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OPINION

3/9/13

STU HACKEL: What will it take to make visors mandatory in NHL (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Realignment evens the scales (Sportsnet)
ADRIAN DATER: Blackhawks can't best Avs a second time, and a streak ends (Si.com)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Fighting still part of the game (Sportsnet)
JOHN MANASSO: Realignment would add to Preds' travel time (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Five big names to watch at deadline (ESPN)
ANDREW ASTLEFORD: Stamkos hopes team results follow his own (Foxsports)
PETER MAHER: Closer than score indicated (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Oilers' learning curve a painful path (ESPN)
CHRIS PETERS: Chicago Blackhawks' remarkable streak ends in Colorado (CBS Sportsline)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Races for NHL awards too close to call at this point (Globe & Mail)
DAVID EBNER: Canucks' Raymond on rise once more (Globe & Mail)
GARY LAWLESS: Flintstone pots OT winner (Winnipeg Free Press)
MARTIN FENNELLY: Tampa Bay Lightning's St. Louis running out of time (Tampa Tribune)
PAUL FRIESEN: Maybe Jets need different voice behind bench (Winnipeg Sun)
DAMIEN COX: NHL realignment rekindles Leafs-Red Wings rivalry, and thatÕs a good thing (Toronto Star)
LARRY BROOKS: Lundqvist beaten by mentor's son (New York Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: West gains playoff advantage in new-look NHL (Ottawa Sun)
KIRK PENTON: Drawing first blood paying off for Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: What a difference a half-season makes (Montreal Gazette)
LANCE HORNBY: Apparently, fighting does help Leafs (Toronto Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: As trade deadline approaches, soon-to-be free agents know they could be moved (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
MARK WHICKER: Ducks invest in futures market (Orange County Register)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Ryan Getzlaf signing shifts focus to Corey Perry (Ottawa Sun)
Devils up next: Travel to Carolina to face the Hurricanes (Bergen Record)
DAVE FESCHUK: NHL teams starting to pay attention to statistical analysis (Toronto Star)
RANDY SPORTAK: Future approaching fast for Flames (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Therrien impressive in first half of season (Montreal Gazette)
TOM GULITTI: NHL needs to make visors mandatory (Bergen Record)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Sens have mixed feelings about realignment (Ottawa Citizen)
TERRY KOSHAN: Top 5 areas Leafs could improve to ensure playoffs (Toronto Sun)
KIRK PENTON: Jets top three overachievers and underachievers (Winnipeg Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Time to make visors mandatory (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings earn passing grade despite injury-riddled first half (Detroit Free Press)
KIRK PENTON: Jets need to be sellers not buyers at NHL trade deadline (Winnipeg Sun)

3/8/13

ADAM PROTEAU: Stompin' Tom Connors forever lives on in hockey (The Hockey News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Ranking top 20 rental players (ESPN)Paywall to view
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Don't give up on the Blues just yet (ESPN)
LUKE FOX: Give Leafs goal song to Stompin' Tom (Sportsnet)
DANA WAKIJI: Kindl, Emmerton score in Wings shutout win (Foxsports)
BRIAN DOYEL: Will it take a death to end fighting in hockey? Let's hope not (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Fighting realignment too risky for NHLPA (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: NHL Award Races: Breaking down Hart, Vezina races at midseason (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: NHL prepares for U.S. college free agents (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Players understand the risks involved when they engage in a fight (Globe & Mail)
GARY LAWLESS: Montoya near-perfect in tough gig, as he must be (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE HEIKA: Jaromir Jagr scored the goals but Kari Lehtonen led the way in Dallas Stars' road win against Los Angeles Kings (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
DAVID HAUGH: Strange but true, fan personally blacks out Hawks (Chicago Tribune)Paywall to view
RANDY SPORTAK: Puck Stops Here -- Stop staged fighting in NHL (Calgary Sun)
LUKE DeCOCK: Canadiens are setting the bar (Raleigh News & Observer)
PHIL MUSHNICK: Sabre's suspension undercuts Rangers (New York Post)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Right steps for Tyler Seguin (Boston Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: In today's NHL, you can just say no to fights (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Fighting is in team's DNA (Toronto Star)
DAVID CLIMER: Note to Preds -- you can't score if you don't shoot (The Tennessean)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Hartley ties idol on NHL career coaching wins list (Calgary Herald)
RICK TELANDER: The Blackhawks have to lose, right? Right? (Chicago Sun-Times)
LARRY BROOKS: Momentum continues in fourth straight win (New York Post)
TOM JONES: Lightning has dug tough hole (Tampa Bay Times)
MIKE HEIKA: Realignment latest the victory for Dallas Stars off the ice; one aspect is particularly key (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
STEVE BUCKLEY: For B's, result two good (Boston Herald)
MIKE SPELLMAN: NHL owes Blackhawks one very big thank you (Chicago Daily Herald)
MICHAEL LEV: 1,000th game no minor feat for Steve Carroll (Orange County Register)
DAN McNEIL: Time for Hawks to lighten up (Chicago Tribune)Paywall to view
BOB DUFF: Ex-Spit protected by visor (Windsor Star)
SAM DONNELLON: Pronger won't be an ad-visor (Philadelphia Daily News)
PAT HICKEY: Therrien's message awakens Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)

3/7/13

KEN CAMPBELL: McLaren-Dziurzynski fight latest episode in NHL's fisticuffs debacle (The Hockey News)
RYAN KENNEDY: Mandatory visors a must for the NHL (The Hockey News)
ERIC MACRAMARRA: Legal look: mandatory visors in the NHL (TSN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: MacArthur's mission (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Saad makes Blackhawks happy; Blues aren't possessed (The Sporting News)
JOHN MANASSO: Ellis must step up in goalie Ward's absence (Foxsports)
MARK SPECTOR: Pronger has nothing to gain from return (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Crunch time comes early for Avs (ESPN)Paywall to view
ALLAN MUIR: 2013 Fantasy NHL All-Star Game Roster: Western Conference (Si.com)
GREG COUCH: Streaking Blackhawks great for NHL (Foxsports)
STU HACKEL: The 10 most powerful people in the NHL (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Rumblings: Where Iginla, Alfredsson could land (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Holzer adds German flavour to Leafs' 1st-half success (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: Chicago overcomes injuries, keeps streak alive (CBS Sportsline)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: NHL teams ready to embrace advanced statistics (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Injury to Staal reignites eye-protection debate (Globe & Mail)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars feel they can match Kings' title run, given playoff chance (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
RICK MORRISSEY: Blackhawks are a team in control of their own destiny (Chicago Sun-Times)
DAVE FESCHUK: Frazer McLaren knockout blow leaves Sens' David Dziurzynski, ACC fans stunned (Toronto Star)
TED WYMAN: Time to turn plane around (Winnipeg Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Price's emotional workout (Montreal Gazette)
BARRY SVRLUGA: Capitals must deliver with what they have (Washington Post)
MIKE IMREM: Blackhawks story great, but not on a grand scale (Chicago Daily Herald)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Kiprusoff's solid return serves notice the razor wire is back in Flames' net (Calgary Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs' Kessel has giant shadow in Chara (Toronto Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Penguins' greatest challenge (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Fortitude lacking as Blues crumple (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
PAT HICKEY: Hurricanes a major surprise this season (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Ottawa Senators defenceman Chris Phillips reminded of eye injury after scary incident involving New York Rangers' Marc Staal (Ottawa Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHL at the halfway pole: Blackhawks best (story) in West (Ottawa Sun)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Setting up dextrous lineups (Philadelphia Daily News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Ottawa Senators' Daniel Alfredsson doesn't mind Leafs' fans booing (Toronto Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: This is not an easy fix (Winnipeg Free Press)
CAM COLE: Marc Staal puck-in-the-eye latest sad, angry reminder that visors should be mandatory in NHL (Vancouver Sun)
BRENDA BRANSWELL: Gallagher overcomes size (Montreal Gazette)
DAVID HAUGH: Hawks just keep stuffing the bandwagon (Chicago Tribune)Paywall to view
MIKE ZEISBERGER: KO of Senators' Dziurzynski reminiscent of Kypreos career-ender (Toronto Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Coach Noel frets about Jets (Winnipeg Free Press)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets have rebuilding successes to follow (Columbus Dispatch)
HELENE ST. JAMES: What's realistic for Wings as trade deadline approaches? (Detroit Free Press)

3/6/13

KATIE STRANG: Stamkos looking to step it up (ESPN)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Lots of work left for Kadri (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: 2013 Fantasy NHL All-Star Game Roster: Eastern Conference (Si.com)
BRIAN HALL: Konopka has embraced the bunny lifestyle (Foxsports)
DAN MURPHY: Ballard better than you think (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Secrets to the Montreal Canadiens' success (ESPN)Paywall to view
BRIAN HALL: Konopka has embraced the bunny lifestyle (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Trade hunger varies for Hawks, Flyers, Wings (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Shift from grinder to scorer all about confidence for David Clarkson (CBS Sportsline)
ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 30 Thoughts: Ryan O'Reilly pursuit still a hot topic (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Stability in Leafs' crease has put Luongo trade talk on hold (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: It's been a big year for You Can Play, but they aren't done yet (National Post)
LUKE DeCOCK: Ellis can backstop Hurricanes, but he needs help (Raleigh News & Observer)
RICK MORRISSEY: Focus, consistency have taken Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford to next level (Chicago Sun-Times)
GEORGE JOHNSON: MacDonald deserves credit for role in keeping Flames afloat in Kiprusoff's absence (Calgary Herald)
ED WILLES: Low-key Canucks-Sharks fixture shows how West has fallen into mediocrity (Vancouver Province)
BOB DUFF: Wings sticking to guns (Windsor Star)
MIKE HEIKA: Not lacking for talent, Larsen's struggles could be a crisis of confidence (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
GARY LAWLESS: Great time to make hay (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVID BOCLAIR: When Suter returns Preds should do the right thing (Nashville City Paper)
RICH HOFMANN: Flyers only halfway good at midpoint of season (Philadelphia Daily News)
CAM COLE: So far, the Canucks lack killer instinct to succeed on a nightly basis (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Therrien looks for positives (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN NIYO: Wings make point by securing 2 in parity-primed playoff race (Detroit News)
PAUL FRIESEN: Another disturbing Jets trend (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE IMREM: It's all relative when it comes to sports streaks (Chicago Daily Herald)
JEFF MILLER: NHL schedule makes Ducks' foes familiar (Orange County Register)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL needs to make visors mandatory (New York Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Swooning when surging is critical (Winnipeg Free Press)

3/5/13

KEN CAMPBELL: Maple Leafs playoff push led by budding Nazem Kadri (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: NHL's violent culture encourages reckless play (The Hockey News)
CHRIS JOHNSTON: Lots of work left for Kadri (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Kaleta's discipline just the latest example of a flawed system in need of fixing (The Sporting News)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Top trade needs for playoff contenders (ESPN)Paywall to view
LUKE FOX: Tavares steals Forsberg's move (Sportsnet)
ERIC MACRAMALLA: Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin making strides on ice and balance sheet (CBS Sportsline)
CHRIS NICHOLS: Would Leafs interest Clarkson? (Sportsnet)
JOHN SHANNON: Simple Olympic remedy (Sportsnet)
TIM WHARNSBY: Leafs missed Mike Brown's presence vs. Devils (CBC)
KEVIN ALLEN: Blackhawks' start is truly rare (USA Today)
LUKE DeCOCK: Ellis can backstop Hurricanes, but he needs help (Raleigh News & Observer)
GARY LAWLESS: If Jets can't win this one, they might as well pack it in (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAMIEN COX: Key minute turns tide in win over Devils (Toronto Star)
DON BRENNAN: Sens need to drop the gloves to get ahead (Ottawa Sun)
TRACEE HAMILTON: A pivotal march (Washington Post)
CAM COLE: NHL hits and misses laid out for all to see in Kaleta caper, nasty Hab(its), ice station zebras (Vancouver Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: It's silly to compare Blackhawks, Heat (Chicago Tribune)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets in Turtle Derby in Southeast Division (Winnipeg Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Senators on pace for playoffs (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames bruiser helping alcoholics in NHL (Calgary Sun)
ED WILLES: Canucks punished by reputation (Vancouver Province)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Kadri gets better of old coach in Maple Leafs' win (Toronto Sun)
MIKE IMREM: Too late to jump on Hawks' the bandwagon? (Chicago Daily Herald)
RICK MORRISSEY: Focus, consistency have taken Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford to next level (Chicago Sun-Times)
BEN KUZMA: Vigneault's venting a post-game Picasso (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: With assistant coach Curt Fraser running Stars power play, 'there is an interesting vibe' (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
IAN MENDES: 10 unexpected storylines as the NHL hits the halfway point (Ottawa Citizen)
SAM DONNELLON: Flyers goalie Ilya Bryzgalov not a space cadet this season (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAVE FESCHUK: Streaking Blackhawks in Cup-winning company (Toronto Star)

3/4/13

JESSE SPECTOR: Sabres get a point, but Kaleta's hit costs Buffalo (The Sporting News)
CHRIS NICHOLS: NHL seeks Olympic concessions (Sportsnet)
BRIAN STUBITS: Biggest NHL realignment loss? The Blackhawks-Red Wings rivalry (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Monday Musings: Vigneault, Julien seethe into night (CBC)
DAVID SHOALTS: Blackhawks record run in NHL is no accident (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Concussion concerns fuel desire for youth hockey bodychecking ban: Survey 12 (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Ryan O'Reilly mess embarrassing for both Flames and Avalanche (National Post)
GARY LAWLESS: Mediocrity keeps fans on edge (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE HEIKA: How playing a 'road game' at home helped Dallas Stars upend St. Louis (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
HELENE ELLIOTT: Big contracts in hand, Zach Parise, Ryan Suter deal with big expectations (Los Angeles Times)
BOB DUFF: Hawks set bar for Wings (Windsor Star)
PAT HICKEY: Habs pounce after Chara leaves (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: McGrattan gives Flames boost (Calgary Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Andre Benoit to call Ottawa home (Ottawa Sun)
RICK GOSSELIN: Trade for Erik Cole should help Stars muscle up against bulky bodies of Western Conference foes (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: B's paid price for Chara thinking defense (Boston Globe)
JASON GREGOR: Wanted for NHL, all hockey: True athletes (Edmonton Journal)
ED WILLES: Vigneault venomous after bench minor costs Canucks (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Defining point for Blueshirts (New York Post)
GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings' margin for error is thin (Detroit News)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Taylor savours his first NHL victory (Calgary Herald)
DON BRENNAN: Defence ministers Marc Methot and Chris Phillips show each other some love (Ottawa Sun)
JACK TODD: Gallagher's star shines bright (Montreal Gazette)
TERRY FREI: Avalanche designation of Ryan O'Reilly as third-line center is right (Denver Post)
HELENE ST. JAMES: Despite loss, Red Wings starting to play better (Detroit Free Press)
DAVE STUBBS: Crosby stars in orgy of offence (Montreal Gazette)
BOB HUNTER: Prospal's enthusiasm for the game never gets old (Columbus Dispatch)
BARRY ROZNER: Separating Hawks, Wings is just criminal (Chicago Daily Herald)
FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers excel in the goal, but defense need work (Philadelphia Daily News)

3/3/13

RYAN KENNEDY: DiPietro's ups and down continue, but teammates, wife always support him (The Hockey News)
GENE PRINCIPE: Wild revenge? (Sportsnet)
ADAM GRETZ: A major problem with the shootout: Penalized players are eligible (CBS Sportsline)
STEVE ZIPAY: Halpern giving new meaning to 'icing' in hockey (New York Newsday)
BOB VERDI: Like Sandberg & Payton, Hossa now Chicago icon (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAVE MOLINARI: It's that time of the year in the NHL (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
DAVID ISAAC: Newcomers to Atlantic Division happy about realignment (South Jersey Courier-Post)
LARRY BROOKS: Cut NHL sked to 70 games (New York Post)
MIKE HEIKA: Dallas Stars shake up lines as they kick off crucial month of March (Dallas Morning News)Paywall to view
MICHAEL RUSSO: Wild needs league realignment (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
GREGG KRUPPA: Red Wings pumped for chance to stop Blackhawks' record streak (Detroit News)
PAUL FRIESEN: Winnipeg Jets give us that sinking feeling again (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: Bowman a steadying influence (Chicago Tribune)
STEVE SIMMONS: Avs should have rolled the dice and let O'Reilly go (Toronto Sun)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Time has come for Blues to grow up (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Firing Boucher no answer for Tampa Bay Lightning (Tampa Tribune)
MICHAEL ARACE: Jackets need players union to do right thing, approve realignment (Columbus Dispatch)
ERIC FRANCIS: Ramo could be answer to Flames goalie problems (Calgary Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Laughter the best medicine for Noel (Winnipeg Free Press)
DON BRENNAN: Ejected Alfie sends message to Rinaldo after dirty hit on Chris Phillips (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Marchand making noise (Boston Globe)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Blues will miss drawing power of Red Wings (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Good for Crosby, not for goalies (Montreal Gazette)
KIRK PENTON: Anthony Peluso gives Winnipeg Jets a fighting chance (Winnipeg Sun)
JERRY SULLIVAN: Pominville and the home crown come alive (Buffalo News)
ROB ROSSI: Fans blame Bylsma, but Pens' issues go beyond the bench (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Maple Leafs' Kadri starting to resemble Gilmour (Toronto Sun)
KEVIN CALLAHAN: Small order: Flyers have muscle to tussle (South Jersey Courier-Post)
ADRIAN DATER: Both sides to blame in messy Ryan O'Reilly saga (Denver Post)
SAM CARCHIDI: Accentuating Flyers' positives (Philadelphia Inquirer)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Islanders need a veteran to take charge (New York Newsday)
ED WILLES: Canucks unflinching in their willingess to do battle against the league's tough guys (Vancouver Province)

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