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OPINION

09/05/09

RYAN KENNEDY: Gustavsson seeking monster success in the NHL (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Players wary of NHLPA change (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Union erred by not consulting Sidney Crosby before firing Paul Kelly (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Pay for Coyote droppings? (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Luongo's off the list, but there are other 2010 free agents to watch (ESPN)
TOM GULITTI: Season of change for Devils (Newark Star Ledger)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Julien finds security in Boston (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Liverpool fans want Gillett's head (Montreal Gazette)
BOB DUFF: Adams has his day with Stanley Cup (Windsor Star)

09/04/09

RYAN DIXON: Lapierre a worthy Canadiens cover boy (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Healey resignation hilights explosive day for NHLPA (TSN)
JIM KELLEY: Chaos reigns in the NHL (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Improved Lightning no longer league's laughingstock (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Lindsay on Kelly's firing: 'They crucified one of the most honest, finest people I've ever met' (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Kelly's firing suggests labor battle on horizon (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: New leader will inherit dysfunction (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Healy's exit the final straw (Globe & Mail)
PAT HICKEY: Both sides must accept some truths (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Canucks trust Luongo will age gracefully (Vancouver Sun)
DAN BARNES: Comrie has no leverage, at this point (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRIAD: Flames could play pullout card again (Calgary Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Union fight opens old wounds for pensioners (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: Luongo will take Canucks to infinity and beyond (Vancouver Prpvince)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Summer of the story that just wouldn't die (Ottawa Citizen)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Plausible deniability (Edmonton Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Summit recharges Jackets coach (Columbus Dispatch)
MIKE BOONE: Kovy, Koivu jerseys aren't moving (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: A mess like no other (Toronto Sun)

09/03/09

RYAN DIXON: Taking stock of Tampa (The Hockey News)
DAMIEN COX: Festering NHL issues are starting to stink (Toronto Star)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Bout with drought likely a losing one for Panthers (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Several teams will focus on battles to improve net worth (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Little shop of horrors (ESPN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Why Luongo's contract extension is the most significant of the summer (ESPN)
CAM COLE: Luongo deal: A feather in the cap (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Steeltown put on hold (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Coaching contrast for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Comrie in limbo (Edmonton Sun)
ED WILLES: Luongo a deal, but can he be the difference? (Vancouver Prpvince)
DAMIEN COX: Festering NHL issues are starting to stink (Toronto Star)
DANA WAKIJI: Wings' way of building works (Detroit News)
TERRY JONES: 'It was pretty shocking' (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Give Cory Schneider a chance ... to leave (Vancouver Prpvince)
BUCKY GLEASON: Kelly ouster puts hockey in danger (Buffalo News)
PAT HICKEY: Balsillie, NHL may find a way (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: No end in sight to Balsillie fight (Toronto Sun)

09/02/09

RORY BOYLEN: Let the on-ice product speak for the sport (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Kelly's ouster by NHLPA militants portends big trouble (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Maurice sequel gives 'Canes different, same look (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Why did Tanguay choose Bolts over Isles, Wild? It was all about the fit (ESPN)
JEFFREY SIMPSON: Hockey's 'crooked timber' extends beyond the sticks (Globe & Mail)
STEVE MILTON: What Baum-shell will land today? (Hamilton Spectator)
PAT HICKEY: Long, hot summer for NHL (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Showdown in the desert (Toronto Sun)
MARK HERRMANN: Acquiring LI's Higgins quite a coup for Rangers (New York Newsday)
SCOTT McKEEN: Katz's arena plan should go ahead, but with strict conditions (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Tangled web shrouds removal of NHLPA boss (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Summer was no holiday for Sens (Ottawa Citizen)
JIM MATHESON: Hall of Famer picks Team Canada 2010 (Edmonton Journal)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers like idea of new digs (Edmonton Sun)

09/01/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Why an NHLPA leadership change matters to fans (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Questions aplenty about Kelly dismissal (TSN)
DARREN ELIOT: Six players whose comebacks are key to their teams' fortunes (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Thrashers building toward improvement (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Kelly's thoughtful approach may have been his downfall (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Storm clouds looming (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: What lessons should NHL Players' Association learn from Paul Kelly's dismissal? (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Ten guys who could have breakout seasons (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: How ugly is this NHLPA drama? Read on (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Kelly departure a palace coup (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Kelly a victim of NHLPA power grab (National Post)
STEVE MILTON: Another Ontario team seems likely (Hamilton Spectator)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Union in limbo with Kelly axing (Toronto Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Much ado about nothing (Edmonton Journal)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs give ticket buyers top deal (Denver Post)
DAMIEN COX: Kelly didn't deserve firing (Toronto Star)
CAM COLE: Players union comes up one skate short (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Murray believes Sens are 'a contender' (Ottawa Sun)

08/31/09

DARREN DREGOR: NHLPA fires executive director Paul Kelly (TSN)
KEN CAMPBELL: Firing Kelly the wrong direction for NHLPA (The Hockey News)
STEPHEN BRUNT: The franchise that carries a big stick (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: NHLPA takes another shot at own foot (Globe & Mail)
LUKE DeCOCK: Bayda still hoping for an NHL job (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens mull signing Sykora (Ottawa Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Kings rule out Heatley trade (Ottawa Sun)
ROB LONGLEY: A high five with swagger (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Markov deserves Habs' captaincy (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Hawks could face stiffer penalties over Hossa deal (Ottawa Sun)

08/30/09

JASON KAY: Forty changes for the good of the game (The Hockey News)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Expert skewers Leafs' sense of (financial) entitlement (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: '5 or 6' teams interested in Comrie (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE CAMERON: Ex-bat boy living his dream (Edmonton Sun)
MARK WHICKER: Some NHL players fight to keep their jobs (Orange County Register)
TEDDY GREENSTEIN: Chicago Blackhawks' Ben Eager and CSN's David Kaplan meet their goals (Chicago Tribune)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Allison a renewed Leaf? (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: New signings will test Vigneault's versatility (Vancouver Province)
JERRY SULLIVAN: Sabres, like Bills, being rewarded for mediocrity (Buffalo News)
STEVE SIMMONS: Sharks ouster fine by Wilson (Toronto Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Motivation for Heatley trade (Ottawa Sun)

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