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OPINION

2/16/13

KEN CAMPBELL: Kane's criticisms, Melnyk's outrage and celebrating Maple Leafs champions (The Hockey News)
LUKE FOX: Leafs Fraser railroads Skinner (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Stat Pack: Devils' Ilya Kovalchuk among players putting big numbers on ice (The Sporting News)
SARAH KWAK: Steven Stamkos remains a work in progress (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Assistant GMs ready to take next step (ESPN)
ERIN BROWN: Panthers' young guns provide positive energy (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: A glimpse into the new Blue Jackets GM (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Preds' Rinne on pace to earn top goalie honors (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Blues execute plan -- for one period (ESPN)
CHRIS PETERS: Patrick Kane's remarkable start putting him back on superstar track (CBS Sportsline)
DAVID SHOALTS: Smoothing down hockeyÕs rough edges (Globe & Mail)
MARTIN FENNELLY: For Tampa Bay Lightning, time for reality check (Tampa Tribune)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Ryan Kesler provides big boost in strong return to action (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets left heart on the ice against Pittsburgh: Coach Noel (Winnipeg Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Brighter days are ahead, Senators fans (Ottawa Citizen)
TOM GULITTI: Cut-resistant Kevlar socks could prevent injuries (Bergen Record)
GREG DOUGLAS: Birthday party for Mr. Hockey should be Hull of a bash (Vancouver Sun)
BOB DUFF: Lidstrom satisfied with remaining a spectator (Windsor Star)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton Oilers stop part of Don Cherry's plan to celebrate HNIC anniversary across Canada (Edmonton Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: If at first you don't succeed, get worse (Winnipeg Free Press)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings get some momentum (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: NHL GMs facing heat early in season (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Henrik is Canucks' all-time scoring leader because of work he put in weight room (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: How injury to goalie Lehtonen could help the Stars get better (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
PAT HICKEY: Diaz belongs with Markov on Habs' PP (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Bingo flavour to Battle of Ontario (Ottawa Sun)

2/15/13

ADAM PROTEAU: Erik Karlsson injury could benefit Senators long-term (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Sochi talks a delicate balance (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Erik Karlsson: Could special socks have saved his season? (The Sporting News)
ALLAN MUIR: Ryan Kesler returns for Vancouver, but Canucks lose Manny Malhotra for season (Si.com)
LUKE FOX: Datsyuk's brillant bank shot (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Karlsson injury hurts more than just Sens (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: The worst trade for hockey (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Matt Cooke taking unfair heat for Karlsson's injury (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Top trade destinations for Ryan O'Reilly (ESPN)
ANDREW JONES: Hurricanes are coming together (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Off days don't exist for Blues (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Most surprising players to start the season? (CBS Sportsline)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Sens' Melynk blasts Cooke (Sportsnet)
TIM WHARNSBY: Protective sock could have prevented Karlsson's injury (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Black cloud hangs over Senators after loss of Karlsson for the year (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: 10 offseason NHL acquisitions that are paying dividends (USA Today)
GARY LAWLESS: It's not a black or white town (Winnipeg Free Press)
PAUL FRIESEN: Don Cherry says Evander Kane's race claim is ridiculous (Winnipeg Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Lapierre down (in lineup) but not out (Vancouver Province)
DAVE FESCHUK: Ben Scrivens shouldering heavy burden in net (Toronto Star)
MIKE HEIKA: In seven years, Brenden Dillon has gone from Ugly Duckling to Ironman (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
PAUL FRIESEN: Don Cherry: Winnipeg Jets problems start in goal (Winnipeg Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Pittsburgh Penguins forward Matt Cooke must pay for injuring Erik Karlsson (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Malhotra the player can be replaced; Malhotra the man, not so much (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Maple Leafs fumble on Tobacco Road (Toronto Sun)
TARA SULLIVAN: David Clarkson doing the dirty work for Devils (Bergen Record)
RANDY SPORTAK: Puck Stops Here - Expansion then realignment (Calgary Sun)
FILIP BONDY: NY Rangers backup goalie Marty Biron can't get the job done against NY Islanders, but he's hardly the lone culprit for Blueshirts (New York Daily News)
CAM COLE: Erik Karlsson's horrific Achilles injury cuts deeply into NHL player safety (Vancouver Sun)
SAM DONNELLON: Giroux has the makeup of a captain (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAMIEN COX: Kevin Westgarth hopes union role wonÕt hurt career (Toronto Star)
JASON YORK: Karlsson should return to top form (Ottawa Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs crash in loss to Hurricanes (Toronto Star)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Beau should know it's his time (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

2/14/13

RYAN KENNEDY: Scott Howson was unable to lift Blue Jackets from gutter (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Iginla, Smyth in same boat (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: A season of Sid, the worst division in hockey, LA's struggles and more (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: New Jackets GM Kekalainen gets his shot (ESPN)
LUKE FOX: Who the heck is Kekalainen (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: Erik Karlsson out indefinitely with lacerated Achilles tendon (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Maple Leafs' 2006 draft class paying off (ESPN)
MICHAEL MARTINEZ: Three keys to Ducks' fast start (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: On this day, Blues made of stern stuff (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Jets' Kane percieves racism (Sportsnet)
TIM WHARNSBY: Fast, slow, strange start to NHL's first quarter (CBC)
KEVIN ALLEN: Jarmo Kekalainen good pick as Blue Jackets GM (USA Today)
PAUL FRIESEN: Winnipeg Jets in need of a heart transplant (Winnipeg Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Toronto: City of sports hope (Toronto Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Mealy product on ice means hockey's resorting to glitz and gimmicks (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Oilers vice-president of hockey operations, Craig MacTavish, says pain and suffering of rebuild almost over (Edmonton Sun)
BOB DUFF: Babcock simplifies strategy (Windsor Star)
GREGG KRUPA: Retired Wing Nicklas Lidstrom makes return a quiet one (Detroit News)
PAT HICKEY: Killorn's hockey journey (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Back-to-back failures becoming more than just a little problem for Dallas Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JOHN MacKINNON: Benching the Ryans may be defining moment for Krueger (Edmonton Journal)
CAM COLE: Jarmo Kekalainen's GM hiring a long overdue NHL move (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Ben Scrivens shouldering heavy burden in net (Toronto Star)
JACK TODD: Habs must be bigger, tougher (Montreal Gazette)
BOB HUNTER: History says this is a change to believe in (Columbus Dispatch)
BOB DUFF: Fisticuffs up 26 per cent in NHL (Windsor Star)
DAVE STUBBS: 'Goalies are weird,' coach Groulx admits (Montreal Gazette)
CAM TAIT: Edmonton Oilers president LaForge sits in the hot seat during Rotary Club roast (Edmonton Journal)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs must envy Canes' strength up middle (Toronto Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators employ their own version of Big Three (Ottawa Sun)

2/13/13

BEN CLYMER: What is discussed in players-only meetings? (The Sporting News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Lupul's recovery (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: Scott Howson out as Blue Jackets GM (Si.com)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Alfreddson eyes Sochi Olympics (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Dark horses emerge for top NHL awards (ESPN)
LUKE FOX: Why Burke won the JVR trade (Sportsnet)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: Blue Jackets GM chase begins (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Miller still the man for U.S. one year away from Sochi (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL ARACE: Firing is surprising, but sends message (Columbus Dispatch)
KEN WIEBE: JetsÕ Pavelec needs to regroup for Penguins ... and he's not the only one (Winnipeg Sun)
RANDY SPORTAK: After 10: Flames on outside looking in (Calgary Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Talented Wheeler needs to step it up (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE HEIKA: After early misstep, Dallas Stars' Kari Lehtonen comes to the rescue again (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
JOHN SMALLWOOD: Philly in danger of a playoff-less year (Philadelphia Daily News)
ERIC FRANCIS: Former teammate questions Flames' captain Iginla's fire (Calgary Sun)
TERRY JONES: Edmonton Oilers need to rack up some wins before starting extended road trip (Edmonton Sun)
KIRK PENTON: That's how it is with the Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks haven't had a 'fair' fight in years (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Winnipeg Jets show no firepower through first quarter of season (Winnipeg Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Where has Jarome Iginla the sniper gone? (Calgary Herald)
MIKE IMREM: Long story short: Blackhawks sure are fun (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks-Wild a great feat of game engineering by the referees (Vancouver Province)
JOE STRAUSS: Slump arrived quickly for Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
JOHN MacKINNON: Benching the Ryans may be defining moment for Krueger (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames' margin for error shrinks as season nears quarter-pole (Calgary Herald)
ED WILLES: Ballard finally gets a point and also makes a point (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators defenceman Marc Methot could be team captain down road (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Ottawa Senators' plan to halt blue wave from Leafland doomed to fail (Toronto Star)

2/12/13

KEN CAMPBELL: Leafs have improved because of toughness, not fighting (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: A sigh of relief for Leafs (Sportsnet)
R.J. KRAFT: Pekka Rinne wants to see more offense from Nashville (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: Goalie harmony in Vancouver (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: NHL quarter pole review: An early assessment (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: Feast-or-famine, Preds face a 'tough' week (Foxsports)
TIM WHARNSBY: ACC atmosphere could be key to Leafs' fortunes (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Coach Carlyle is getting Leafs to buy in (ESPN)
LUKE FOX: Doughty hammers Datsyuk (Sportsnet)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 30 Thoughts: Devils out to prove last year no fluke (CBC)
CHRIS Ovechkin embraces right wing (Sportsnet)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Captain Serious learns to lighten up (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: Leafs big win has BurkeÕs handprints all over it (Globe & Mail)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Caps are a mystery (Washington Post)Subscriber site
ANDREW GROSS: Rangers' minor tweak turning into a big deal (Bergen Record)
KEN WIEBE: Winnipeg Jets should ride the hot hand of Al Montoya (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Beep, beep! Here comes James van Riemsdyk (Toronto Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars need Eric Nystrom to score, and he's built to do so (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames move to pick up 'tender raises questions (Calgary Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: Blackhawks' start evokes comparisons to '07 Cup champion Ducks (Chicago Tribune)
PAT HICKEY: Hot start for Lightning rookie (Montreal Gazette)
TIM COWLISHAW: Ending Stars' playoff drought starts with Jamie Benn (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Henrik Sedin prepares to overtake his idol (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Angry MacLean is loud and clear (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Fraser family cherishes Maple Leafs opportunity (Toronto Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Postma most likely candidate for trade (Winnipeg Free Press)
JEFF GORDON: So much for Halak's heroic return (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
JOHN MacKINNON: Oilers remain a work in progress (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON:lames can ill afford to keep letting others be the king of their castle (Calgary Herald)
PAT LEONARD: With the New Jersey Devils atop the Eastern Conference, NY Rangers need to gain ground in standings now (New York Daily News)
ED WILLES: Keeping Luongo, Schneider the best option now (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: In a crazy season, Devils ride high (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: Pacioretty more shocked than hurt (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Toronto Maple Leafs continue to impress with gutsy win over Philly (Toronto Star)
RICK MORRISSEY: Blackhawks have looked magnificent - 'reportedly' (Chicago Sun-Times)
PAUL FRIESEN: Boring is best bet (Winnipeg Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Time is now for Jacket's to show what they're worth (Columbus Dispatch)

2/11/13

CHRIS JOHNSTON: Burke's vision unfolding (Sportsnet)
ALLEN MUIR: New potholes on NHL's path to Sochi Olympics (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Can Oilers, Red Wings survive injuries (ESPN)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Van Riemsdyk seeks closure (Sportsnet)
TIM WHARNSBY: Chicago has hope at another Stanley Cup (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Lack of stiff opening round opposition a double edged sword for Canada in Sochi (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Sabres hope frequent meetings with fierce rivals help turn the tide (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Kings struggling to find Stanley Cup form (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Leafs-Canadiens ugliness shows NHL is truly back, tribalism and all (National Post)
ED TAIT: Monu-freaking-mental (Winnipeg Free Press)
PAT HICKEY: No rant from Therrien (Montreal Gazette)
BOB DUFF: Ex-Spit Hall still learning (Windsor Star)
SAM DONNELLON: Coburn anchoring Flyers' D (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAMIEN COX: Hungry, eager veterans make all the difference to this year's Maple Leafs (Toronto Star)
ERIC FRANCIS: Hockey surrounds former coach in fight against brain cancer (Calgary Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: No ringing endorsement, yet, for NHL players in Sochi Olympics (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JACK TODD: Habs stank the joint out (Montreal Gazette)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Former Flyer James van Riemsdyk adjusting to life in Toronto (Philadelphia Daily News)
BOB WOJNOWSKI: Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg keep Wings afloat through tough transition (Detroit News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs at the quarter-pole (Toronto Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Working behind scenes for gold (Calgary Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Leafs win in alley, on the ice (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Serving up bangers and Nash (New York Post)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Halak comes back not a moment too soon (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Henrik Sedin can beat Naslund's career scoring record Tuesday (Vancouver Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators can't thread eye of needle. (Ottawa Sun)

2/10/13

ADAM PROTEAU: Sharks GM Doug Wilson, others, say it's time to shrink goalie pads (The Hockey News)
PETER MAHER: Injured Flames have confidence (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Penguins' penalty parade in loss to Devils should be a concern (The Sporting News)
ADAM GRETZ: Ilya Kovalchuk's endurance is incredible (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Bob Gainey takes pride in Peterborough (CBC)
LUKE DeCOCK: Corvo earns his keep against Flyers (Raleigh News & Observer)Subscriber site
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: NHL fights packing extra punch (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
DON BRENNAN: Senators deliver weak effort in loss to Winnipeg Jets (Ottawa Sun)
SAM CARCHIDI: Facing six-game trip, Flyers must end road woes (Philadelphia Inquirer)
STEVE ZIPAY: J.T. Miller is only second player on Rangers current roster to get first NHL goal against the Islanders (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Twins amp up power play against Flames (Vancouver Province)
DAVE MOLINARI: The trade of Ben Lovejoy (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
TOM POWERS: Overtime win takes some of the pressure off Wild and their coach (St. Paul Pioneer Press)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Anaheim Ducks must decide what to do with pending free agents Corey Perry and Ryan Getzlaf (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Players must adhere to hockey's unwritten rules (Tampa Tribune)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Do we have the next era of Canadian goaltending? (Toronto Sun)
DAVID ISAAC: JVR rolling with Leafs (South Jersey Courier-Post)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks taking care of business (Vancouver Province)
ROB ROSSI: Fleury thanks fans by upgrading Student Rush tickets (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Picking Canada's Olympic hockey team for Sochi (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Canucks' goalie controversy stays quiet in house (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
ADRIAN DATER: NHL not seeing damage from lockout as predicted (Denver Post)
LARRY BROOKS: Realignment up next for NHL, union (New York Post)
JASON YORK: Erik Karlsson simply the best (Ottawa Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Pegula should have listened to insiders (Buffalo News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Isles' Tavares itching for chance to play for Canada (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings' injuries provide opportunities for good stories (Detroit Free Press)

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