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OPINION

03/07/09

RYAN KENNEDY: Zajac helping lead Devils back to glory (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Your trade deadline and beyond questions from my mailbag (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Why we don't envy the spot Anaheim Ducks GM Bob Murray is in (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Bylsma marches resurgent Penguins back into Caps' path (CBS Sportsline)
GARE JOYCE: Being second best won't hurt Hedman (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: All the right (and wrong) moves (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Predators doing it again: Back in West race and proving pundits wrong (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Some New York musings (Globe & Mail)
ALAN RYDER: Crosby vs. Ovechkin (Globe & Mail)
TERRY KOSHAN: Might make more sense for Panthers to re-sign Bouwmeester ... Sabres' Connolly a happy guy ... Wild ride for goaltender (Toronto Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Remembering the glory days (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Latest purge leaves just three Rangers staples (New York Post)
JAMES DUTHIE: Still reason to tune in (Ottawa Citizen)
RANDY SPORTAK: Shame we're not going to see what kind of damage new-look Flames can do thanks to nagging injuries and playoff grind (Calgary Sun)
JERRY GREEN: Howe, Mrs. Hockey, was first lady of sports (Detroit News)
BOB VERDI: Suddenly, Chicago Blackhawks could be talk of the town (Chicago Tribune)
MARK EVERSON: Enjoy Brodeur while he's still at top of game (New York Post)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Wellwood, Pyatt humble, hopeful (Vancouver Sun)
THOMAS BOSWELL: The Price of Progress (Washington Post)Subscriber site
DAVE HYDE: GM Martin puts making the playoffs above all else (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
LUKE DeCOCK: Canes' chemistry better with Cole (Raleigh News & Observer)

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PAT HICKEY: Halak isn't happy after Price starts (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRRIOCH: Donovan bent out of shape (Ottawa Sun)

03/06/09

ADAM PROTEAU: Grading each team at the deadline (The Hockey News)
JAMES DEACON: Don Cherry has embarrassed himself, and Canadians, once again (AOL Sports)
JIM KELLEY: Nothing was a lot on deadline day (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: Exceptions to the rule (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: My take on 2009 Trade Deadline Day (ESPN)
ALLAN MAKI: Sutter's big additionsnot without risk (Globe & Mail)
GARY LOEWEN: No easy laugh at Leafs expense (Toronto Sun)
GORDON McINTYRE: Different team since last meeting (Vancouver Province)
JAY GREENBERG: Bland encore for Sean (and that's good news) (New York Post)
DAN BARNES: Bad boys of sport feel the pain of their actions (Edmonton Journal)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Deadline tough deal for players (Ottawa Citizen)
DAN BICKLEY: Doan keeps his chin up (Arizona Republic)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings put on a show for new teammate (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JIM MATHESON: Kotalik a goal-scoring machine in shootouts (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Sometimes no news good news (Vancouver Province)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Bruins play has to do talkin’ (Boston Herald)
VIC ZIEGAL: Sean Avery is just what the Rangers needed (New York Daily News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: A storybook start (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Ex-Islanders team up to make winning deposit at the Bank ... Spezza earns Howe hat trick (sort of) ... Cue the miracle run (Ottawa Citizen)

03/05/09

RYAN DIXON: Doling out some deadline thank you notes (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Hardly a blockbuster day (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: New era for Deadline Day (Sportsnet)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Trade deadline winners, losers: Recchi, Flames among the blessed (CBS Sportsline)
MIKE BROPHY: What were they thinking? (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Try these guys if you're looking for impact (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Three Wise Men (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Bouwmeester, Pronger, Smyth ... the deals that didn't happen on deadline day (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Flames once again swim against tide (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: NHL trade deadline winners and losers (USA Today)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Not quite a Burkean miracle (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Welcome to the NHL's age of austerity (National Post)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Wings poised for Cup repeat, but three things concern us (Detroit Free Press)
DAVE STUBBS: GM Gainey sticks to his Habs guns (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Oilers pick up scorers (Edmonton Journal)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Last year’s failure is this year’s progress for Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Always centre of attention (Calgary Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Neil had a way to San Jose (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LOEWEN: Toskala... Toskala... anyone... anyone? (Toronto Sun)
BOB HUNTER: Any way you look at it, Howson's trade for Vermette was right move (Columbus Dispatch)
HELENE ELLIOTT: At trading deadline, Ducks stay in the hunt as Kings stay out of it (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Two-man advantage for Bruins (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DAVE CAMERON: Deadlines, cellphones and a 'suitcase' (Edmonton Sun)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Darryl's doing things differently this season (Calgary Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Current climate leaves GMs in a cautionary state (Toronto Star)
CAM COLE: Canucks sit on money from Sundin's discounted salary (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE PRISUTA: Follow the leaders (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
RED FISHER: Recchi deal boosts young Bruins (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: "Dead" giveaway (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Lost and found: That wanted feeling (Toronto Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Deals give Blueshirts a real shot (New York Post)
GARY LOEWEN: Leafs: Let's knock Nik and Nic (Toronto Sun)
BOB DUFF: Trades curbed by cap (Windsor Star)
STEVE SIMMONS: No cartwheels turning for Burke or fans (Toronto Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Now, Cole has chance to produce (Raleigh News & Observer)

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03/04/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Smart GMs deal for future on deadline (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: The irrational exuberance of NHL trade deadline day (Si.com)
RAY SLOVER: Take a flyer: Predators will fill their scoring need (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Don't call it a comeback (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Past trades could reflect future (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Bigger deal in works between Phoenix and Philly? (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Deal, or no deal? (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Right player can still be had as trade deadline looms (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Economy drives the trends at NHL trade deadline (National Post)
ALLAN MAKI: A warning to deadline-crazed NHL (Globe & Mail)
STEPHEN BRUNT: It's a small world, according Cherry (Globe & Mail)
TOM POWERS: Minnesota Wild had to sign Nik Backstrom (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
DAN BARNES: Let's fake a deal (Edmonton Journal)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: No break in the inaction (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Let's (not) make a deal (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza shows some much-needed fight after Phaneuf's 'dirty hit' (Ottawa Sun)
BILL LANHOF: Getting schooled (Toronto Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Sabres likely to trade Connolly (Buffalo News)
PAT HICKEY: Clubs wary of making bad deals (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: Trade winds finally blowing right way for Jackets fans (Columbus Dispatch)
ERIC FRANCIS: As rival executives prepare to pay steep price, Sutter's best move is to stand pat (Calgary Sun)
ED WILLES: Ohlund will be remembered no matter what (Vancouver Province)
JIM MATHESON: Could Oil get St. Louis? (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Wild signing level-headed, Rangers sign hot-head (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Going, going ... (Ottawa Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins need booster shot (Boston Herald)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Decision time hits for Flyers (South Jersey Courier-Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Former ECHLer on the rise (Vancouver Province)
DAVE PERKINS: Burke seems to be protecting his assets (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Plenty of talk, no action (Ottawa Sun)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Blues' brass now must take stock of its assets (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
GARY LOEWEN: Ishtar is born on Leafs (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Waiting for the D-Day bombs (Ottawa Citizen)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs stand to lose in depressed trade market (Toronto Star)
RANDY SPORTAK: We play Flames GM (Calgary Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: We play Flames GM (Calgary Sun)

03/03/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Smart GMs deal for future on deadline (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Cup contenders' shopping lists (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: West teams look for right choices in a tight market (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Deals for the Devils? (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Pronger among latest trade deadline rumors (Foxsports)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: NHL GMs suddenly an ultraconservative bunch (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Cherry's act beginning to show its age (National Post)
GARY LOEWEN: Cherry's rants getting sour (Toronto Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: The nifty 50 (Calgary Herald)
JIM MATHESON: Recchi possible option for Oilers? (Edmonton Journal)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Trade winds blowing (Ottawa Sun)
CAM COLE: Devil's in details for 2010 (Vancouver Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: For Canes, no easy calls at deadline (Raleigh News & Observer)

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BILL LANKHOF: Love doesn't live here anymore (Toronto Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Pro sports is escapist entertainment, especially in tough times (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE PRISUTA: Bylsma keeps 'em loose (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks hit the ice for the ultimate Wild West shootout (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE DYE: Rest benefiting star goalies (Detroit News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Shannon learns from past 'failures' (Ottawa Citizen)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Impossible to move these millionaires (Calgary Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Who will the Leafs trade? (Toronto Star)
ED WILLES: Plenty of trade deadline action in the offing (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Brodeur yearns for another gold (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Minor adjustment for Elliott? (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Trade Moore, or less (Toronto Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: More gab, more Grapes and Raptors' RuPaul (Toronto Sun)

03/02/09

PIERRE LeBRUN: Coyotes getting calls for Morris, Jokinen; no progress in Connolly talks (ESPN)
RAY SLOVER: Blues become buyers as trade deadline approaches (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Bill Guerin likely to make move, but where? Answer to come Monday (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Deadline provides good theatre (Globe & Mail)
GEORGE JOHNSON: 831 (Calgary Herald)
TERRY JONES: Don't get your hopes up (Edmonton Sun)
BILL LANKHOF: Broken, beaten and scarred (Toronto Sun)
FILIP BONDY: Avery redux may only be trouble for Rangers (New York Daily News)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Horrors of the hot stove (Vancouver Sun)
JACK TODD: Halak saves Canadiens' season (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: NHL staring defeat in the face thanks to loonie's lapse (Calgary Herald)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: Hey, isn't it Cherry-canning season yet? (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: No trade deadline keepers for Sens (Ottawa Sun)
ELLIOTT PAP: Jackets’ league-worst power play comes up dry in loss to Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
JOHN SMALLWOOD: Flyers seem content with net results (Philadelphia Daily News)
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames may cast for blueline help at NHL trade deadline, but don't expect Sutter to reel in any big fish by Wednesday (Calgary Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Plekanec rides a confidence high (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: It's hard to say why Vancouver's so good (Vancouver Province)
DAN BARNES: Gilbert isn't bowled over by extra attention (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: A Pronger deal to the Bruins, teaming him with Chara, would give Boston twin towering infernos on defence (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Iggy truly in class all by himself (Calgary Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Coach, it shouldn't have come to this (New York Newsday)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Monday - The Euro-gripe of Grapes (Toronto Sun)

03/01/09

PIERRE LeBRUN: Pronger and Blues? Calls for Marty St. Louis? The latest trade rumblings ... (ESPN)
STEVE SIMMONS: MLSEL has a lot of nerve to raise its ticket prices right now ... Jays are damaged goods ... Brady's not the breadwinner in his house (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Carrie loves cheering on the Sens (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Trade winds shift East (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: A hunt to remember (Montreal Gazette)
MARK HERRMANN: Rangers' victory caps a memorable week (New York Newsday)
ROB ROSSI: A look at last year's NHL trade deadline (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Debut tale of murder, hockey a hit (Toronto Star)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Supported by mates, alone with the sting (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
MARK HERRMANN: Wang has tried to keep Islanders on (New York Newsday)
THEOREN FLEURY: I hope Iggy makes it to 1,000 points (Calgary Herald)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Always a trading frenzy (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning might deal veterans at trade deadline (St. Petersburg Times)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Flyers pay dearly to activate Briere (South Jersey Courier-Post)
DAVE MOLINARI: The trade deadline ... good, bad & ugly (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JIM MATHESON: Wanted: A forward who can score (Edmonton Journal)
STEVE GORTEN: Lame Ducks? Trades may put stars on move (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
BUCKY GLEASON: GMs need a dose of realism as deadline approaches (Buffalo News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: A first step into the future (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: Nylander fiasco haunts Rangers (New York Post)
STEPEHN HARRIS: This swap meet a doozy (Boston Herald)
STU COWAN: Gainey keeps his cool (Montreal Gazette)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Wings knock stuffing out of fighting logic (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Is Washington big enough for two Backstroms? ... Fanning Flames for Jokinen ... Morris sure to leave desert (Ottawa Citizen)
BILL LANKHOF: Fame's dark shadows (Toronto Sun)
JIM MATHESON: Hockey World (Edmonton Journal)

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