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OPINION

2/15/14

KEN CAMPBELL: What to do with Chris Kunitz? (The Hockey News)
ADAM PROTEAU: Why Luongo should start for Canada against Finland -- and the rest of the Olympics (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Canada cruises to 6-0 win on Jeff Carter's natural hat trick (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Canada's "lesser lights" continue to shine at Olympics (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: A historic victory for Slovenian hockey (Sportsnet)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Babcock still burdened with lineup decisions (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL FARBER: Memories of a miracle: A remarkable day in a village in upstate New York (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Too much of a good thing for Canada (ESPN)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: It may be USA vs. Russia, but there's no Miracle here (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: A win that shook a nation (ESPN)
BRIAN CAZENEUVE: The 12 greatest moments in Olympic hockey history (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sweden bounces back from bad news (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Bring on Finland, and difficult decisions for Mike Babcock (CBC)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Lessons from Canada's dominant win (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: No pressure for Selanne in his final Games (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: When very, very good perhaps isn't good enough for Canadian men's hockey (National Post)
LARRY BROOKS: Russia can never avenge 'Miracle on Ice' (New York Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Put Pavs in net, his hero says (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVE FESCHUK: Mad search on for Crosby's winger (Toronto Star)
DAMIEN COX: Game against U.S. in Sochi huge one for Russian hockey (Toronto Star)
MICHAEL ARACE: Hey NHL, hockey on bigger ice is better (Columbus Dispatch)
MIKE BOONE: Canada's Roberto Luongo should get the start against Finland in Sochi (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LAWLESS: Skill, yes; grit -- we don't know (Winnipeg Free Press)
STU COWAN: Hockey players -- and equipment -- in Sochi spotlight (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Canada, Jeff Carter paste Austrians 6-0 at Sochi Games (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE BUFFERY: Amanda Kessel not only American women's hockey player with NHL connection (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: U.S. grit meets Russian skill in men's hockey (Los Angeles Times)
MARK KISZLA: Olympics a golden opportunity for Gabe Landeskog (Denver Post)
DAMIEN COX: Team Canada blanks Austria with ease (Toronto Star)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: U.S. won't hold back vs. 'Bully' (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

2/14/14

KEN CAMPBELL: Canada passes first Olympic test with 3-1 win over Norway (The Hockey News)
ADAM PROTEAU: Six NHL teams that need an immediate trade after the Olympic break (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Five things we learned from Canada's Olympic debut (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Jagr loosening mood for Czech Republic (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Canada's slow start is nothing new (ESPN)
SEAN GENTILLE: What we learned about Team USA, others on Thursday (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Team USA feasts on Slovakia in Sochi opener with Russia up next (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Tense moments for Russia in opener (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Predators Olympics Report: Weber, Canada pull away (Foxsports)
BRIAN CAZENEUVE: The 12 greatest moments in Olympic hockey history (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Takeaways from a dominant U.S. win (ESPN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Takeaways from Canada's win (ESPN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Canada shows glimpse of potential vs Norway (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: Much to like in Team Canada's jittery win over Norway (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Jaromir Jagr playing like a kid again (ESPN)
CHRIS PETERS: Phil Kessel, Paul Stastny power Team USA's 7-1 win over Slovakia (CBS Sportsline)
KEVIN ALLEN: USA's rout of Slovakia answers many questions (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: With Canada's 3-1 victory, every hockey powerhouse has left the starting blocks. Now we see who gets better fastest (National Post)
MATTHEW FISHER: Lavish biopic of Summit Series legend shows Russia obsessed with beating Canada at hockey (National Post)
KEN DRYDEN: Hockey in Canada is unrecognizable from 1972 (National Post)
KATIE CARRERA: Opening wins by U.S. and Russia a tease before men's hockey marquee matchup (Washington Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Tight first game could lead Canada to gold (Winnipeg Free Press)
LARRY BROOKS: US more dominant than Canada or Russia in hockey openers (New York Post)
STEVE SIMMONS: Canadian hockey team's Olympics not going to script ... yet (Toronto Sun)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: US men can't enjoy this win too long (Boston Globe)Paywall to view
JERRY SULLIVAN: No question of loyalty for Peter Stastny (Buffalo News)
SALLY JENKINS: Figure skating offers more physical challenges than ice hockey (Washington Post)
STEVE POLITI: Former Devil Peter Stastny watches his son star against his native Slovakia (Newark Star Ledger)
DAMIEN COX: Canada works out some kinks against Norway (Toronto Star)
GARY LAWLESS: Uncovering the beast within (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE LUPICA: When USA hockey team defeated Soviets in '80, we knew it would last forever (New York Daily News)
JERRY SULLIVAN: USA looks scary good in hockey rout of Slovakia (Buffalo News)
SCOTT THURSTON: Memory of 1980 loss to US still stings for Russians (Boston Globe)Paywall to view
HELENE ST. JAMES: Sochi hotel breakfast more than enough through a long day (Detroit Free Press)
DAVE FESCHUK: What P.K. Subban has to do to earn ice time (Toronto Star)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Paul Stastny keys U.S. over Slovakia in men's hockey (Los Angeles Times)
MIKE SIELSKI: Snider's moves: 'We're always trying to win' (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Finns have 'been waiting' for Maatta (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

2/13/14

ADAM PROTEAU: Do you think Olympic hockey referees are out to get your country? Get over yourself (The Hockey News)
SCOTT MORRISON: Pride won't let Canadian NHLers say no (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL FARBER: Originally snubbed, St. Louis is set to prove his worth with Team Canada (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Selanne the wise old man of Olympic hockey (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL FARBER: Black Sea Bullies (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Offensive outburst paces Finland (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Preds within shouting distance of playoffs at Olympic break (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Young D not bowing to the pressure (ESPN)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: From the ice to behind the bench, Dineen has unfinished Olympic business (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Team Canada will keep its foot on the gas vs. Norway (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Why the Americans will defeat Slovakia (USA Today)
SEAN FITZ-GERALD: Breaking down Canada's Olympic men's hockey team ahead of its Sochi opener (National Post)
DAMIEN COX: Men's Olympic hockey tournament simply too close to call (Toronto Star)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Phew! Canada slips past pesky Norwegians in Olympic opener (Ottawa Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: Sochi Games aren't worth the strain on NHL (Buffalo News)
GARY LAWLESS: 'Let's get playing' (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVE FESCHUK: P.K. Subban, Matt Duchene sit as Team Canada set to play Norway (Toronto Star)
HELENE ELLIOTT: U.S. hockey team built for speed and toughness (Los Angeles Times)
TIM COWLISHAW: NHL gains nothing sending players to Olympics; it's time to stop (Dallas Morning News)
RANDY MILLER: Why the USA won't win hockey Gold in Sochi (Newark Star Ledger)
GARY LAWLESS: Class act Steen key cog for Swedes (Winnipeg Free Press)

2/12/14

RYAN DIXON: 7 keys to understanding Olympic men's hockey (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL FARBER: Ten questions before men's hockey tournament (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Sidney Crosby quietly takes the reins (ESPN)
MICHAEL ROSENBERG: The NHL seems headed for an Olympic exit -- and it's the right move to make (Si.com)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Karlsson unfazed by role, magnitude of Games (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Spotlight now on Jonathan Quick (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Penalty Minutes: Teams could contend with Olympic hangover (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Russia a team united (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Winter Olympics Men's Hockey: Ten players to watch in Sochi (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Crosby exudes quiet confidence (Globe & Mail)
MARK KISZLA: Russian pride is betting big on its hockey team (Denver Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Team Canada should heed Tretiak's dire warning (Winnipeg Free Press)
TOM JONES: Yzerman guides a nation's Olympic hopes (Tampa Bay Times)
LARRY BROOKS: Put the NHL on ice and enjoy the Olympics' league of nations (New York Post)
DAVE FESCHUK: Team Canada's coaches have clear plan to defend hockey gold (Toronto Star)
RON COOK: Eddie Olczyk's goal is to return to NHL as a head coach (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Captain Crosby evolving as a leader for Team Canada (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Canada's Roberto Luongo revels in the Olympic atmosphere (Vancouver Province)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Teemu Selanne's enthusiasm for hockey never gets old (Los Angeles Times)
JOSH COOPER: USA on gold mission (The Tennessean)
GARY LAWLESS: Hoping for a Sochi streak (Winnipeg Free Press)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: In Shero and Bylsma, two of a mind (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
STEVE SIMMONS: Failure to win gold would be 'disaster': Don Cherry (Toronto Sun)
DAVID STAPLES: Without Daryl Katz, downtown arena would have vinyl siding (Edmonton Journal)

2/11/14

KEN CAMPBELL: Canadian roster comes with heavy price tag (The Hockey News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Max Pacioretty embracing Olympic moment (Ottawa Sun)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Brown-Kesler-Kane reunited -- for now (Ottawa Sun)
MARK SPECTOR: Veteran Doughty learned from Vancouver gold (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: What is NHL's Olympic future? (Ottawa Sun)
SARAH KWAK: Men's ice hockey teams hit the ice to shake out, shake off expectations (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: A new way of thinking (Ottawa Sun)
MICHAEL FARBER: This time, everything seems right for Ovechkin's Olympic emergence (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Dan Bylsma feeling sense of urgency (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Ovechkin becomes face of a nation during Olympic Games (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Line blender turned on as Team Canada finally hits the ice (Globe & Mail)
BOB KRAVITZ: Ryan Miller deserves to be No. 1 in USA net (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: The $50-billion weight on the shoulders of Russia's Olympic hockey team (National Post)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Canadian NHLers hit ice in Sochi (Ottawa Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: Ovechkin-led Russians must return to dominant place (Toronto Sun)
MIKE WISE: For Alex Ovechkin, Olympic rings weigh heavy (Washington Post)
GARY LAWLESS: NHL stars break off into new tribes (Winnipeg Free Press)
HELENE ELLIOTT: For NHL players it's fun while it lasts, but how long? (Los Angeles Times)
MARTIN CLEARY: Paul MacLean reflects on his Olympic moment (Ottawa Citizen)
CAM COLE: Team Canada hits ice, steals Sochi spotlight (Vancouver Sun)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Jeff Carter gets first look as Sidney Crosby's wingman on Team Canada's top line (Toronto Star)
STEVE POLITI: Ilya Kovalchuk, a traitor in New Jersey, is beloved in Russia (Newark Star Ledger)
MIKE HARRIS: USA's Carpenter looks like another can't-miss kid (Washington Times)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Malkin, Russians 'must win' (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
DAVE FESCHUK: Vladislav Tretiak fires back at critics of Sochi Olympics (Toronto Star)
DON BRENNAN: Anderson could return from break with baby boy ... MacArthur shaves the grey and heads to Florida for some sun ... Both plan return raring to go (Ottawa Sun)
Rivals Hitchcock, Babcock join forces (St. Louis Post Dispatch)

2/10/14

CHRIS JOHNSTON: Crosby, Ovechkin the biggest attractions in Sochi (Sportsnet)
TIM WHARNSBY: Monday Musings: Special Sunday Olympic edition (CBC)
KEVIN ALLEN: Could Sochi be end of NHL run at Olympics? (USA Today)
JEFF STRAUSS: Tarasenko's dream about to come true (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Coach Paul MacLean wants Sens ready for toughest test yet (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: From Russia with love (Winnipeg Free Press)
MICHAEL ARACE: Dineen reels in Olympic coaching job (Columbus Dispatch)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers have had remarkable turnaround, but ... (Philadelphia Daily News)
KEN WIEBE: Jets show improvement with plenty of highs, some all-time lows (Winnipeg Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Russian forward Viktor Tikhonov hopes to carry grandfather's legacy into Olympics (Ottawa Sun)
THOM LOVERRO: Alex Ovechkin vs. Team USA creates a rooting quandary for local fans (Washington Times)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers guard against falling out of shape during break (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAVID CLIMER: Predators' playoff chances depend on healthy Rinne (The Tennessean)
ALLAN PANZERI: Beyond the Beantown beatdown, hope (Ottawa Citizen)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Bruins set up nicely for stretch run (Boston Globe)Paywall to view
DAVE FESCHUK: Ryan Gardner, grandson of legendary ex-Leaf, suits up for Swiss in Sochi (Toronto Star)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames scatter to various locales, sun-drenched or not, as Olympic break begins (Calgary Herald)

2/9/14

CHRIS JOHNSTON: Russia's lofty goal to win gold at home (Sportsnet)
MIKE BROPHY: Phil Kessel sparks Maple Leafs' 3rd-period rally past Canucks (CBC)
LARRY BROOKS: Lots to mull for Devils' legend Brodeur (New York Post)
KEN WIEBE: Jets lose 4-3 to Blues in shootout (Winnipeg Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Catching up with Kaberle at the Olympics (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Sochi Olympics could be last with NHL stars (Tampa Tribune)
MIKE HARRINGTON: Keeping goalie would let Sabres send right message (Buffalo News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Avalanche star Matt Duchene goes from Haliburton to Sochi (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Team Canada's Roberto Luongo limps into Sochi Olympics (Vancouver Sun)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Mask outfitter broke mold for NHL goalies (Boston Globe)Paywall to view
GARY LAWLESS: CEO Nicholson atop our quest for gold (Winnipeg Free Press)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Sidney Crosby has grown up in many ways (Los Angeles Times)
JOHN VOGL: Miller is ready to move on, so let him (Buffalo News)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames slide into Olympic break on a positive note despite 2-1 loss to Flyers (Calgary Herald)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Little chance Vanek, MacDonald stick around (New York Newsday)
BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks living up to post-Cup promise (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAVE MOLINARI: A season by the book (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Martin Brodeur being shopped by New Jersey Devils? (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Finnish Olympian Leo Komarov pines for his days as a Maple Leaf (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Blame Tortorella for losing spiral, as Canucks collapse again in loss to Leafs (Vancouver Sun)
MARTIN FENNELLY: Timely win for Bolts before break (Tampa Tribune)
JIM SOUHAN: Can Wild ride recent success to playoffs? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
JOHN VOGL: Games begin again for Sabres security rep (Buffalo News)
JEFF STRAUSS: Tarasenko's dream about to come true (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
STEVE ZIPAY: Sochi break a chance for some Rangers to rest (New York Newsday)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Bruins looking to deal in tight trade market (Boston Globe)Paywall to view
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Don't be surprised if Ottawa Senators go after Chris Stewart (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Luongo feeling flushed heading into Olympics (Toronto Sun)
ADRIAN DATER: Winter Games leave NHL in the cold (Denver Post)
PAT HICKEY: Pacioretty feels better, will play in Sochi (Montreal Gazette)

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