OPINION
- ERIC FRANCIS: Giordano, Flames praise Andersson's impressive fill-in performance (Sportsnet)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks give Ryan Spooner a chance to save his career (Sportsnet)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Maple Leafs’ Gardiner may meet similar fate to ex-teammate Bozak (Sportsnet)
- GREG WYSHYNSKI: The most lopsided deadline trades in NHL history (ESPN)
- CATHAL KELLY: Hurricane hubbub shows that old-dog Cherry’s limited repertoire of tricks is as fetching as ever (Globe & Mail)
- TARA SULLIVAN: He’s in Providence, but Ryan Donato insists, ‘I know I’m an NHL player’ (Boston Globe)
- MARK WHICKER: Alex Ovechkin shows how stardom looks in deeds, not reputation (Los Angeles Daily News)
- STU COWAN: Too early to pick a winner in Canadiens' deal for Drouin (Montreal Gazette)
- ED WILLES: For Canucks' Jim Benning, status quo isn't an option (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE McINTYRE: For the Jets, rest trumps everything right now (Winnipeg Free Press)
- TIM BENZ: Players say Penguins must ‘Embrace the Race’ to playoffs (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MICHAEL ARACE: When Blue Jackets game turns into rout, speculation ensues (Columbus Dispatch)
- BEN FREDERICKSON: Once battered and dismissed, Blues give their fans reason to dream big again (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BEN KUZMA: Clearing mental hurdles will get Spooner's game back on track (Vancouver Province)
- BRENDAN KELLY: Canadiens management needs to go back to drawing board (Montreal Gazette)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Slumping Jets need a shakeup (Winnipeg Sun)
- STEVE POLITI: Patrick Warburton, aka Puddy, embraces ‘inescapable’ role as the face of the Devils (NJ.com)
- MARK WHICKER: Kings’ Brendan Leipsic hopes NHL trade deadline is as uneventful as it looks (Los Angeles Daily News)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks goalie Ryan Miller's patience pays off with satisfying wins mark (Los Angeles Times)
- DAMIEN COX: They’ve stopped playing the blues in St. Louis during a 10-game winning streak (Toronto Star)
- TERRY JONES: There is no point in keeping Puljujarvi off the farm (Edmonton Sun)