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OPINION

09/26/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Gretzky not to blame for Phoenix fiasco (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: 2009-10 Central Division preview (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Turnover has new Leafs thinking playoffs (CBS Sportsline)
E.J. HRADEK: New layers to Gretzky resignation (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Is this the year? (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Ironic twist to Rob Niedermayer landing in New Jersey; what's next for Dan Cloutier? (ESPN)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: NHL bungles its handling of Gretzky affair (Globe & Mail)
BOB DUFF: Monster mashes Wings (Windsor Star)
RED FISHER: Gretzky has overcome all challenges, but he should stay away from coaching (Montreal Gazette)
ANDREW GROSS: Torts has N.Y. personality (Bergen Record)
ERIC FRANCIS: Little guy wins big anyway you slice it (Calgary Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Morris: Great One was getting better (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Instinct rules at NHL level (Montreal Gazette)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers fans need to support Brashear (New York Newsday)
MIKE BOONE: Bonding time for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: They gave him a look, did they give him a chance? (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: A final look, and now we wait (Ottawa Citizen)
LUKE DeCOCK: Sutter better served playing in AHL this season (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
JACK TODD: Habs have lost chunk of identity (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Saturday — No more Tomas the Tank for Leafs (Toronto Sun)

09/25/09

ADAM PROTEAU: Western Conference predictions (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: The spotlight shines on Price (TSN)
JIM KELLEY: Gretzky got a raw deal (Si.com)
DARREN DREGOR: Gretzky could be back but it won't be anytime soon (TSN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Playoff bust Sharks get another golden shot (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Gretzky said this day would come (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Great deal cost Gretzky (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Fleury's NHL comeback no longer a long shot (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Paging Mr. Samuelsson (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Fallout from Gretzky's resignation: Why did he leave Phoenix now? (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Breaking down the East's playoff contenders (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: How does Gretzky move forward? (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Gretzky's hockey hiatus likely to be temporary (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Fallen idol needs to take a step back (National Post)
PAT HICKEY: Halak learns to keep his head up (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Gretzky abandoned as Bettman fights over fate of Phoenix team (Vancouver Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Not So Great Anymore (Edmonton Journal)
DAMIEN COX: Don't expect crafty Kadri to stay with Leafs (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Alfie believes he has Cup run left (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Simply Coyote ugly (Toronto Sun)
DAN BICKLEY: Gretzky exits in shroud of shame (Arizona Republic)
IAN MacKINTYRE: New dressing room complex raises the bar for comfort and challenges players to live up to its style (Vancouver Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Clock ticking on Fleury's comeback (Calgary Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Game over for Gretzky (Toronto Star)
MARK HERRMANN: Scaled-down Lighthouse might work (New York Newsday)
PAT HICKEY: Brisebois takes pride in scoring prowess, 1993 Cup win (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: 'A difficult decision' (Edmonton Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: More costly Kelly no longer seen as hero (Ottawa Citizen)
TONY GALLAGHER: This is how league says thanks to Great One (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: It's Monster's spot to lose (Toronto Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Sabres should make room for Myers (Buffalo News)
TOM POWERS: Exhibition or not, Wild loss was a 'compete' disaster (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
DIANE PUCHIN: Wayne Gretzky subject of ESPN mini-film (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
LANCE HORNBY: Wings coach finds the silver lining without silver mug (Toronto Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Friday — Leafs pre-season: To say it matters is Lion (Toronto Sun)

09/24/09

RYAN DIXON: Sorting out some pre-season thoughts (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Oilers still have question up front (TSN)
RYAN KENNEDY: Atlantic Division preview (The Hockey News)
FRANK DEFORD: Let Canada have the Coyotes (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: Great One not the bad guy (Sportsnet)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Ownership turmoil, gridlock pox upon Coyotes (CBS Sportsline)
E.J. HRADEK: In K.C., Islanders feel right at home (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Canucks hope losing pays off (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Long Island or Kansas City? Give me a break, it's no contest (ESPN)
TONY GALLAGHER: Defining moment yet to come for Canucks veterans Salo and Mitchell (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Square pegs, round hole (Edmonton Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Carkner showing plenty of fight (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: NHL heavyweights block crackdown on fighting (Toronto Star)
DAN BARNES: Souray upset with team's performance (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: Islanders' new home in limbo (Montreal Gazette)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Not much support for Isles at home, either (New York Newsday)
DANA WIJIKI: Bob Probert, Tie Domi battle on ice again ... sort of (Detroit News)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Turn that smile upside down! (Edmonton Sun)
CAM COLE: What's Joe Thornton's role in 2010? (Vancouver Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Post-Heatley, we have 'Where's Wayne? (Ottawa Citizen)
ETHAN J. SKOLNICK: Panthers' GM Sexton has something to sell in the Everglades – a glimmer of hockey hope (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Fleury's inspiring comeback (Edmonton Sun)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Thursday — Leafs set up a screen play (Toronto Sun)

09/23/09

JOHN GRIGG: Rival leagues and franchise woes all too familiar to NHL (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: 6 cities in 6 days - Flames coach Sutter has many challenges (TSN)
RORY BOYLEN: Anisimov turning heads early in Calder debate (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Kessel's complaint, hot and not rookies, more in the mailbag (Si.com)
E.J. RHADEK: Evaluating Gaborik's first N.Y. skate (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Offense holding back rebuilding Kings (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Kings' defensive lineup taking shape; Doughty-O'Donnell still No. 1 pairing (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Where’s Wayne? (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: A battle Balsillie is bound to lose (National Post)
PAT HICKEY: Preds want closer look at Bouillon (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs have major weaknesses (Toronto Star)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets couldn't ask for more from top pick (Columbus Dispatch)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Alfie wants new Games agreement (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Fans sow CH field of dreams (Montreal Gazette)
JIM BAUMBACH: Fans in Kansas City show little interest in Isles (New York Newsday)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Antropov gets an Atlanta assist (Toronto Sun)

09/22/09

BOB McKENZIE: 6 Cities in 6 days - Canucks core need to elevate their play (TSN)
KEN CAMPBELL: Kessel deal demonstrates Burke's gumption (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: My comfort with fighting shattered by bloody preseason bout (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Starting over, Dallas shooting for the Stars (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The scoresheet: Breaking down the Kessel, Heatley trades (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTER: Quick draw Burke (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Seven Eastern clubs on the outside looking in (Foxsports)
E.J. HRADEK: Analyzing Kessel's impact on Toronto (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Seven Western clubs on the outside looking in (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Our season preview lives! Here are 10 things I want to see in 2009-10 (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: King just what the doctor ordered (Globe & Mail)
ED WILLES: Intriguing ... Burrows no lock to play with twins (Vancouver Province)
DAN BARNES: Smallville does exist (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: An NHL rebirth in Quebec? (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Wings veteran Kirk Maltby, 36, isn't ready to step aside (Detroit News)
BOB HUNTER: Jackets need to raise game as season nears (Columbus Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Smarter, fitter and sober Fleury playing with fire, again (Vancouver Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators vets catch break (Ottawa Sun)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Eberle making his case (Edmonton Sun)
RED FISHER: Don't be duped by exhibition charade (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Tuesday — Leafs get their Phil, but ... (Toronto Sun)

09/21/09

BRIAN COSTELLO: Handicapping the Battle of the Blades (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Ducks go younger, more skilled on the fly (CBS Sportsline)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Theo's making it tough for Flames to say no (Calgary Herald)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Lubo loosening up (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Dion OK to dodge 'em (Calgary Sun)
ED WILLES: Party time! Wild almost here. Again (Vancouver Province)

09/20/09

SAM McCAIG: Players who should return to the NHL (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Five things: Devils hope Lemaire-Brodeur combo can yield another title (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: The new-look ducks will have a spring in their waddle (The Sporting News)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs taking shape on and off ice (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Swedish goalie made solid first impression at Sens camp (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Kessel's worth the gamble (Toronto Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Panthers may be next Coyotes (Toronto Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Chiarelli really had no choice (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: As an ex-Hab, Kovalev hears cheers and jeers (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Edmonton happy to fly under the radar this year (Vancouver Province)
STEVE MacFARLANE: In search of the right fit (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Kovalev pays dearly for misplaced skate (Montreal Gazette)
TOM POWERS: Wild's new brand of hockey will take time (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Players deserve answers for union shenanigans (New York Post)
LANCE HORNBY: Born in the USA (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS YOUNG: New training program fits Leafs to a T (Toronto Star)

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