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OPINION

1/28/12

RORY BOYLEN: Old Senators bring back old memories (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Mining truth in Montreal (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: NHL midseason awards: Malkin, Lundqvist, Weber are cream of the crop (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Blue Jackets fans protesting (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: NHL ref returns to ice after heart surgery (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Hossa, Hartnell flying under the radar (ESPN)
DANA WAKIJI: Patience pays off for All-Star Jimmy Howard (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: With spotlight on, Kane starting to mature (ESPN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Ryan Suter: No benefit in signing by Feb. 27 (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: All-Star Game preview: Finding lines to entertain (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Datsyuk tops among his all-star peers (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: American goaltenders making presence felt (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Numbers tell the story of Alfredsson's career (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Thomas can't shake controversy (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: Analysis of Flames-Blackhawks trade (USA Today)
DAMIEN COX: Rating the best of the best in the NHL (Toronto Star)
JASON YORK: Great Legacy for our city (Ottawa Sun)
GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings' ascent amazes critics (Detroit News)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' Jonathan Quick as tough on himself as he is on opponents (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TOM GULITTI: Goalie's stance left Bruins short-handed (Bergen Record)
MIKE HEIKA: Signing Jamie Benn will be tough, but Stars' owner makes it easier (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
STU COWAN: Big stars, selfish actions (Montreal Gazette)
DAVE FESCHUK: Tea Party Tim takes the fifth (Toronto Star)
DON BRENNAN: Girardi no ordinary Joe (Ottawa Sun)
JOHN NIYO: Wings goaltender Jimmy HowardÕs all-star nod is perfect acclamation (Detroit News)
LUKE DeCOCK: Raleigh's hockey reputation is on the rise (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
JOE WARMINGTON: Leafs boss furious at Don Cherry: Source (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Kessel: Phaneuf a terrible DJ (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE BOONE: It's simple: Don't trade Subban (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Suter doesn't plan to talk contract (Ottawa Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: All-Star heroes, villains abound (Ottawa Citizen)

1/27/12

ADAM PROTEAU: One-on-one with NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Is Stars captain Morrow available for trade? (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: Is Kessel slowly fading (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Hecht's head, Glendale's debt, the best and the worst (Si.com)
JESSE SPECTOR: Western Conference at the break: Surprises, disappointments and questions for the second half (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Couture takes 'last-man' title from Kessel at All-Star fantasy draft (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Trades that shaped the All-Star Game (ESPN)
KELLY HRUDEY: Why does the NHL let Alex Ovechkin stay home? (CBC)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Send the NHL all-stars outdoors (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: All-Star Game can live without Ovechkin (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: NHL banks on hockey heartland in troubled times (Toronto Star)
DON BRENNAN: Thomas not talking politics (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: 'That BLOND is unbelievable' (Winnipeg Free Press)
STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers in good spot for trade deadline (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
TOM HOFFATH: Second miracle by Kings radio commentator Daryl Evans is more than 13 years in the making (Los Angeles Daily News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: City comes alive to welcome NHL's best (Ottawa Citizen)
BOB HUNTER: Injuries take major toll on NHL (Columbus Dispatch)
CAM COLE: Only a fool would dare predict 2014 Olympic hockey team members (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: Oilers plan to grow own success (Edmonton Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Steen's career year hits bump (Winnipeg Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: How about Miller for Hiller? (Ottawa Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Five bold predictions for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
JASON YORK: Suter, Weber dynamic duo (Ottawa Sun)

1/26/12

RYAN KENNEDY: NHL needs Ovechkin at All-Star Game (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Supporting cast steps up (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: A quiet confidence (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Issues at stake in CBA showdown (ESPN)
JESSE SPECTOR: Eastern Conference at the break: Surprises, disappointments and questions for the second half (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Five Things: 2012 All-Star weekend (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Ovechkin dims his own star (Si.com)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: The Ultimate Bucci Top 100: 76-100 (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Report: Thomas called selfish; Speculation starts (CBS Sportsline)
DAVE STUBBS: Detroit chokes on humble pie (Montreal Gazette)
SEAN GORDON: Despite blowout, Detroit model built to last (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS STEVENSON: 'Who's that?' Claude Giroux, emerging star (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Age has no meaning for Nicklas Lidstrom (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: What did you expect, Jets fans? (Winnipeg Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Habs captain recovering from surgery (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Ottawa's Duthie ready for another round (Ottawa Citizen)
KIRK PENTON: Cheveldayoff's glass half-full (Winnipeg Sun)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: No shame in being last man standing at all-star draft (Globe & Mail)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Suspension unfair; Ovechkin uncool (Washington Post)Subscriber site
DAMIEN COX: Days of Sidney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin are over (Toronto Star)
ED TAIT: Chevy's commandments (Winnipeg Free Press)
DON BRENNAN: Don Brennan blows the whistle on bad reffing (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Detroit quietly setting league on fire ... except (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: Ex-Canadien Momesso promotes pride at old school (Montreal Gazette)

1/25/12

RORY BOYLEN: Roy Sommer's long journey to 500 wins (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: An unlikely hero (Sportsnet)
MATT CROSSMAN: Agree or disagree, Tim Thomas can do as he pleases (The Sporting News)
JON ROSEN: Tied for first, can the Kings find their stride (Foxsports)
JESSE SPECTOR: Flyers' Hartnell evolves beyond agitator, earns deserved All-Star Game nod (The Sporting News)
ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Blues, Penguins struggle with concussions (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Why Tim Thomas' White House snub was wrong (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: All-Star draft offers plenty of excitement (Foxsports)
ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN: Thomas' White House snub, All-Star Game + 30 Thoughts (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: How the NHL's top scorers have been used (CBS Sportsline)
GORD STELLICK: Signing Parise presents challenge for cash-strapped Devils (CBC)
SEAN GORDON: Suspended Ovechkin takes pass on all-star game (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Changing of the (old) guard at NHLÕs all-star game (Globe & Mail)
SEAN GORDON: P.K. Subban finding his way in the spotlight (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Inside the Bruins' Tim Thomas-free White House visit (National Post)
ANDREW GROSS: Savard says NHL should take gray area out of head-shot rules (Bergen Record)
JOE FITZGERALD: Doubting Tim Thomas stays true to beliefs (Boston Herald)
PAT HICKEY: White House boycott was just rude (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LAWLESS: Punchless Jets need infusion of elite talent (Winnipeg Free Press)
DON BRENNAN: Birthday boy Cowen gets home cooking (Ottawa Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Cody Hodgson on track to be good NHL player and leader (Vancouver Sun)
PAOLA BOIVIN: Boston Bruins goalie Tim Thomas' mistaken use of freedom (Arizona Republic)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Kari Lehtonen's brilliance in net ends Stars' losing skid (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TED WYMAN: Jets, Rangers light-years apart (Winnipeg Sun)
ED WILLES: Always be afraid of lousy teams (Vancouver Province)
RED FISHER: Thomas put himself before his team (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: No Ovie? No problem (Ottawa Citizen)
RON BORGES: Certainly there's an 'I' in Tim (Boston Herald)
CAM COLE: Tim Thomas's Obama slight not likely to delight Bruins (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Thomas on slippery slope (Winnipeg Sun)
CATHAL KELLY: What Barack Obama didn't say to Bruins goalie Tim Thomas (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: McGill alumnus Babcock pays a visit (Montreal Gazette)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets' failures push longtime fans to brink (Columbus Dispatch)
BUCKY GLEASON: Fans' fury deserves an answer (Buffalo News)

1/24/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Admiring Thomas' stance (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: The impact of back-to-back games (The Hockey News)
IAN MENDES: The other side of the ice (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Unsportsmanlike conduct (Sportsnet)
JOHN MANASSO: Blackhawks rounding into Stanley Cup form (Foxsports)
MARK SPECTOR: The next Western darkhorse (Sportsnet)
B.J. RAINS: Blues have fun with new postgame tradition (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Ken Dryden's anti-concussions mission (Si.com)
JON ROSEN: Ottawa's MacLean taking advantage of chance (Foxsports)
DANA WAKIJI: Wings outfight Blues for 17th straight home win (Foxsports)
CHRIS IORFIDA: Defending Tim Thomas (CBC)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: 5 most likely Jackets on the trading block (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Thomas should have sucked it up (CBC)
JEFF BLAIR: Time has come for Maple Leafs to strike (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bertuzzi's side agreement adds wrinkle to Moore lawsuit (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Anderson helps Senators find way after tough start (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs' secondary scoring issues a primary concern (Toronto Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: On a day for team, Thomas left them shorthanded (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RON COOK: Orpik leads by example (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Blues get chippy, but Wings adjust to comforts of JLA (Detroit Free Press)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars limping into All-Star break leaning on crutch of cliches (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Oilers' Doobie did it (Edmonton Sun)
TED WYMAN: Great Jets effort trumped by lack of execution (Winnipeg Sun)
JACK TODD: Time to call out Subban (Montreal Gazette)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Giroux can use the break (Philadelphia Daily News)
DON BRENNAN: Boos cruise waiting for Turris in Phoenix? (Ottawa Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Oilers GM Tambellini stays course on rebuild (Edmonton Journal)
MARGERY EAGAN: Tim Thomas, go to the penalty box (Boston Herald)
PAUL FRIESEN: NHL missing the Jets' boat (Winnipeg Sun)
BOB DUFF: Babcock dean of coaches (Windsor Star)
MIKE HEIKA: Why defenseman Alex Goligoski is a big part of Stars' future (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
KIRK PENTON: Jets fall to Canes (Winnipeg Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs are kings of the throw-ins (Toronto Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Lessons from a Maple Leafs win (Toronto Star)

1/23/12

MIKE BROPHY: Another opportunity lost (Sportsnet)
BRIAN HALL: Wild get back to roots with outdoor practice (Foxsports)
LARRY BROOKS: Rangers must shore up 'D' (New York Post)
RED FISHER: Canadiens will need some help to make the playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
KEN WARREN: Players, league need to work together to reduce hockey injuries (Ottawa Citizen)
TERRY JONES: Oilers front office under rebuild? (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars keep finding new ways to lose during most recent losing skid (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JACK TODD: Montreal Canadiens' P.K. Subban needs to grow up (Montreal Gazette)
KIRK PENTON: Put Mason in against 'Canes (Winnipeg Sun)
ED WILLES: Emergence of Hodgson gives Canucks depth (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Alfie a cut above in L.A. (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: Back to square one, again, for Bryzgalov (South Jersey Courier-Post)
DAVE STUBBS: Price's absence spices up fan practice (Montreal Gazette)
SAM DONNELLON: A lesson for Flyers' rookies (Philadelphia Daily News)

1/22/12

DENIS BOUCHER: On-ice testing with the Philadelphia Flyers (The Hockey News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Bruins-Rangers in playoffs would be killer (ESPN)
JON ROSEN: Defense keying Ducks' resurgence (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Marc Savard's life still unsettled (ESPN)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Boston-New York to determine conference (Boston Herald)
STEVE SIMMONS: Malkin under-appreciated (Toronto Sun)
RANDY MILLER: Won't be easy replacing Carle if he leaves (South Jersey Courier-Post)
ED WILLES: Ducks show that Canucks need to bulk up (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Fight would pit player vs. player (New York Post)
JASON YORK: Sens' centres rock solid (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Perceived dirty work starts to leave tarnish (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Ex-Ducks coach Carlyle isn't bitter (Orange County Register)
ERIC FRANCIS: Jokinen wants to stay with Flames (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: 'Czar' trek led to unfortunate choice of GM (Vancouver Province)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Numbers suggest Senators are playoff-bound (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE MOLINARI: Who's who of who might be available (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' offense falters again in 3-1 loss to Avalanche (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Concussions shake up the NHL (Calgary Sun)
TOM POWERS: Wild dig deep in the heart of Texas (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
ADRIAN DATER: Staying pat Avs' best bet (Denver Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Kane entitled to rights as a citizen (Winnipeg Free Press)
TERRY JONES: Oilers need to look in mirror (Edmonton Sun)
RICH CHERE: Jaromir Jagr wants to stay with Philadelphia Flyers for 'happiness,' not money (Newark Star Ledger)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Glen Gulutzan finding out that life's not easy in the NHL (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
BUCKY GLEASON: Sabres are overdue for change at GM (Buffalo News)
ERIC FRANCIS: Banning booze big boost for Flames' Jokinen (Calgary Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Karlsson won't stand for diving accusation (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Time to sound off, Wild fans (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
JOHN MacKINNON: Rebuild may take more time with Oilers' mid-size talented trio (Edmonton Journal)
JEFF MILLER: Hockey players proving to have each other's back (Orange County Register)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Yzerman standing by long-term plan (Tampa Tribune)
KIRK PENTON: Strap in tight on roller coaster (Winnipeg Sun)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Marc Savard brings struggle to light (Boston Herald)
ED WILLES: What was my room number again? (Vancouver Province)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Watch for Selanne to Duck out (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers impressed with No. 1 pick Miller (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
SAM CARCHIDI: Trades looking better and better (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAMIEN COX: Another lost season looming for Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)

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