OPINION
- JARED CLINTON: Why there's no reason to worry about the Calgary Flames' quiet deadline (The Hockey News)
- IAN MENDES: Dorion preaching patience, trust to suspicious fan base (TSN)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Tkachuk puts new-age skill-set on display as surging Flames keep rolling (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Tatar, Domi continue to fuel Canadiens during playoff race (Sportsnet)
- CATHAL KELLY: Trudeau treads time-honoured path with TSN everyman routine (Globe & Mail)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Gary Bettman remembers what it was once like here, and is starting to be again (Raleigh News & Observer)
- ROB OLLER: It’s the Blue Jackets’ time to win ... well, starting Thursday (Columbus Dispatch)
- ED GRANEY: Mark Stone ignites fire under Golden Knights, rabid fan base (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- STU COWAN: Marc Bergevin confident Canadiens headed in right direction (Montreal Gazette)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues and Predators keep pressure on one another (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- JOHN ROMANO: Steven Stamkos: From franchise savior to franchise leader (Tampa Bay Times)
- MIKE SIELSKI: The Flyers needed to trade Wayne Simmonds. Turns out, they needed to do it sooner (Philly.com)
- BARRY SVRLUGA: At last, the Capitals won’t have to worry about Carl Hagelin in the playoffs (Washington Post)
- STEVE CONROY: Marcus Johansson’s all good with Brad Marchand (Boston Herald)
- PAT HICKEY: 'We played the way we know we can,' Julien says (Montreal Gazette)
- DON BRENNAN: Vegas GM George McPhee knows a thing or two about teardowns (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Brutal Oilers are turning the McDavid era into a hockey travesty (Toronto Star)
- JOHN NIYO: ’Joke’ of a loss is reason to question Red Wings’ direction (Detroit News)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Long in the tooth, not fleet of foot: Jets got locker-room MVP Hendricks back (Winnipeg Free Press)
- BEN KUZMA: Canucks look to ex-Pen Pearson to get back on track (Vancouver Province)
- LARRY BROOKS: New Ranger Brendan Lemieux has his dad's agitator DNA (New York Post)
- RICK BELL: City hall arena pitch on ice, council can't agree yet (Calgary Sun)
- TIM BENZ: Penguins start make-or-break stretch on right foot (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Jets, Golden Knights among winners, Maple Leafs and Flames among losers on Deadline Day (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Golden Knights gets Stone as Vegas Expansion' draft haul days deadline dividends (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Bruins bolster second line with addition of Johansson from Devils and give up little in the process (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Predators upgrade power play, keep pace in Central arms race with Simmonds (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Nashville adds skill in Granlund, Minnesota gets upside in Fiala (The Hockey News)
- RYAN KENNEDY: Winnipeg gets stronger down the middle with Kevin Hayes trade (The Hockey News)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks earn redemptive performance with weight of deadline off their backs (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Loss to beleaguered Devils reminds Canadiens no win will come easy (Sportsnet)
- MARK SPECTOR: Oilers’ Hitchcock, Draisaitl learning to thrive in conflict (Sportsnet)
- ERIC ENGELS: Canadiens’ Bergevin, Julien confident team is fit to make playoffs (Sportsnet)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames believe in their potential, even as rivals beef up at deadline (Sportsnet)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Winners hard to pick, but NHL trade deadline losers are clearly the Ottawa Senators (Globe & Mail)Paywall to view
- MICHAEL TRAIKOS: While some teams added depth at trade deadline, Senators positioned themselves well with draft picks, prospects (National Post)
- KEVIN ALLEN: The winners, losers of 2019 NHL trade deadline (USA Today)
- PAUL GACKLE: Why the Gustav Nyquist trade tips the scale in the Sharks’ favor (San Jose Mercury News)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Hurricanes sit tight at deadline, caught between present and future (Raleigh News & Observer)
- JOHN SHIPLEY: Wild fans no longer in the State of Crazy Town (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- MIKE CHAMBERS: Avalanche trade for Derick Brassard didn’t help playoff chances much, but Colorado was smart at the deadline (Denver Post)
- DAVE FESCHUK: Leafs’ Kyle Dubas made his biggest moves long before the trade deadline (Toronto Star)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Marcus Johansson makes Bruins a little bit better (Boston Globe)
- MIKE McINTYRE: Jets GM confident his moves good for team (Winnipeg Free Press)
- JOE REXRODE: Preds better on paper. What about on ice? (The Tennessean)
- PAUL ZEISE: Erik Gudbranson helps, but the Penguins' best hope is already here (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- BEN FREDERICKSON: Checking these boxes would help Blues more than any deadline deals (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Fenton's bold moves were long overdue (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Lightning likes the cards it has, no reshuffling needed (Tampa Bay Times)
- DAMIEN COX: Leafs’ Zach Hyman among those showing hockey really is for everyone (Toronto Star)
- DON BRENNAN: Quickly analyzing the Mark Stone trade and the Ottawa hockey market afterwards (Ottawa Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets Stoned by Vegas (Winnipeg Sun)
- MARK MADDEN: Penguins GM Jim Rutherford’s deadline deals unlikely to matter much (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings and Ducks aren't among the major players as NHL trade deadline passes (Los Angeles Times)
- ED GRANEY: Knights’ deal for Mark Stone sends message about winning now (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- RON COOK: Penguins must find answers from within (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: Botterill crosses key line at right time for Sabres' growth (Buffalo News)
- DAMIEN COX: The NHL deck still looks the same after all that shuffling (Toronto Star)
- BOB FORD: Flyers climbed out of cellar but are still sellers after trade deadline (Philly.com)
- STEVE CONROY: Bruins GM Don Sweeney stays grounded (Boston Herald)
- TIM BENZ: Penguins better heed Jim Rutherford’s wake-up call (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- LARRY BROOKS: This trade confirms Rangers' real opinion of Kevin Hayes (New York Post)
- STU COWAN: 'Next question,' Claude Julien says about power play (Montreal Gazette)
- KEN WIEBE: Jets land Hayes, Can centre live up to standard set by Stastny? (Winnipeg Sun)
- TIM BENZ: Time for Penguins forwards to help defense (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- BARRY ROZNER: Blackhawks' quiet day hardly a surprise (Chicago Daily Herald)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: At deadline, Red Wings show they still have long way to go (Detroit News)
- ED WILLES: Ed Willes: Canucks' deadline day deals don't elicit much enthusiasm (Vancouver Province)
- TERRY JONES: Trade deadline over, Oilers' focus turns to the search for a new general manager (Edmonton Sun)