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OPINION

02/20/10

DARREN DREGOR: Team Canada need to relax to succeed (TSN)
S.L. PRICE: Alexander the Great's specter haunts Canada's golden dream (Si.com)
RYAN KENNEDY: Swiss' near miss shows power shift (The Hockey News)
KOSTYA KENNEDY: Brodeur is Canada's best hope (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Super Sunday: Hockey rivals square off with plenty at stake (The Sporting News)
ROY MacGREGOR: Will practice make perfect? (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Canada's men rest up before prepping for USA (Globe & Mail)
GARY MASON: Forsberg doesn't look out of place at Olympics (Globe & Mail)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Forsberg's last hurrah (Philadelphia Inquirer)
PHIL ROSENTHAL: Canada-U.S. men’s Olympic hockey game headed for MSNBC (Chicago Tribune)
LANCE HORNBY: 43 blunders that have haunted the Leafs (Toronto Sun)

02/19/10

BOB McKENZIE: Canada learns important lesson against Switzerland (TSN)
MICHAEL FARBER: 'Sid the Kid' takes on ghosts of Canada's Olympic past (Si.com)
ADAM PROTEAU: The balancing act of being a goaltender (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Chemist-coach Wilson getting reactions he wants from Team USA (The Sporting News)
RYAN DIXON: Olympic expectations cut both ways (The Hockey News)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Emotion key component to success (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Canada survives scare; confident Americans loom (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: U.S. already anticipating Canada clash (ESPN)
JIM KELLEY: NHL at the 'break' (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Scrappy Swiss take Canada to the wire (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Will protected players waive power at deadline? (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Good and bad news from Canada's win (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Nation breaths a collective sigh of relief (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: It was revenge, but it wasn't sweet (National Post)
STEVE SIMMONS: Ugly Canadian win raises questions (Toronto Sun)
CAM COLE: Olympic participation no major sacrifice for NHL, IIHF president says (Vancouver Sun)
MARK WHICKER: Miracle needed to keep NHL players in Olympics? (Orange County Register)
LANCE HORNBY: 43 blunders that have haunted the Leafs (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Sid ends our Fright Night with blood, guts and goal (Vancouver Sun)
PHIL SHERIDAN: U.S. hockey team beats Norway, gears up for Canada (Philadelphia Inquirer)
TONY GALLAGHER: Hiller fluent in puck-stop language (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN COX: Canada's struggles spark debate (Toronto Star)

02/18/10

RYAN DIXON: Champs still have chomp (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Crosby continues evolving as a superstar (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Could the Leafs land Cody Hodgson? (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: NHL hindsight is golden at the Olympic break (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Olympics in Stastny's blood (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: For starters, U.S. plans to ride Miller all the way (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Ovechkin again leaves us hanging at Games (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Iginla, Hnat ready for battle (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Selanne enjoying last hurrah with Finland (Globe & Mail)
LANCE HORNBY: 43 blunders that have haunted the Leafs (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Four years after hell froze over, Swiss try to conquer Canada again (Vancouver Sun)
JEFF GORDON: Backes shows how special he's going to be (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Loss that can’t be overcome (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
MARK PURDY: Young U.S. hockey team could surprise some (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
DANA WAKIJI: Alex Ovechkin easy choice for MVP at the break (Detroit News)
DAMIEN COX: Thornton's done with Swiss diss (Toronto Star)

02/17/10

JOHN GRIGG: Patrice Bergeron - the luckiest man in hockey (The Hockey News)
RORY BOYLEN: Olympic aspirations (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Defence stood tall for Canada against Norway (TSN)
MICHAEL FARBER: Rugged 'fourth line' sets the pace for USA's opener, Olympic battle (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Canada's challenge: Finding chemistry (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Size does matter for Team USA in Olympic opener (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 'A good beginning' for Team USA (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Spotlight sticks on Canada's Crosby (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: USA an underdog in men's hockey? Here's how it can contend (USA Today)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Slow start, big finish (Ottawa Citizen)
ED WILLES: Hockey rights an Alice in Wonderland world (Vancouver Province)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Drury, Callahan will be major assets for U.S. hockey team (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Luongo ices Norwegians as Canada wins 8-0 (Vancouver Province)
BOB HUNTER: Hockey will test national allegiances (Columbus Dispatch)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Moving Iginla to first line good call (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE VACCARO: keep helmet phrase (New York Post)
DAMIEN COX: Team Canada's butterflies end with blowout (Toronto Star)

02/16/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Three teams welcome Olympic break (The Hockey News)
JUSTIN BOURNE: Tips on how to recover the morning after (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Ploys aside, Canada must win gold ... or else (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The long wait finally is over: Let the games begin (The Sporting News)
LYLE RICHARDSON: NHL teams welcome Olympic break (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Niedermayer, Fedorov young at heart (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR:Let the great hockey tournament begin (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Bloodlines a bonus for U.S. team (Globe & Mail)
LANCE HORNBY: 43 blunders that have haunted the Leafs (Toronto Sun)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Mike Babcock knows how to shrug off the pressure (Detroit Free Press)
JAY GREENBERG: Post-Olympic wear and tear a rising concern (New York Post)
DAVID HAUGH: Olympics a tense time for Blackhawks fans (Chicago Tribune)
BILL LANKHOF: Anatomy of an extraordinary losing streak (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Gervais packs bags for Vancouver (Montreal Gazette)
MARK PURDY: With Olympic teams in town, hockey hoopla gets turned up to 11 (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
RON COOK: Penguins' Orpik knows about miracles (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Luongo will get look but maybe not long one Team Canada brass will go with Canucks netminder for first Olympic game vs. Norway (Vancouver Province)
BUCKY GLEASON: U.S. hockey GM Burke tough, teary (Buffalo News)
GARY SHELTON: Top item on docket for Jeff Vinik as Tampa Bay Lightning owner will be Vinny Lecavalier (St. Petersburg Times)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Canada's tourney to win (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Canadians face fearsome foes (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Sather will look to improve Rangers at deadline (New York Post)
LUKE DeCOCK: Olympics special to pros (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
DANA WAKIJI: It's make or break after break (Detroit News)
DAMIEN COX: Babcock's surprises send message (Toronto Star)

02/15/10

PIERRE LeBRUN: Goaltending key for U.S. underdogs (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: How Canada can win hockey gold (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: How Canada can lose hockey gold (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Crosby, from NHLer to Olympian (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Swedes on the sidelines (Ottawa Citizen)
JAY GREENBERG: Christensen scores important breakthrough (New York Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Miller tries to deflect pressure on the goalie (Vancouver Province)
JEFF GORDON: Key young Blues finally produce (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
DON BRENNAN: Win a nice send-off for Senators (Ottawa Sun)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers unpredictable as ever (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Olympic break comes at right time for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
NEIL RUBIN: Wings' charity poker tournament is such a deal (Detroit News)

02/14/10

BRIAN COSTELLO: Pietrangelo is poster boy for Future Watch 2010 (The Hockey News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Yzerman embraces great expectations (ESPN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Stevie Y ready; Hawks goalie drama (ESPN)
STEVE SIMMONS: No beef with Gretzky (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Wings will let Kirk Maltby work out his own exit strategy (Detroit News)
SAM CARCHIDI: Unknown goalie saving a season (Philadelphia Inquirer)
STEVE CONROY: Doubting Tim Thomas a dangerous game (Boston Herald)
DON BRENNAN: Cullen could improve Senators' rental record (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Jaromir Jagr deserves Olympic success and a proper NHL sendoff (New York Post)
PAT HICKEY: 'Bad bounces,' subban says (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning general manager and owner must be active at trade deadline (St. Petersburg Times)
ERIK ERLENDSSON: Scoring depth stil a major concern for Bolts (Tampa Tribune)
TONY GALLAGHER: Russian tactics tip hockey world's balance (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Net pain for Caps GM (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Halak has worst night of season (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers make flurry of moves ahead of ‘freeze’ (New York Post)
Bruins roar into break on roll (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
TERRY FREI: Right time for Russia to strike gold (Denver Post)
JOHN SHORT: It's deja vu all over again (Edmonton Sun)
CHUCK GORMLEY: NHL stars may be shut out of Olympics (South Jersey Courier-Post)
STEVE CONROY: Peter Chiarelli still on the lookout (Boston Herald)
TONY GALLAGHER: Getzlaf day-to-day with injured ankle (Vancouver Province)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Snow, Sather quiet before roster freeze (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Yzerman has a lot riding on 'crapshoot' tournament (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: Canadiens have rich games history (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Dallas Stars' Turco makes case with another stellar game (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Wings will make the playoffs, by hook or by Mule (Detroit News)
DAMIEN COX: Olympics are bigger than the NHL's ego (Toronto Star)

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