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OPINION

2/12/11

RYAN KENNEDY: Loui Eriksson a rising star in Dallas (The Hockey News)
ADRIAN DATER: Tight cap leads to few big trades (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Who stands for the injured? (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Quebec plans to build 'Arena of Dreams' (Si.com)
BRIAN HAYWARD: Ducks make statement with Beauchemin trade (Foxsports)
JIM HUGHSON: Toughness a crack in the Canucks' armour? (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Trade talk: Kings interested in Hemsky? Stars' plan for Richards? Wings waiting? (ESPN)
GLENN HEALY: Flames' resurgence a question of culture (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Pondering the present and future of the Sens (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: How to break Neanderthals' grip on hockey? (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Leafs, Sens get trading early (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: More trades a coming (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: A French lesson for Bostonians (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Sami Salo tires of all pain and no game, answers Canucks' call to action tonight (Vancouver Sun)
TOM GULITTI: Wayne Gretzky helps out ex-Devils coach John MacLean T (Bergen Record)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Detroit delivers icy wakeup call (Boston Herald)
DAVID STAPLES: Gilbert underappreciated despite solid play (Edmonton Journal)
GREG DOUGLAS: Canucks hit jackpot with annual Dice and Ice charity gala (Vancouver Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: Resting easy never an option for Flames (Calgary Sun)
STU COWAN: Ex-Habs bemoan lack of grit (Montreal Gazette)
ED WILLES: Babcock's mood as sour as his face (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: Moving past Stars' glory days right move for GM Nieuwendyk (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
MIKE BOONE: Habs built for speed, not rink pugilism (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: The toilet bowl (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Fledgling fan group trying to liven up Nationwide (Columbus Dispatch)

2/11/11

ADAM PROTEAU: Breaking down a wild and wacky Wednesday (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Sid's season in doubt (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Habs-Bruins rumble deserves closer scrutiny (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: Nashville welcomes Mr. Underwood (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Zach Bogosian's growth comes with pain (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Thomas proving he has Hart (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Red-hot Devils won't give up playoff dream (ESPN)
MIKE MILBURY: The Thornton Effect (CBC)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Distraction of sale out of way, Sabres focus on playoff charge (CBS Sportsline)
KEVIN WEEKES: Playing for one more shot, save, shift, game (CBC)
BARRY ROZNER: As Blackhawks seasons go, there have been worse (Chicago Daily Herald)
RED FISHER: Lowly, injury-depleted Islanders show no quit (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: 'Casual' attitude costs the Kings in 2-1 overtime loss to Penguins (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Fisher trade signals start of serious rebuild (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: It was hate that made it great (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Gillis says the Canucks are tough enough; but are they? (Vancouver Province)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers have nasty habit (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: No last waltz for these guys (Montreal Gazette)
SAM DONNELLON: Veteran Boucher proves reliable for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Fisher trade just the beginning for Sens (Ottawa Sun)
DAVID CLIMER: Fisher deal may have a playoff payoff for Preds (The Tennessean)
TONY GALLAGHER: If the NHL cracks down hard on vicious hits, what will happen to the game? (Vancouver Province)
STEVE BUFFERY: Lemaire has (yawn!) 600 wins (Toronto Star)
PAT HICKEY: White not enough muscle for Les Boys (Montreal Gazette)
DAN McNEIL: Blackhawks' slide is hard to fathom (Chicago Tribune)
TERRY KOSHAN: Lupul will be an asset (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs-Bruins rumble reverberates (Montreal Gazette)

2/10/11

RYAN KENNEDY: Bobrovsky brightens up Philadelphia (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Newly acquired Leaf Gardiner has work to do (TSN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Forsberg still has plenty to offer (The Sporting News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Matt Cooke more than just repeat offender (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Cooke rising in hated-player power rankings (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Brian Burke: More trades to come for Leafs (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Up-down-up Blues find themselves in tweener land (CBS Sportsline)
JAMES MIRTLE: Maple Leafs banking on Lupul rebound (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Brian Burke gets a jump on the NHL trade deadline (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Brian Burke looking unsure in the saddle (National Post)
KEVIN ALLEN: Senators could be in demand as trade deadline approaches (USA Today)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs: Adding by subracting (Toronto Sun)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Suspension is only a start (Washington Post)Subscriber site
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Wings' woeful play raises some eyebrows (Detroit News)
MIKE HEIKA: Why falling out of lead in division could benefit Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Bruins' best punches land behind Price (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Kiss this Flame goodbye (Calgary Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: A trade is necessary to make Jackets a playoff team (Columbus Dispatch)
CAM COLE: Ducks coach Randy Carlyle a survivor in the NHLÕs bench-boss shuffle (Vancouver Sun)
DAN BARNES: Oilers duo buffeted by trade winds (Edmonton Journal)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Penguins' house doesn't feel the same without Sidney Crosby (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Game's best punches land behind goalies (Montreal Gazette)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Habs have no escape (Boston Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs trade about building a better future, not a better now (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: Just in case you're planning the parade route (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Sniper Curtis Glencross pulls trigger on pivotal goal (Calgary Herald)
STEVE SIMMONS: Monster feeling down, just like his career (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Brawling goalies get peppered (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Ref made right call in Tampa Bay Lightning's loss (St. Petersburg Times)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Leafs not done dealing, but it will take a lot for Kaberle (New York Newsday)Subscriber site

2/9/11

RORY BOYLEN: Four players we'd like to see in the playoffs (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Is Thrashers' Bogosian available and if so, why? (TSN)
MARK SPECTOR: 'Probably' not good enough (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: NBC, Versus have inside track on NHL deal (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: Winning window/a> (Sportsnet)

DARREN ELIOT: February is hardly the dead of winter in the NHL (Si.com)
CRAIG MORGAN: NHL marketers need more sizzle to sell (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Agent: Sidney Crosby being overanalyzed (ESPN)
MIKE HEIKA: Why falling out of the Pacific Division lead could help the Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Enough prodding, turn Gaborik loose (New York Post)
BUCKY GLEASON: Turnaround's as quick as Lightning (Buffalo News)
ERIC FRANCIS: Not sellers nor buyers (Calgary Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Search party looking for Rene Bourque's game (Calgary Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Bruins add beef for soiree vs. Habs (Montreal Gazette)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Dubnyk savours shutout (Edmonton Sun)
DAN SHAUGHNESSY: Ference a stand up defenseman (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
CATHAL KELLY: Leafs' Kessel painfully shy (Toronto Star)
SAM DONNELLON: Crosby should take heed of Primeau's concussion history (Philadelphia Daily News)
JOE HENDERSON: So far, Vinik doing things right as owner of the Lightning (Tampa Tribune)
ART STAPLETON: Ilya Kovalchuk finds his groove at the right time (Bergen Record)

2/8/11

KEN CAMPBELL: Kessel situation a real mess for Maple Leafs (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: On the move (THe Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Burke gets Wilson and Kessel talking again (TSN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Wings get big boost (The Sporting News)
PAUL KENNEDY: Happy 21st, Steven Stamkos (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: Players' action needed to stop headshots (Si.com)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Make or break time for bubble teams (Foxsports)
ELLLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Time for Kessel to step up, plus 30 thoughts (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Marginal NHL players lack respect (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: Concussions are scary, and more needs to be done to limit them (USA Today)
STEVE BUFFERY: Burke backs Kessel, big shocker (Toronto Sun)
JOHN NIYO: Dat's more like it: Pavel Datsyuk's return sparks Wings (Detroit News)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Playoff storylines already taking shape (Ottawa Citizen)
CAM COLE: The Code adds hypocrisy to NHL's headache (Vancouver Sun)
JOHN KELLY: How did the San Jose Sharks spend their free day in D.C.? Not like you'd expect. (Washington Post)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Impressive Flames alive and kicking (Calgary Herald)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers' Bobrovsky learning to play well under pressure (Philadelphia Daily News)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Now, Chiarelli should reach for a Star (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Two defencemen forward, one back (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Why no Ruutu? (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk is rustproof (Detroit Free Press)
HELENE ELLIOTT: NHL executive Rob Blake wants to put the West on the map (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
TED KULFAN: Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk didnÕt enjoy his time off (Detroit News)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Kessel's whinging unleashes torrent of words (Toronto Star)

2/7/11

MARK SPECTOR: Symbol of a Nation (Sportsnet)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: CBC's sports operations dwindle toward extinction (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Sketchy Leafs' defence requires retooling (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Devils get to Price, Habs (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Gill takes blame for game's first goal (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Kovalchuk, Devils finally heated up (New York Post)
MIKE HEIKA: Who might the Stars target for help before the trade deadline? (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Devils brought their A game to Montreal (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Sens can learn from Lehner's fighting spirit (Ottawa Sun)
ROBERT TYCHKOWSKI: Oilers Omark double trouble (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Cheers to Penguin's great customer service (Calgary Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Leafs' Reimer beats himself up after Sabres do the same (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: Price moving up in record book (Montreal Gazette)
JESSE SPECTOR: John Tortorella is making the correct play by remaining optimistic despite recent Rangers struggles (New York Daily News)
JACK TODD: For $8 million, Gomez should learn to act like an adult (Montreal Gazette)

2/6/11

PIERRE LeBRUN: With Evgeni Malkin out, what now for Pens? (ESPN)
RYAN KENNEDY: 2011 UFA all-star teams, Pt. 2 (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Trade talk heats up, Jagr up for NHL return, Heritage sponsorship strong (ESPN)
GARRY GALLEY: Richardsons 'Do it for Daron' (CBC)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman in interesting spot as trade deadline nears (St. Petersburg Times)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Savard's season likely finished (Ottawa Sun)
ROB ROSSI: Tangradi still has much potential (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
LARRY BROOKS: Gaborik MIA yet again (New York Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames manage to grind out a point in classic Western shootout (Calgary Herald)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Murray, 2 other GMs on hotseat (Ottawa Sun)
SAM CARCHIDI: Plus-minus ratings are revealing - to a point (Philadelphia Inquirer)
TONY GALLAGHER: 'Why can't the league simply review every goal that's scored?' (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: How our golden boys are doing a year later (Toronto Sun)
TERRY FREI: Foppa issue needs to reach resolution (Denver Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Refreshing NHLer view on concussions (Calgary Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Trade pickin's appear slim (Boston Herald)
ED WILLES: Something (bad) will happen: it always does (Vancouver Province)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Bruno remembers a friend (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
JASON YORK: "Meaningless" games key time to evaluate (Ottawa Sun)
DAVID MOLINARI: Capitals' Steckel a marked man? (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Flyers shouldn't try to sign Emery again (South Jersey Courier Post)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Staple: Prust not angry about Staal sucker punch (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Headhunting OK by PA (New York Post)

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