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1/7/17

JARED CLINTON: Oilers Puljujarvi could benefit from AHL stint after season low ice time (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Flames, Canucks play in crucial home-and-home (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Lightning's expansion plan hinges on Callahan, Filppula (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: The NHL glass is half full (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Empty seats, Thomas Chabot’s standout performance, and other takeaways from the 2017 world juniors (National Post)
ROSIE DiMANNO: NHL and Olympics made for each other (Toronto Star)
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Tarasenko's selfie captures emotion of Winter Classic (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
STU COWAN: Son of former Canadien Brian Bellows strikes gold with Team USA (Montreal Gazette)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs deal with Devils and enter playoff picture (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: Harsh economics lesson for Hockey Canada (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Sens could be in trouble if attendance doesn’t increase with big games on horizon (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Olympic hockey showcase doesn't need NHL (Toronto Star)
TERRY JONES: Shootout tarnishes thriller of a world junior gold-medal final (Edmonton Sun)

1/6/17

RYAN KENNEDY: World Junior Classic: gold or silver, hold your heads high (The Hockey News)
GARE JOYCE: Nicolas Roy's third-period heroics erased by dreaded shootout (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: USA edges Canada in shootout for world junior gold (TSN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: What happens next key for Blue Jackets (ESPN)
JOE McDONALD: Blue Jackets earned cred with streak (ESPN)
ALEX PREWITT: Win streak behind them, confident Blue Jackets turn to what comes next (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: After defying death, Cunningham has new lease on life (ESPN)
BARRY SVRLUGA: Capitals-Blue Jackets delivers us from NHL’s January doldrums (Washington Post)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Stability brings out the best of Leafs' young horses (Toronto Star)
MARC WEBER: Hotdog Horvat will get to meet his namesake (Vancouver Province)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins at a loss to explain their struggles at home (Boston Herald)
PAUL FRIESEN: Dear Hockey Canada ... (Winnipeg Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Senators smiling over prospects' performance (Ottawa Sun)
JESUS ORTIZ: Classic letdown for Blues in loss to weaker team (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: World junior championship springs to life in final 48 hours (Toronto Sun)
JASON BOTCHFORD: Russia? AHL? Nah, Canucks big D-man Tryamkin was right all along (Vancouver Province)
SCOTT CAMPBELL: Improving Maple Leafs could teach Jets a few things (Winnipeg Free Press)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators get an Atlantic Division boost (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC STEPHENS: Ducks in first place, despite up-and-down effort in first half (Orange County Register)
BRUCE ARTHUR: World juniors are Canada’s pay-to-play (and watch) program (Toronto Star)
STU COWAN: Montreal shouldn't be embarrassed by world junior attendance (Montreal Gazette)
KEN WIEBE: Jets have work to do at halfway point (Winnipeg Sun)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Canadian juniors get sterling silver in shootout loss to U.S. (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canuck artist Baertschi drew strength from unhappy times with Flames (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Olympic decision for NHL players coming at end of month? (Toronto Sun)

1/5/17

KEN CAMPBELL: Milt Schmidt was a gentleman off the ice, relentless on it (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Team USA Finally slays Russia and Troy Terry is the hero (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Canadian hockey wins the day as Swedes get sunk (The Hockey News)
GARE JOYCE: Carter Hart turns in perfect night coming off the bench (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Canada downs Sweden to set up final vs. USA (TSN)
GARE JOYCE: Terry's shootout heroics an electrifying end to U.S.-Russia WJC classic (Sportsnet)
JOE McDONALD: Still trying to figure out the Rangers (ESPN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Why rapidly improving Maple Leafs are good bet to make playoffs (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Predators lack presence without Weber (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Examining the NHL's biggest surprises (ESPN)Late Update
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: One last Jarome Iginla move seems likely as Avalanche struggle (Globe & Mail)
IAIN MacINTYRE: The streak, Gaunce's vulnerability and Matt Nieto's allure (Vancouver Sun)
SAM DONNELLON: Flyers await their Lundqvist (Philadelphia Daily News)
ARTHUR STAPLE: How Islanders’ optimism proved unfounded (New York Newsday)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs are close, but they’re still not closing (Toronto Star)
ED WILLES: It may not be pretty, but it's another win for the Canucks (Vancouver Province)
MARK PURDY: Sharks to hail NHL club with white skates, Tom Hanks’ love and a Cobra (San Jose Mercury News)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks deserve to be in playoff fight (Vancouver Sun)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Semifinals prove to be festivals for the fearless (Toronto Star)
JEFF MILLER: 'Dull' 3-on-3 overtime format takes Ducks, NHL backward (Orange County Register)
BEN KUZMA: Canucks Hutton, Stecher prove tough NCAA practices pave path for pro road (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Habs 'had a lot of guys go down but we're still winning,' Pacioretty says (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL WIECEK: Scheifele quietly, solidly at centre of things (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Canada wins Hart-stopper of a semifinal (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bring ol' Iggy back? Just hear me out (Calgary Sun)
JIM SOUHAN: Next challenge for the Wild is navigating January (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion hunting for a forward (Ottawa Sun)

1/4/17

KEN CAMPBELL Has the World Junior championship 'Jumped the Shark' (The Hockey News)
MATT LARKIN: Streaking Maple Leafs should still be sellers not buyers at trade deadline (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Blue Jackets now a measuring-stick team for developing clubs (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Ducharme provides bulletin board material ahead of semis (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sharks' expansion plan: Would San Jose let Jumbo Joe go? (ESPN)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 30 Thoughts: How do you manage bad luck? (Sportsnet)
JOE McDONALD: Blue Jackets' depth driving the streak (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Regrading 2016's major Hall-Larsson, Weber-Subban deals (ESPN)Paywall to view
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Sam Gagner makes the comeback of the year with the Blue Jackets (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Auston Matthews' rookie season shaping up to be special (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Juniors show the third pick isn’t always the charm (Toronto Star)
LUKE DeCOCK: In early days, Ron Smith helped Canes get started on right foot (Raleigh News & Observer)
ED WILLES: Miller hits 350 NHL wins — to little fanfare in Vancouver (Vancouver Province)
Canadiens at Dallas Stars: Five things to know (Montreal Gazette)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs' streak ends with collapse in Washington (Toronto Star)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets build identity along with streak (Columbus Dispatch)
JOE REXRODE: Thank Shea Weber, but don't regret losing him (The Tennessean)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Big-bodied Greenway an x-factor in USA-Russia semifinal clash (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Rodin's dream to try the NHL, but Canucks haven't yet allowed him to try anything (Vancouver Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Carter, Budaj show way in 2-1 overtime win against Sharks (Los Angeles Times)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers throw in towel — again (New York Post)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Ducharme's trash talk spices up Canada's semifinal date with Sweden (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'One of the most emotional moments in my career,' Weber says (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY JONES: Pouliot pass the nail in the Oilers' coffin during lifeless loss to Columbus (Edmonton Sun)
BEN KUZMA: Horvat’s offence does the real contract-extension talking (Vancouver Province)
JESUS ORTIZ: Blues make reasonable request for Scottrade upgrade (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
ERIC FRANCIS: Iginla paved the way for the Red Mile in 2004 Cup run (Calgary Sun)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Bruins just spinning their wheels in the standings (Boston Globe)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Chabot and White make world juniors must-see TV for Sens fans (Ottawa Citizen)

1/3/17

RYAN KENNEDY: Chabot and Stephens save Canada's bacon vs. Czechs (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Phenomenal WJC performance puts Nico Hischeir in discussion for no1 overall in 2017 (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Sweden is rolling at the World Juniors but have they been tested yet (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Diminutive Kaprizov coming up huge for Russia at World Junior (The Hockey News)
GARE JOYCE: Canada answers key questions in quarterfinal win over Czech Republic (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Chabot shines in Canada’s quarterfinal win (TSN)
ALEX PREWITT: Vladimir Tarasenko's two-goal spree overtakes Winter Classic (Si.com)
JOE McDONALD: Streaking Blue Jackets face tough tests this week (ESPN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maple Leafs reflect on dads ahead of annual father’s road trip (Sportsnet)
JOE McDONALD: St. Louis more than just a baseball city (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Sam Gagner makes the comeback of the year with the Blue Jackets (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Something romantic about NHL's Winter Classic (USA Today)
STEVE GREENBERG: St. Louis won a game, but the Hawks — and Cubs — still run things (Chicago Sun-Times)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Canadian juniors make noise in crunch time (Toronto Star)
JESUS ORTIZ: Inspired Tarasenko has special New Year (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' true grit, Rodin, and Willie works Baertschi (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Canada vs. Sweden semifinal promises to be must-see hockey (Toronto Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: C’mon, Torts, soak up the streak like the rest of us (Columbus Dispatch)
PAUL WIECEK: What do you call a press box without press? (Winnipeg Free Press)
STU COWAN: Shea Weber has become 'Dad' to his Canadiens teammates (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs can clearly C into Matthews’ future (Toronto Star)
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: St. Louis shines on a Classic day at Busch (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Trap game averted as Canucks win another one (Vancouver Sun)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Toronto’s sports guzzling leads to hangover (Toronto Star)
DAN BARNES: Dan Barnes: Sam Gagner the perfect poster boy for Columbus resurgence (Edmonton Journal)
PAUL FRIESEN: Pavelec not pondering promotion (Winnipeg Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Iginla's return a flashback for Flames goalie Chad Johnson (Calgary Sun)

1/2/17

KEN CAMPBELL: Maple Leafs young guns save the Centennial Classic and their own bacon (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maturing Maple Leafs rise to occasion at Centennial Classic9 HOURS AGO CHRIS JOHNSTON (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Matthews the hero as Leafs win epic Centennial Classic (TSN)
JOSHUA KLOKE: Young Maple Leafs arrive in Centennial Classic overtime thriller (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Auston Matthews rises to Centennial Classic occasion (ESPN)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Bettman, Fehr on opposite sides for Olympics (TSN)
JOE McDONALD: From Russia with no love lost (ESPN)
SCOTT STINSON: Gary Bettman’s latest Olympic shrug an odd move when NHL wants you to embrace its other marketing ideas (National Post)
DAVID SHOALTS: Maple Leafs stick to rebuilding plan after win over Detroit Red Wings (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Young Maple Leafs take step forward with thrilling Centennial Classic win (USA Today)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Rookies write Leafs' Classic ending (Toronto Star)
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: St. Louis shows it's a great hockey town, too (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

1/1/17

MIKE BROPHY: Price is still NHL's top goaltender but Bobrovsky and Dubnyk the Vezina favorites (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Team USA's defense is blue collar all the way (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: NHL's past and present take centre stage at Centennial Classic (Sportsnet)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Draper, Roberts bring heat to Alumni game (TSN)
MARK SPECTOR: Canucks' winning streak begs question: to tank or not to tank? (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Leafs legends inspire current players (ESPN)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Leafs’ past, present and future all in one room (TSN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Centennial Classic about honouring the past and the present (Sportsnet)
KEVIN ALLEN: Maple Leafs' rebuild has hit fast-forward button (USA Today)
STEPHEN HARRIS: No more fisticuffs in NHL? Them’s fightin’ words in Bruins locker room (Boston Herald)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Losing hurts, but Canada’s world junior quest has just begun (Toronto Star)
BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Alumni game at Busch a day of great memories (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Banning fighting would be a better alternative to the NHL’s status quo (Boston Globe)
PATRICK REUSSE: Tortorella has Blue Jackets riding high as class of NHL (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
MARK CHAMBERS: Tyson Jost will sign with Avalanche sooner than later (Denver Post)
STEVE CONROY: Rebuilding Bruins seem to be on right track (Boston Herald)
JESUS ORTIZ: Players will enjoy the great outdoors (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
STEVE EWEN: Tyler Benson's hockey smarts win an Oiler contract (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs prospects shine in USA's win over Canada (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Senators prospect is White hot at world junior tournament (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: 2016 turned into 'Wild' and newsy ride (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
LARRY BROOKS: Sidney Crosby back in rarified air with these all-time greats (New York Post)
JEFF GORDON: Blues and Blackhawks have a classic rivalry (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Here’s one of the secrets to Blue Jackets’ success (Boston Globe)
TERRY JONES: Early Rogers Place attendance figures shift OEG expectations globally (Edmonton Sun)
BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks, Blues renewing that Classic hatred (Chicago Daily Herald)
JEFF PATERSON: Contrary to goal total, Loui Eriksson is still a success thus far (Vancouver Province)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers need the Ghost of Christmas Past to go further in the future (Philadelphia Inquirer)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Capitals a big test for Senators to open the new year (Ottawa Sun)

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