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OPINION

12/27/08

ALLAN MUIR: The 2009 World Juniors preview (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Five venues we'd like to see Winter Classic played at (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Do refs favor the Habs, and other burning reader questions (Si.com)
JIM KELLEY: Let's make a deal (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Economic trouble could force salary cap to drop (Foxsports)
ROY MacGREGOR: A big win on the biggest stage (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sens need to get smart (Ottawa Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: From chilly Russia to the balmy U.S. desert, the current economic crisis is hitting professional hockey clubs hard (Calgary Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Buzz is back at the Bank (Ottawa Citizen)
LARRY BROOKS: Great '08 not enough for Rangers (New York Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Inconsistent play costs Kings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
MIKE BOONE: eeeee-mail (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Look out for no. 1 (Ottawa Sun)
PAUL HUNTER: Was it all worth waiting for in 2008? (Toronto Star)

12/26/08

SCOTT BURNSIDE: Goals & Dreams leads to hope for kids, their families, their towns (ESPN)
TOM HOFFARTH: Hockey at Wrigley could be nice diversion (Los Angeles Daily News)
DON BRENNAN: Hed keeps mind on gold (Ottawa Sun)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Islanders, Rangers are more alike than you think (New York Newsday)
DON BRENNAN: Present is making the team (Ottawa Sun)
BEN KUZMA: How much better with Sundin? (Vancouver Province)
RICK SADOWSKI: SADOWSKI: Forsberg center of attention Denver Rocky Mountain News)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers cannot afford to sit Prucha (New York Post)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Home-and-home series (Ottawa Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Erik the confident (Ottawa Sun)
TRACEY MYERS: NHL has done it right with the Winter Classic — outdoors hockey (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site

12/25/08

WES GOLDSTEIN: Some NHL holiday spirit? Yule love this (CBS Sportsline)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Lots of talent about to go back on the market (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Goals & Dreams leads to hope for kids, their families, their towns (ESPN)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: With Bruins, no need to throw in a reality check (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
TOM POWERS: Risebrough's private battle with cancer (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers defenseman making big impact (New York Post)
JOHN ROMANO: A gift of perspective to the Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)

12/24/08

DARREN ELIOT: The dead of winter (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: NHL year in review: Red Wings continue dynasty (The Sporting News)
JIM KELLEY: Cut out the code (Sportsnet)
TERRY FREI: Whether or not Forsberg returns, league needs to address sabbaticals (ESPN)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Vesa hears jeers, Pogge footsteps (Toronto Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: One size cap hardly fits all (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Naughty and nice (Edmonton Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Dean of denial (Ottawa Sun)
JIM MATHESON: A dose of tough love will benefit Nilsson (Edmonton Journal)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Silent night for Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Team Canada's cruising but questions still remain (Toronto Star)
DAN BARNES: Dominance, versatility returns (Edmonton Journal)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Murray not in position of strength (Ottawa Sun)

12/23/08

KEN CAMPBELL: The difference between great and all-time great players (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: He's making a list... (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: 10 Christmas wishes for the NHL (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: When the "code" goes wrong ... struggles in Anaheim and Minny (ESPN)
KYLE WOODLIEF: Year's best two scouting weeks on the horizon (USA Today)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators on trip of a lifeline (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Celtics, Bruins have turned Garden into success story (Boston Herald)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames in no mood to give (Calgary Herald)
DAVE DYE: Kane raising his stick instead (Detroit News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Winning No. 5 may be toughest yet (Ottawa Citizen)
ED WILLES: Ducks coach cultivated Kesler's talent in AHL (Vancouver Province)
DAN BARNES: Oilers rally to physical challenge (Edmonton Journal)
TERRY FREI: Sharing a Great past (Denver Post)
RANDY SPORTAK: Does it Getz better? (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Concussions slow Bruins' Bergeron (Montreal Gazette)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Bruins are in no rush (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers need Gomez to be much better (New York Post)
RHETT WARRENER: Caring is best family tradition (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Quinn's goal: Keep the troops calm (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Avery still haunts the Stars (Toronto Sun)

12/22/08

RAY SLOVER: Draft decisions anchor a Blues team on the rise (The Sporting News)
ROB LONGLEY: Sundin and sponsor are playing their cards right ... Concern for Bergeron ... Conklin a veteran of the outdoors (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs could use post-holiday surge (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Alfie plays waiting game (Ottawa Sun)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs can't ignore Forsberg (Denver Post)
ED WILLES: Sundin departure angers Leafs fans (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Bargain buy Bourque deserves more ice time (Calgary Herald)
RED FISHER: Don't worry, Habs are still in the race (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LOEWEN: Elisha knows how to pick 'em (Toronto Sun)
JACK TODD: Sundin soap washes out in wild West (Montreal Gazette)

12/21/08

LARRY BROOKS: Money, not apple aversion, sent Sundin to Canucks (New York Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Gaborik for Kovalchuk: Wild, Thrashers talk blockbuster ... Oilers feeling Lowe -- they could bring ex-GM back as coach (Ottawa Sun)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks have put together a great, caring team (Orange County Register)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Can’t help but feel this hit (Boston Herald)
RED FISHER: Wild game at the Bell Centre (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Sanford does well, but he's no Luongo (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Spezza scores with Golden Brett (Ottawa Sun)
THEORON FLEURY: Next generation to join the party (Calgary Herald)
MICHAEL ARACE: Sports icon needs lift, so Jackets provide one (Columbus Dispatch)
DAVE MOLINARI: Supply vs. demand (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
BUCKY GLEASON: Rest assured, league will look into UFA deadline (Buffalo News)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Hot seat talk here is cold (Boston Globe)
ED WILLES: Paradox of an angry Avery (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: The NHL shootout must go (St. Petersburg Times)
RED FISHER: Canadiens Keep It as Exciting as It Gets (Montreal Gazette)
JIM MATHESON: Gaborik a fragile package (Edmonton Journal)
WAYNE SCANLAN: A victory inspired by despair (Ottawa Citizen)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Internet photos teach young Flyers a lesson (South Jersey Courier-Post)
JASON BOTCHFORD: Now the hard part for Sundin (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Sens come out on top, but miss chance to settle the score on Lehtinen's hit on Alfie ... Vermette snaps out of goal-less funk (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE GORTEN: Blackhawks soar once again (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Sitting out is in thing to do (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site

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