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OPINION

03/13/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Campbell needed to step up and punish Cooke (The Hockey News)
JASON KAY: Want to reduce concussions? Ban fighting (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Hedman becomes another brick in the wall (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: Comments on Lapierre are just an opinion (TSN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Proposed tiebreaker rule change, ratings, Chelios (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Cam Barker's Wild ride: From contender to rebuilder (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Red alert (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: And the winner should be ... (ESPN)
RED FISHER: NHL's Campbell seems to believe that two wrongs make a right (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Ovechkin, Crosby locked in duel for Rocket trophy (Toronto Star)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Goalie Jonathan Bernier shakes off nerves in a hurry in Kings’ win over Stars (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JOHN MacKINNON: NHL dropped the ball, made terrible mistake (Edmonton Journal)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Flames plucky or lucky? (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Coyotes fans lose interest (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Non-goal stirs up Clouston (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Recchi takes NHL to task over head hits (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: The Mickey Mouse League (Montreal Gazette)

03/12/10

ADAM PROTEAU: Who deserves the Cup most? (The Hockey News)
RYAN DIXON: Contender questions opens door for Cinderellas (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: Head shots proposal is latest example of NHL's fuzzy thinking (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: GMs finally together in changing course on head hits (CBS Sportsline)
JIM KELLEY: Head games (Sportsnet)
BILL LANKHOF: Hitting a new level (Toronto Sun)
MARK SPECTOR: He drinks alone (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Lightning will pay price for success (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Stamkos closing in on 50-goal plateau (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Banks give Ice Edge the cold shoulder (Globe & Mail)
ALLAN MAKI: More nastiness foreseen as Bruins' anger escalates (Globe & Mail)
BILL LANKHOF: Hitting a new level (Toronto Sun)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Red Wings assert themselves (Detroit News)
RED FISHER: Learning experience for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
DAN McNEIL: Another Savvy move by Hawks (Chicago Tribune)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Standing Pat on his T.O. exit (Toronto Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs take shine off Stamkos (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canadian hockey fans find seats, sun in desert (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: 'There's a lot of luck in the shootout' (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Lafleur-Dionne redux? (Edmonton Journal)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: It’s a block party for Volchenkov (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets players know they must take charge (Columbus Dispatch)
CAM COLE: Thank God, NHL predators can still feast on skill players (Vancouver Sun)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Red Wings couldn't stand to lose, rose to challenge (Detroit Free Press)
PAT HICKEY: Campbell's hung up on head shots (Montreal Gazette)
CAROL SLEZAK: Better goalies not the only goal (Chicago Sun Times)
TERY KOSHAN: Leafs Bubbling over (Toronto Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Hard to deal with (Toronto Sun)

03/11/10

JUSTIN BOURNE: Banning head shots outright would be bad for hockey (The Hockey News)
RYAN DIXON: Hire Stevie for GM, just don’t forget ‘Y’ (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: NHL head shot debate different than other leagues (TSN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Hits to the head: Finally, a good decision (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: GMs propose new tiebreaker rule, and I like it (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Give 'em props (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: We need to see real face of NHL change (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Nervous in net (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Hits proposal needs more teeth (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: A Change is Gonna Come (Globe & Mail)
STEPHEN BRUNT: The NHL's dirty laundry (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: NHL slowly heading in the right direction (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: Feel-good Coyotes can't escape financial cloud (Toronto Star)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Inconsistency is constant for Rangers (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens wary of Flame out (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Howl of a finish to road trip (Vancouver Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings try to meet elite feat but lose to Chicago, 3-2 (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames find triple threat (Calgary Sun)
DANA WAKIJI: NHL general managers take action on hits to head (Detroit News)
PAT HICKEY: Olympic TV boost is shortlived (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: First-line stars make top-line donation (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Canadian foursome in playoff picture (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: Coach's methods fall flat (New York Post)
STEVE SIMMONS: An absolute head-shaker (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Richards hit pushed many NHL GMs to act (Toronto Star)

03/10/10

RORY BOYLEN: Roy returns home to revive Remparts (The Hockey News)
JOHN GIGG: Unnecessary roughness a necessary penalty (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: GMs to make recommendations on head shots Wednesday (TSN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Regrouped Hurricanes storming back into chase (CBS Sportsline)
MARK SPECTOR: The groups of eight (Sportsnet)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Score one for the Kid over Ovie (Ottawa Citizen)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Discerning degree of big hits not easy (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: A shot to the head (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: The NHL needs to evolve (Globe & Mail)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Wings must give all-out effort rest of the way (Detroit News)
RICK MORRISSEY: Fans on 'tenderhooks (Chicago Sun Times)
PAT HICKEY: Head hits get NHL's attention (Montreal Gazette)
BOB DUFF: Red Wings starting to look tired (Windsor Star)
MARK PURDY: With playoffs approaching, San Jose Sharks need to polish their game (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins character at heart of issue (Boston Herald)
RED FISHER: Halak owns goalie podium for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
JEFF GORDON: How will Detroit's surge affect Blues' playoff push? (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: A game and player rounding into shape (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE PERKINS: Bruins in tenuous situation, and they know it (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: 'Can't change our game,' Darche says (Montreal Gazette)
DREW SHARP: Red Wings lack fire to secure place in playoffs (Detroit Free Press)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Bergeron's case for 'R' and 'R' (Toronto Sun)

03/09/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Head shots need definition before denunciation (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: NHL needs clear, tangible definition of what's legal (TSN)
RYAN KENNEDY: Copious crease concerns for Cup contenders (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Cooke's hit front and centre at GM meetings (TSN)
ADAM PROTEAU: Urgent action against head shots must be taken (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: Bad contracts make for small deals on deadline day (TSN)
DARREN ELIOT: Steven Stamkos breaks out at last (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Headed for a change (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Cooke's hit another reason for rule change (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Why teams ignored the trade deadline (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: GMs looking to dissolve blows to the head (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Concussions can't be eliminated completely (Globe & Mail)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Bettman's vision questionable (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: Why finishers find the going tough during the final push of the season (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Up to the NHL to lay down the law on headshots (National Post)
BILL LANKHOF: Rosehill's fight is on (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Moore's motto: Have stick, will travel (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE IMREM: Not a hat trick Kane should be shooting for (Chicago Daily Herald)
STEVE SIMMONS: The Leafs' Punisher (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens: Headshots must go (Ottawa Sun)
CAM COLE: Eliminating head shots in the NHL is a no brainer (Vancouver Sun)
DANA WAKIJI: The Flames are new, but race just the same (Detroit News)
MIKE BOONE: Love affair with Habs launches radio career (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Olympic-style rules on head shots unlikely (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
FRANK SERAVALLI: Hartnell admits, it's been a tough season (Philadelphia Daily News)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Are the twins killing? Not really, as Sedins' slump fails to hurt Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Olympians still flying, but it's early (Ottawa Citizen)
RED FISHER: Olympics showcase golden game (Montreal Gazette)
LANCE HORNBY: Mind the hits (Toronto Sun)
BARRY ROZNER: Honoring Savard a savvy move by Hawks (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Controversy over head shots rages but answers elusive (Toronto Star)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: History, missing equipment link Sidney Crosby, Paul Henderson (Toronto Star)

03/08/10

BRIAN COSTELLO: Crosby's goal the greatest ever? (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: What will it take? (Sportsnet)
ROY MaGREGOR: Much hyped Battle of Ontario becomes a sickly affair (Globe & Mail)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: NHL question period (Toronto Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: Chicago Blackhawks can’t give up on goalie Cristobal Huet (Chicago Tribune)
DAMIEN COX: Time is ripe to put restrictions on head shots (Toronto Star)
JACK TODD: Respect for Gainey is universal (Montreal Gazette)
JILL PAINTER: NHL can't chill out now (Los Angeles Daily News)
JAY GREENBERG: Blame for this mess only starts with Glen (New York Post)
JOHN MacKINNON: Time for NHL to eliminate head hits (Edmonton Journal)
DAVE STUBBS: Our game on the silver screen (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Lordy, Lordy, looks who's at 40 (Vancouver Sun)
RICH HOFFMANN: Gagne recovering his blast from past for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
RON COOK: No place for head hits in the NHL (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MIKE IMREN: This was a nightmare for Hawks (Chicago Daily Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Saku Koivu wore Habs jersey with pride (Montreal Gazette)
DAVIS CLIMER: Home ice hurts Predators (The Tennessean)
ROB LONGLEY: Blue and white tally troubles (Toronto Sun)

03/07/10

EDWARD FRASER: Bruins set up nicely for now, fantastic for future (The Hockey News)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers' lack of trades could pay off if . . . (Philadelphia Inquirer)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Not doing much was the right move (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs must solve Kaberle situation (Toronto Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: NHL's team is a wolf in Coyote clothes (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
GARY SHELTON: Jeff Vinik, meet the competition (St. Petersburg Times)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings lose their second in a row (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE KREIGER: Sacco's coaching keeps Avalanche in contention (Denver Post)
BOB RAISSMAN: NHL ratings are already in the tank after Vancouver Olympics (New York Daily News)
KEVIN GORMAN: The time is now for NHL (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
CAROL SLEZAK: Former Hawks great Esposito defends Huet, Niemi (Chicago Sun Times)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Lack of trade-deadline moves by Tampa Bay Lightning puzzling (St. Petersburg Times)
TERRY FREI: NHL right to put Olympics on hold (Denver Post)
MIKE HEIKA: Goaltender Kari Lehtonen's potential is great, but so is Dallas Stars' urgency (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Sid blows NHL's golden chance (New York Post)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Olympics give NHL momentum (South Jersey Courier-Post)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Mike Babcock's biggest worry now has to be Wings' goalies (Detroit News)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs must solve Kaberle situation (Toronto Sun)

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