE BROPHY: Mixed emotions on Mats (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Philly's search for No. 1 goalie continues (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Sundin's road show arrives in Ontario (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Deadline day: Who's buying, selling, standing pat (USA Today)
KYLE WOODLIEF: 2009 draft should be deeper than 2008 (USA Today)
CRAIG STODA: Despite loss, Florida Panthers' success this season no magic act (Palm Beach Post)
RICK SADOWSKI: Success doesn't mean security (Denver Rocky Mountain News)
STEVE BUFFERY: Bus scares common (Toronto Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Yzerman on the hot seat (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Sundin circus to Sedin circus (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Game-by-game trial unfair to classy Ranger coach (New York Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Aucoin's bank shot fuels Flames' win (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: The Sundin train to T.O. stops in Ottawa (Ottawa Citizen)
RON COOK: Jury still out on Bylsma (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Tough love for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: In the Nik of time for Leafs (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza's 'no different than anybody else,' says Clouston, who's not afraid to sit No. 1 centre ... At least Alfie's funny bone is OK (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Valuable learning experience for young Pogge (Toronto Star)

02/19/09

CRAIG CUSTANCE: Time to cut ties with Kovalev (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Clock's ticking on bubble Ducks (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Breakout Parise having Olympian year for Devils (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Frustrating failures: NHL's 10 biggest disappointments (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Still time to right the ship (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Cap could tear apart high-salary teams (Foxsports)
GARY LOEWEN: From one Sundin to two Sedins? (Toronto Sun)
JAY GREENBERG: Firepower still lacking on B'way (New York Post)
MARK EVERSON: Lou Tryin' to put Devils over the top (New York Post)
JIM MATHESON: Trade deadline has backseat GMs cooking up deals (Edmonton Journal)
JOHN HARRIS: Therrien didn't get chance (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
TIM COWLISHAW: Banged-up Dallas Stars must avoid laying burden on Turco (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Clouston clearly right choicet (Ottawa Citizen)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Now and ... forever? (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Auld still has Sens-e that he will improve as goalie (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: 'Enough is enough' (Calgary Herald)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings continue to show maturity (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ROB OLLER: Nash learning to fly on the fly (Columbus Dispatch)
ETHAN J. SKOLNICK: Martin's plan deserves credit as Panthers surge (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Stortini earns rave reviews (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: GM Gainey imposes his iron will on Kovalev (Montreal Gazette)
LUKE DeCOCK: Wesley a fixture for the Canes (Raleigh News & Observer)

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MARK HERRMANN: Pick of litter for Rangers not always right one (New York Newsday)
BILL LANKHOF: Les Miser-Habs (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens, back home and winning again, await fans' call (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Stamkos silences his critics (Toronto Sun)

02/18/09

JIM KELLEY: The Games begin (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Directions? Nah, let's revisit my picks (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Cammalleri's future up in air as he heats up on the ice (Globe & Mail)
RED FISHER: Gainey made right decision (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE PRISUTA: Fitzgerald could hold key (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
LUKE DeCOCK: Icy mission accomplished (Raleigh News & Observer)

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ERIC FRANCIS: Welcome Mats out (Calgary Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Trade deadline has backseat GMs cooking up deals (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: 'Mickey Mouse could have coached him' (Vancouver Province)
Notebook: Patrice Bergeron breaks out (Boston Herald)
GARY LOEWEN: Nice talk from Leafs' Wilson (Toronto Sun)
MIKE BOONE: For ex-NHL linesman, it's the right call to help dying patients (Montreal Gazette)
ROB LONGLEY: Pogge takes his lumps (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: They're happy together (Vancouver Sun)
DAN BARNES: Should Coach MacT be on the hotseat? (Edmonton Journal)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Smith celebrates milestone in his steady, low-key way (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Toronto tempest awaits Moses Mats (Calgary Herald)
Notebook: Wesley raising 'Cane in pregame tribute (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GENE COLLIER: Don't rule out collapse by others (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
PAT HICKEY: Boudreau gives Green room to grow (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID J. NEAL: Florida Panthers should keep Bouwmeester if they're serious (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Gainey tries to loosen tight collars (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Fans should give Sundin standing O (Toronto Star)
DAVE PERKINS: Boo-birds should give young Pogge a break (Toronto Star)

02/17/09

MICHAEL FARBER: Therrien loses Penguins, game, job; Also: Woe for small goalies (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: The Morris dilemma (Sportsnet)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Canucks best be prepared for Iginla (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: Burke-Wilson motivational method working (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Schneider is another free-agent worry for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Fisherwood talk flies... (Ottawa Sun)
BOB HUNTER: For Jackets, it's time to deal with hard truth (Columbus Dispatch)
MIKE PRISUTA: Era ends with Therrien (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
JIM SOUHAN: Clutterbuck has mature toughness (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: No Habby ending (Edmonton Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Memo to Islanders: There's a lesson in Pens (New York Newsday)
ERIC FRANCIS: Doggone it -- he's 25! (Calgary Sun)
MARCIA C. SMITH: Ducks trying to build youth movement (Orange County Register)
DAVE DYE: Senators' point, counterpoint (Detroit News)
LUKE DeCOCK: Wesley's numbers irrelevant (Raleigh News & Observer)

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DAVE STUBBS: Toothless Canadiens get drilled (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: No slacking off allowed against Leafs (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: NHL GMs have stopped playing musical chairs with coaches (Montreal Gazette)

02/16/09

RAY SLOVER: Bouwmeester, Jokinen at the center of trade speculation (The Sporting News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Tanking for No. 1 pick an absurd concept (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Therrien latest coach to lose battle with players (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Pronger plays GM (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Firing Therrien was easy out for Pens (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Lemieux behind Therrien's dismissal (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: Prodding sharpens up Leafs (Toronto Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Mara injury hurts Rangers (New York Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Time to get with the Olympic program and give Regehr his due as a blueliner with a golden game for Vancouver 2010 (Calgary Sun)
GENE COLLIER: GM Shero hopes coaching shift will spark Penguins but don't count on it (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
SAM DONNELLON: Rookie Giroux starting to provide assistance for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
CAM COLE: Canucks outdressed but never outplayed (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY FREI: Avs' hopes carry key Foote-note (Denver Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Poor efforts are becoming routine for the Ducks (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JACK TODD: Smile! You're on Candid Camera (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Will he or won't he? (Calgary Herald)
BOB DUFF: Osgood refusing to panic (Windsor Star)
DAVE HYDE: Panthers' playoff promise not quite the golden ticket (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Fine Sunday for Ruutu (Ottawa Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Renney takes blame; he shouldn't take a fall (New York Newsday)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Return of Mats Sundin is topic No. 1 in centre of hockey universe ... Mike Green is red hot ... DeBoer making his mark (Toronto Sun)

02/15/09

RAY SLOVER: Coach Tom Renney under pressure as New York Rangers slide in standings (The Sporting News)
LANCE HORNBY: The 'Hanger' has soared (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Bitter B.C. homecoming for struggling Hab Price (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: No reason for Slats to wait to get Sean (New York Post)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: The name game (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
STEVE MacFARLANE: 99 reasons to skip Olympics (Calgary Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Yzerman on the hot seat (Edmonton Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: What's next for Wild: Questions and ... opinions (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Nearly a year after breaking his leg in a freak play, Carp's Foster is back on the ice ... Wild feels for 'talented' Cuma (Ottawa Sun)
ROB OLLER: Mason's true value would be seen during playoffs (Columbus Dispatch)
DAVE MOLINARI: The art of the deadline deal (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JIM MATHESON: Prospect dazzles (Edmonton Journal)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings get the point a little late (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TERRY FREI: Hockey's impact reveals itself (Denver Post)
THEOREN FLEURY: Shinny shouldn't take a back seat to Xbox (Calgary Herald)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Milbury fires at Flyers goalies (South Jersey Courier-Post)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning has trade bait, but it's most likely not named St. Louis, Lecavalier or Stamkos (St. Petersburg Times)
TOM POWERS: Wild's Johnsson is back in control (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
STEVE GORTEN: Burke gives layabout Leafs a reality check (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
LARRY BROOKS: Blame Sather & Renney for D-saster (New York Post)
STEVE BUFFERY: Diminished assets (Toronto Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Tragedy resonates with league’s frequent fliers (Buffalo News)
STEVE CONROY: Bruins remain off-key, lose in Music City (Boston Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Supply won't feed deadline demand ... Pens want Sykora to stay ... Pronger too costly for B's ... Phoenix firesale back on? (Ottawa Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Antropov answers Burke's call (Toronto Star)

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