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OPINION

10/31/09

KEN CAMPBELL: Kelly could return as NHLPA's executive director (The Hockey News)
Penny intends to fight for remainder of his contract (TSN)
RYAN KENNEDY: Slow starts a reminder of disastrous 1974-75 Capitals (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Should Vancouver split up the twins? (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Detroit horror show, Monster in Toronto, more notes (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Tricks and treats: Avs' hallowed start highlights October (CBS Sportsline)
MARK SPECTOR: Montreal's scientific method (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Fifty years after Plante's breakthrough, goalie mask is about sanity, not toughness (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Dropping like flies (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Sharks' McLellan talks Heatley, playoff woes (ESPN)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Players finally take control of NHLPA (National Post)
ROB LONGLEY: Komisarek expecting a rude welcome back (Toronto Sun)
MIKE BOONE: A scary visitor at Halloween party (Montreal Gazette)
ANDREW GROSS: Rangers' defunct rivalry (Bergen Record)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Leclaire feared he had H1N1 (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Honour overdue for ex-Habs goalie Vachon (Montreal Gazette)
BUCKY GLEASON: In a bumpy road to win, Miller is rock solid (Buffalo News)
RED FISHER: The masked man (Montreal Gazette)
CRAIG ELLINGSON: NHL scores big in U.S. TV ratings (Calgary Sun)
MARIA C. SMITH: Koivu a winner in fight against cancer (Orange County Register)
TOM POWERS: Wild buy more patience with come-from-in-front win (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: NHL needs to look for a solution to growing problem with injuries (Montreal Gazette)
LANCE HORNBY: Gabby squeals on Avery (Toronto Sun)
JACK TODD: Fleury's primed for the big stage (Montreal Gazette)
BOB HUNTER: Improved play makes tough loss easier to handle (Columbus Dispatch)

10/30/09

ADAM PROTEAU: Washington's assist assassin continues to roll (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Is it time that the NHL penalize head checking (TSN)
RYAN DIXON: Sid stakes his crease claim (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: It's pays to be a kid these days (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Enigmatic Kovalev still showing how electric he can be (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Desert storm: Coyotes play like a team on a mission (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Swine flu an uncomfortable reality (ESPN)
NICK KYPREOS: The Count on the Code (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Luongo-less 'Nucks in trouble (ESPN)
JIM KELLEY: Knock some sense into 'em (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Horcoff, Helm deliver much-needed big games (ESPN)
Former Oilers owner Pocklington entertaining in life and in print (USA Today)
DAN BARNES: Newman advances head first (Edmonton Journal)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Patrice Bergeron finds old self (Boston Herald)
BOB DUFF: Star columnist misses chance to talk hockey with Harper (Windsor Star)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings struggle in shootout for second night, lose, 2-1, to Vancouver (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: The boys were back in town (Edmonton Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Kings pick up defenseman Randy Jones off waivers (Philadelphia Daily News)
TONY GALLAGHER: Pro athletes aren't robots (Vancouver Province)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Remaining star power needs to shine (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Injury bug Sens’ new foe (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Concussions no business of the state (Montreal Gazette)
CON GRIWKOWSKY: May still has some fight left (Edmonton Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Marian Gaborik's return: Drama's gone, but so are goals (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
PAOLA BOIVIN: Gretzky deserves better from NHL (Arizona Republic)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Friday — Leafs: Going 10 for 10 (Toronto Sun)

10/29/09

RYAN DIXON: Dashing Ken Daneyko still a Devil at heart (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Sens risk alienating Karlsson with demotion (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Penner 'staying classy' in Edmonton (ESPN)
E.J. HRADEK: Draft watch: U.S. sports top defensemen (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Long Island iced team (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: What are Mark Messier, Igor Larionov up to now? (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Jokinen still trying to find his way (Globe & Mail)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Boy's death hits Leaf hard (Toronto Sun)
ALLAN PANZERI: Too tame, those Panthers (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Virus has Habs on high alert (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Anonymous Avs might be the real deal (Calgary Herald)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Luongo's broken-rhythm blues (Vancouver Sun)
DANA WAKIJI: Turning over a new Leaf (Detroit News)
MICHAEL ARACE: King has earned admirers wherever he's been (Columbus Dispatch)
DAMIEN COX: Collapse in OT seals Leafs' fate (Toronto Star)
JOHN MacKINNON: Howe about that? (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: 'Turnovers killed us,' Gionta says (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Pascal the talk of the town (Ottawa Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Drury deals with doing less on 'O' (New York Post)
GARY LOEWEN: Burke bags a duck ... Phillips fails to hook up (Toronto Sun)

10/28/09

RORY BOYLEN: NHL's most underrated player (The Hockey News)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: How to cope when your kid hits the ice (ESPN)
DARREN DREGOR: NHL Vigilant, will not overreact to H1N1 situation (TSN)
E.J. HRADEK: Dear Ducks: What the #%@& ? (ESPN)
MICHAEL FARBER: Injuries to stars make for painful month; an Oiler revived; more (Si.com)
DARREN DREGOR: Gretzky's Phoenix interest not addressed (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Don't underestimate the Paul Martin injury in New Jersey (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: As Kopitar's stock rises, so do the Kings (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: The NHL's growing injury list (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Maple Leafs' reunion tour rolls on (Globe & Mail)
DAN BARNES: Lack of scoring least of team's worries (Edmonton Journal)
PAT HICKEY: Penguins will miss Gonchar (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Dynasty leftovers, please (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: There’s a real scare going on’ (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Regehr back in gear (Calgary Herald)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks waste Luongo’s early get-out-of-jail-free card in loss (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Burke 1, George W. Bush 0 (Toronto Sun)
TERRY JONES: Oilers 'not last year's team' (Edmonton Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Holland helps keep his team on top of league (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN COX: Tomas Kaberle's future anything but certain (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Karlsson takes demotion hard, but will benefit (Ottawa Citizen)
GARY LOEWEN: Offside Wednesday —Can anybody here play the game? (Toronto Sun)

10/27/09

KEN CAMPBELL: NHL says Richards' hit was clean, but it shouldn't be (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Gretzky's Phoenix interest not addressed (TSN)
ADAM PROTEAU: League insufficiently punishing dangerous hits (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Retooled Sharks again climbing mountain of high expectation (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: NHL once again falls short (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Help the kid out! (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: NHL's surprise leading scorer (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Wings are down, but won't push panic button (Foxsports)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Fun times for fallen star Todd Bertuzzi (Vancouver Sun)
RED FISHER: Halak's hot hand ices Price (Montreal Gazette)
PIERRE LeBRUN: The new-look Habs? They're doing much better than the free agents who left Montreal (ESPN)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs get Monster win (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Cammalleri has a week to remember (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Babcock avoiding the O-word (Vancouver Sun)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Wings coach Mike Babcock contemplates line changes (Detroit News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Pogge watches, waits (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Sens’ fight club big hit with fans (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'We stuck to the game plan,' Halak says (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks, once strong, show their weak side (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: Penny's resignation both necessary and overdue (Toronto Sun)

10/26/09

BRIAN COSTELLO: Avs should properly honor retired Nordiques numbers (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: Centres of attention (TSN)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: West suffers from East's hockey whims (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: No Band-Aid for Leafs (Globe & Mail)
ROB LONGLEY: Jacking up goalie watch (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Honour overdue for ex-Habs goalie Vachon (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Luongo shutout causes revision of Canucks' record book (Vancouver Sun)
BOB DUFF: Bathgate builds on proven NHL pedigree (Windsor Star)
LEN ZIEHM: Hawks looking good after 10 (Chicago Sun Times)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bourque'll stick around (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks show good depth (Vancouver Province)
ADRIAN DATER: Bet on Avalanche's O'Reilly or eat crow (Denver Post)
ERIK DUHATSCHEK: Red Wing rut (Globe & Mail)
ED WILLES: IOC ideas, Euro-NFL, Messier's return and more (Vancouver Province)
JACK TODD: Habs prove MMQB wrong (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Brian Burke brings everything to Toronto but victories (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Brian Burke's on hunting expedition for victories (Toronto Star)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Concrete solutions (Toronto Sun)

10/25/09

SAM McCAIG: 15 unusual suspects for success (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Weekend roundup: Ovie's fine, Shanny and Savard's futures, new buyer on the block (ESPN)
RED FISHER: Gomez will have to pay (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: 'We can't lose hope' (Toronto Star)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Rumours (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE MOLINARI: Cease & De-Kid Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs find way ... to the box (Toronto Star)
TERRY FREI: Wolski's consistency comes into question (Denver Post)
BUCKY GLEASON: Super Mario is a Super Dad and Bantam coach, too (Buffalo News)
DAVE STUBBS: Former enemies work together for good cause (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Isles' season must be about hockey, not future projects (New York Post)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Where did the kryptonite go? (Edmonton Sun)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning forwards need motivational tool (St. Petersburg Times)
MICHAEL RUSSO: In defense of ... Jacques (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Early start, dismal game (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Physical Flames ruled the ice (Calgary Herald)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Shootouts have lost their luster (South Jersey Courier-Post)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Isles, Rangers need to bolster defense (New York Newsday)
ROB ROSSI: Crosby, Ovechkin become vocal (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Never forget who that masked man was (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens done in by old, familiar enemy (Ottawa Citizen)
GARTH WOOLSEY: Rest, drink plenty of fluids and read this (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: It's Time for a captain (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs lose twice in Moore deal (Toronto Star)

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