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- RORY BOYLEN: Shortened season no less legitimate than full season (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Not fair to stay in Europe (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Rick DiPietro 'bright eyed' after all these years: 'I've learned the hard way' (The Sporting News)
- BOB McKENZIE: It's playoffs or bust for Flames under Hartley (TSN)
- SEAN GENTILLE: NHL schedule: The breakdown of (and issue with) the 48-game model (The Sporting News)
- CHRIS NICHOLS: Datsyuk returning to Detroit (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Stage set for Luongo trade, key signings (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Get ready for NHL's sloppy, explosive season (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Five coaches on the hot seat (ESPN)
- STU HACKEL: Is Gary Bettman in trouble? (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL, union still have questions on Olympics (ESPN)
- ADAM GRETZ: A short season won't have much impact on teams making playoffs (CBS Sportsline)
- TIM WHARNSBY: NHL injury report (CBC)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Dallas Stars desperate to emerge from Land of Who Cares (Globe & Mail)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets have little time to find answers in shortened season (Winnipeg Sun)
- CAM COLE: Canucks, other NHL salary-cap dodgers would be crippled by 'Gary's revenge' (Vancouver Sun)
- JEFF MILLER: Actually, shortened NHL season feels just about right (Orange County Register)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL UFAs made up of experience and grit (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE STUBBS: Markov stirs KHL controversy (Montreal Gazette)
- TONY GALLAGHER: When the NHL's zebras finally show their colours, you can bet it wonÕt be black and white (Vancouver Province)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Let's 'C' what Flyers' Claude Giroux can do (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Komisarek more than ready to make amends (Toronto Star)
- TIM CAMPBELL: The wild-card round (Winnipeg Free Press)
- BRAD ZIEMER: Canucks won't be helped by NHL's new 'Luongo Rule' (Vancouver Sun)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Gary Bettman will have to answer to NHL owners about new CBA (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke needs to fill holes in goal, defence (Toronto Sun)
- WES GILBERTSON: Flames loaded on left wing (Calgary Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Datsyuk, Zetterberg will play together, but what else? (Detroit Free Press)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Jannik Hansen feels ready for NHL season (Vancouver Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Justin Schultz-Nick Schultz pairing could be the next Paul Coffey-Charlie Huddy combo (Edmonton Sun)
- MIKE HEIKA: More angst on way for Stars fans as Jamie Benn contract drama heats up (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- GEORGE JOHNSON: Zalapski recalls last shortened NHL season (Calgary Herald)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Count on mini free-agent frenzy before NHL season starts (Ottawa Sun)
- ED WILLES: Sense of immediacy, intensity, in shortened schedule (Vancouver Province)
- PAT HICKEY: How did you hear the lockout was over? (Montreal Gazette)
- GARY LAWLESS: Noel must tranform Jets from pushovers into mature pros (Winnipeg Free Press)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: 'Luongo clause' just the latest wrinkle in deal to move all-star goalie (Vancouver Province)
- BOB DUFF: Wings wait on injured Eaves (Windsor Star)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: No. 1 issue Penguins must kill (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
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- SCOTT MORRISON: NHL fans pay biggest price (Sportsnet)
- BOB McKENZIE: Canucks strong, but still have camp questions (TSN)
- MARK SPECTOR: Difficult decision lie ahead (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Rangers out to sweeten two 'sour tastes' -- lockout, missed Cup (The Sporting News)
- STU HACKEL: NHL lockout damage runs deep (Si.com)
- B.J. RAINS: Jackman embarrassed, ready to earn back fans (Foxsports)
- ADRIAN DATER: NHL lockout's winners and losers (Si.com)
- DANA WAKIJI: Red Wings players hope fans forgive (Foxsports)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Ushering in the peace (Sportsnet)
- MATTHEW GOOD: How soon they forget (ESPN)
- TYLER MASON: Parise, Suter don Wild sweaters for first time (Foxsports)
- DAN MURPHY: Get a Luongo deal done (Sportsnet)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Trades, cheat deals and more CBA details (ESPN)
- GREG POGUE: Players, city excited as return of NHL looms (Foxsports)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: 10 players with major expectations (ESPN)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Late trade deadline could spark deals (ESPN)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Lockout damage will take a long time to fix (ESPN)
- ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN: New CBA doesn't hurt Roberto Luongo (CBC)
- CHRIS NICHOLS: Isles Visnovsky won't report (Sportsnet)
- TIM WHARNSBY: Canadian NHL fans won't stay away (CBC)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Flames' Iginla knows players must woo fans (Globe & Mail)
- KEN DRYDEN: NHL and union finally realized they needed a season most of all (Globe & Mail)
- STEVE PATTERSON: The lockout's over. LetÕs take our sticks and go home (Globe & Mail)
- MIKE HEIKA: Stars may invite junior players, Texas Stars to abridged NHL training camp (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- JOHN NIYO: Wings, rest of NHL set to open mystery season (Detroit News)
- DAVE STUBBS: Subban signing top priority for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- GREGG KRUPA: NHL's next stoppage may not be far off (Detroit News)
- ED WILLES: Canucks must do something about the chip on fans' shoulders (Vancouver Province)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Red Wings' Tomas Holmstrom decides to hang 'em up (Detroit Free Press)
- GEORGE JOHNSON: Iginla's contract status is already a distraction (Calgary Herald)
- JOHN VOGL: Both sides won and lost in lockout (Buffalo News)
- DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs should follow Marlies' path to success (Toronto Star)
- KEN WIEBE: No time to celebrate for Jets' Hainsey (Winnipeg Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Red Wings' Todd Bertuzzi 'looking forward to getting down to Joe' (Detroit Free Press)
- JOE WARMINGTON: Cherry wades into Haiti controversy (Toronto Sun)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Glass half full (Calgary Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Edmonton Oilers move from pretenders to contenders among betting oddsmakers (Edmonton Sun)
- CAM COLE: Canucks may have missed the boat on their one Stanley Cup shot (Vancouver Sun)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Canes coach can use lessons from another lockout (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
- DAVE STUBBS: Price in a dash to prepare for NHL season (Montreal Gazette)
- DAVE FESHUCK: Toronto Maple Leafs coach Randy Carlyle rocks boat on fitness (Toronto Star)
- TERRY FREI: Colorado Avalanche must sign top player, Ryan O'Reilly (Denver Post)
- GARY LAWLESS: New Jet Jokinen brings a little bit of Finland and a lot of skill and leadership (Winnipeg Free Press)
- JEFF SEIDEL: Red Wings announcer Mickey Redmond ready to get back to hockey (Detroit Free Press)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Not all NHL teams happy with new CBA (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- MAC ENGEL: NHL needs a commissioner who understands show business (Fort Worth Star Telegram)Subscriber site
- SAM DONNELLON: Flyers' Peter Laviolette seems like the right coach for short season (Philadelphia Daily News)
- BOB DUFF: Babcock back on the job (Windsor Star)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Fans always come back, but the Stars still seem like a playoff long shot (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
- JOHN FEINSTEIN: NHL helps itself with late save (Washington Post)Subscriber site
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- LUKE FOX: 13 ways NHL can pay you back (Sportsnet)
- KEN CAMPBELL: With lockout now over, it's time for Gary Bettman to step down (The Hockey News)
- ADAM PROTEAU: Four NHL transaction 'hot spots' to watch (The Hockey News)
- JESSE SPECTOR: It's finally over -- and Scot Beckenbaugh brought it home (The Sporting News)
- STU HACKEL: Tentative deal reached to end lockout (Si.com)
- CHRIS NICHOLS: Lockout impact worries Brodeur (Sportsnet)
- JOHN MANASSO: We have a deal (Foxsports)
- SARAH KWAK: Who gets what: Key points of the NHL's new CBA deal (Si.com)
- RICK HORROW: Hurdles remain even with NHL labor agreement reached (Foxsports)
- DARREN ROVELL: Fans always forgive once games start (ESPN)
- A.J. PEREZ: Answers to your lockout questions (Foxsports)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Cap compromise aids Kings, Rangers (ESPN)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: The lockout and the damage done (ESPN)
- GORD STELLICK: The fans will forgive and forget (CBC)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Breaking down the NHL's new CBA (ESPN)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Hard to see a winner in NHL labour truce (CBC)
- JEFF BLAIR: Fehr's outsider status contributed to success (Globe & Mail)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Last truncated NHL season in 1994-95 was 'awesome' (Globe & Mail)
- JEFF BLAIR: Best way for NHL to regain fansÕ trust is to show Bettman and Daly the door (Globe & Mail)
- DAVID SHOALTS: The Deal: Who won what in the NHL's new collective agreement (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: NHL, players must find way to mend fences (USA Today)
- JEFF Z. KLEIN: Shortened Season Is Only the Start of NHL Hurdles (New York Times)Subscriber site
- BRUCE ARTHUR: NHL lockout ends and now begins the long, hard work to repair the damage (National Post)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Bettman's NHL doesn't deserve fans' allegiance (Tampa Tribune)
- DREW SHARP: After lockout, NHL doesn't deserve fans' loyalty (Detroit Free Press)
- LANCE HORNBY: The Top Five ways the new agreement will affect the Leafs (Toronto Sun)
- DAVE STUBBS: Subban's future remains in doubt (Montreal Gazette)
- JILL PAINTER: Hockey is back, but at what cost? (Los Angeles Daily News)
- DAVID HAUGH: Madness now just on Madison (Chicago Tribune)
- DAVE FESCHUK: A day for rejoicing at centre of hockey universe (Toronto Star)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers, fans glad lockout is over (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- LUKE DeCOCK: A great day for hockey in so many ways (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
- ANDREW GROSS: Die-hards asise, NHL is a on a road well-traveled (Bergen Record)
- STEVE SIMMONS: NHL lockout's end no cause for celebration (Toronto Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Fair deal' brings relief to Red Wings, NHL (Detroit Free Press)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Top five world junior players who improved their draft standing (Ottawa Sun)
- PAT HICKEY: Bergevin and Therrien can finally get to work (Montreal Gazette)
- DAMIEN COX: Randy Carlyle, not Brian Burke, will define Maple Leafs' season (Toronto Star)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: There's no real winner in NHL labor settlement (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- JASON GREGOR: Mandatory black goalie pads could lead to more scoring (Edmonton Journal)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: NHL lockout a season where both sides lost (Vancouver Sun)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers longshots, but it's a short season (Philadelphia Daily News)
- DAMIEN COX: Top 10 hockey stories to watch (Toronto Star)
- PAUL FRIESEN: They killed almost half the NHL season for this? (Winnipeg Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Long-term opportunity knocks for young talent-laden Edmonton Oilers in lockout-shortened NHL season (Edmonton Sun)
- TOM POWERS: With NHL lockout over, ignored fans gain bargaining leverage (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
- GEORGE JOHNSON: Hartley has been waiting months for this (Calgary Herald)
- TOM JONES: Winners and losers of NHL lockout (Tampa Bay Times)
- MIKE ZIESBERGER: Roberto Luongo-to-Maple Leafs gaining momentum (Toronto Sun)
- JOHN MacKINNON: It's doubtful fans of Oilers, other Canadian teams will walk away from NHL (Edmonton Journal)
- JACK TODD: Shame on Bettman and owners (Montreal Gazette)
- TONY GALLAGHER: NHL deal means flurry of action for Canucks (Vancouver Province)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: Nine burning questions surrounding the Calgary Flames (Calgary Herald)
- LARRY BROOKS: Humility, honor will help NHL win back fans as nightmare ends (New York Post)
- TERRY JONES: Edmonton Oilers GM Steve Tambellini, head coach Ralph Kreuger say staff ready roll (Edmonton Sun)
- BUCKY GLEASON: NHL's return brings relief to little guy (Buffalo News)
- ROSIE DiMANNO: No win for owners, players, fans in overdue deal (Toronto Star)
- MARCUS HAYES: Fighting back where it belongs (Philadelphia Daily News)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Cool reception after lockout? | (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
- ERIC FRANCIS: Let the post-NHL lockout healing begin (Calgary Sun)
- BOB DUFF: NHL deal winning back fans (Windsor Star)
- DAMIEN COX: Hockey's back, but will fans send message (Toronto Star)
- DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Just be glad hockey's back (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- GARY LAWLESS: It's your move, Jets fans (Winnipeg Free Press)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL will have harder time winning fans back after third lockout (Ottawa Sun)
- GEORGE JOHNSON: Never forget the anguish these parties put you through (Calgary Herald)
- BARRY ROZNER: NHL fans deserve end of Bettman era immediately (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
- TOM HOFFARTH: When it comes to kissing and making up, expect hockey fans to pucker up (Los Angeles Daily News)
- STEVE BUCKLEY: Bruins in debt to loyal rooters (Boston Herald)
- BOB FORD: The NHL lockout effect (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: It's Hockeytown again (Detroit News)
- DON BRENNAN: Time to leave the boardroom and get back to playing hockey (Ottawa Sun)
- FILIP BONDY: With the NHL lockout over, it's time to look ahead - not back at the time wasted - as Rangers and Devils each have Stanley Cup aspirations (New York Daily News)
- STEVE POLITI: For 1995 Devils, shortened NHL season looks familiar (Newark Star Ledger)
- MICHAEL ARACE: Post lockout NHL faces tough sell to fanbase (Columbus Dispatch)
- VINCENT BONSIGNORE: Defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings will get to ring in New Year (Los Angeles Daily News)
- JEFF GORDON: New deal doesn't do much for Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
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