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OPINION

3/10/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Connor McDavid seeking exceptional player status for OHL draft (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Drawing the line on justice (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: GMs to talk trapezoid, OT extension (Si.com)
SEAN GENTILLE: Sidney Crosby still says Sunday return is possible; Who will he play with? (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Cooke proves change is possible (Si.com)
JOHN MANASSO: Peterson promoting awareness of Parkinson's (Foxsports)
ADRIAN DATER: Colorado's Orlando Line spelling trouble for foes (Si.com)
JON ROSEN: Leafs working hard for Carlyle (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: From rising Stars to missing stars (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Holland, Babcock agree on most things, but not red-line (CBC)
PIERRE LeBRUN: GMs meetings: CBA fuels uncertainty (ESPN)
GLENN HEALY: 5 Questions: Wilson sowed seeds of his demise (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: Can Lightning finish playoff push with rookie goalie Dustin Tokarski? (CBS Sportsline)
KELLY HRUDEY: Lundqvist exhibits mental strength to excel in playoffs (CBC)
JAMES MIRTLE: NHL looking at return of the red line (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: The polarizing world of Brian Burke (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Angry NHL clubs ganging up on HNIC, CBC (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Radulov, Predators would benefit if he returns now (USA Today)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Putting the questions to Big Ben (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC FRANCIS: Many more to come for Baertschi (Calgary Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Tomas Vincour finally reaping rewards of long hours on the ice (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
BOB DUFF: Wings riding call-ups (Windsor Star)
KIRK PENTON: Another Jets road trip to forget (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: Leafs' Cody Franson has vision scare (Toronto Star)
CAM COLE: Cellar-dwelling Oilers fans can no longer lord it over Leafs lovers (Vancouver Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Top five NHL coach of year candidates (Ottawa Sun)
MAC ENGEL: Rising Stars are still on thin ice in NFL-like race (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)Subscriber site
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER: Seguin causing idol talk (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Tanguay's performance leaves observers awestruck (Calgary Herald)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Logical deductions (Ottawa Citizen)
MIKE BOONE: Dispatches from Habs' practice (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS STEVENSON: GMs set to debate hot topics (Ottawa Sun)

3/9/12

BOB McKENZIE: The case for 15-year-old McDavid in the OHL (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: Carlyle's system will take time (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Red line rule wonÕt make NHL safer (Si.com)
DARREN ELIOT: Goon may be a relic on arrival (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Johnson erases Carter's name in Columbus (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: Steve Shields' journey from California to Michigan Tech (CBC)
BRIAN STUBITS: NHL Award Races: Breaking down coaches, GMs (CBS Sportsline)
GORD STELLICK: Schenn begins again (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Red Wings GM to make pitch for 3-on-3 extra OT (Globe & Mail)
STEVE BUFFERY: I like a fight with my hockey (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Wondering what to wish for in a first round match-up (Ottawa Citizen)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Hardworking Gregory Campbell ends frustrating drought (Boston Herald)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Kesler top gun as a Jet-fighter (Vancouver Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Long wait over for Flames, Jets fans (Calgary Sun)
TED WYMAN: Maturing Jets grow into contenders (Winnipeg Sun)
JOHN SMALLWOOD: Flyers rookie Read seems to have broken through the 'wall' (Philadelphia Daily News)
ED WILLES: Jets are winning on and off the ice (Vancouver Province)
MIKE BOONE: Pacioretty shows no ill effects of Chara hit (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: No gift of a game (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Baertschi jets in just in time for historic return of Winnipeg (Calgary Herald)
DON BRENNAN: Lalime helped Bishop pad stats (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks done with slump: optimists; Canucks barely beat road weakling Jets: pessimists (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars make 'gritty statement' with 4-3 win over San Jose (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
STEVE BUCKLEY: Tim Thomas' time of need (Boston Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Gustavsson's fatal flaw (Toronto Sun)
STEVE SIMMONS: NHL could force Cherry, MacLean off Hockey Night (Toronto Sun)

3/8/12

RYAN KENNEDY: Hockey community quickly accepting gay rights (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: The two other guys in that Magnificent tribute (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: Return could be soon (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Window closing in San Jose (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: The sooner, the better for Crosby, Penguins' Cup hopes (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Who's in the hunt for Coach of the Year? (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Execs call for revival of team compensation (ESPN)
CRAIG MORGAN: Slumping Coyotes feeling effects of fatigue (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Five injured players who could tip playoffs (ESPN)
ADAM GRETZ: Kris Letang: the missing piece for the Penguins (CBS Sportsline)
SEAN GORDON: A year after The Hit, Pacioretty is even better (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Deadline deals that have paid dividends (USA Today)
JOE STARKEY: Mario's monument fitting (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
TONY GALLAGHER: Hard-working Higgins can help the Sedins (Vancouver Province)
GREGG KRUPA: Hit by Wings' Niklas Kronwall was devastating, but clean and legal (Detroit News)
JOE WARMINGTON: Both Cherry and MacLean were Burke's targets (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Tewksbury lauds NHL's new initiative (Ottawa Sun)
TED WYMAN: Jets seek win, not measuring stick (Winnipeg Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks power failure becoming worrisome (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Habs face Oilers in battle for 28th place (Montreal Gazette)
BERNIE MIKLASZ: Blues are NHL's surprise story (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
DON BRENNAN: Sens' Michalek in rare company (Ottawa Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: NHL never far from Hodgson (Buffalo News)
STEVE ROSENBLOOM: No power play, no will, no chance (Chicago Tribune)
GARY LAWLESS: Transformed Big Buff sparks Jets' latest playoff surge (Winnipeg Free Press)
BOB DUFF: Smith fine with dropping gloves (Windsor Star)
THOMAS BOSWELL: Caps shouldn't close their own window (Washington Post)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs play like sloppy Joes (Toronto Sun)

3/7/12

RORY BOYLEN: Buffalo's charge and Wheeler wows (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Coach McLellan has new view of concussions (TSN)
MICHAEL GRANGE: The Grabovski gamble (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: Sidney Crosby symptom-free, cleared for contact (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Is Steven Stamkos Hart-worthy? (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Top U.S. Olympic coaching candidates (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Kings' Brown elevates play despite rumors (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Possible Crosby return has league abuzz (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: U.S. college hockey free-agent season revs up (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: The Playoffs have already started for Coyotes (CBS Sportsline)
ELLIOTT FRIEDMAN: Grabovski's deal fair for both sides + 30 Thoughts (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Leafs earn an 'A' for effort, but still an 'L' for result (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: Flames hang on to edge Canadiens in crazy game (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Brian Burke likely to repeat as U.S. Olympic hockey GM (USA Today)
KEVIN ALLEN: Healthy Crosby would make Penguins team to beat (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Bruins are Leafs GM Burke's dream team (National Post)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Fans: Leafs over-paid for Grabovski (Toronto Sun)
MICHAEL ARACE: Seeing hope in these Blue Jackets wins? DonÕt get fooled again! (Columbus Dispatch)
TONY GALLAGHER: No-show Sedins symbolic of Canucks' slowdown (Vancouver Province)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bourque shows usual indifference (Calgary Sun)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Bolts were in on Bishop (Ottawa Sun)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks youngster has legs to stand on (Orange County Register)
STEVE SIMMONS: Leafs need a lot of work (Toronto Sun)
MARK PURDY: Joe Thornton faces big challenge (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Uninspired effort catching up with the Canucks (Vancouver Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets timing is perfect (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: New owner Tom Gaglardi has re-energized Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ED TAIT: Jets need to overcome road woes in race to secure Stanley Cup playoff spot (Winnipeg Free Press)
MARTIN FENNELLY: Stamkos' stick, shoulders carry Bolts' burden (Tampa Tribune)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames won't be framing this one (Calgary Herald)
MIKE BOONE: Leaving home helped White develop (Montreal Gazette)
DEJAN KOVACEVIC: Crosby's return monumental (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
STEVE BUFFERY: Read Kessel the riot act (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Hockey Canada puts Olympic heat on NHL (Ottawa Citizen)
JOE WARMINGTON: Pressure getting to Burke? (Toronto Sun)

3/6/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Thoughts on 30 NHL teams (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Former players speak out (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Coaching change history is not on the Maple Leafs' side (Si.com)
CRAIG MORGAN: Churning waters atop tight Pacific Division (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Yzerman on board for Sochi, but is NHL? (ESPN)
A.J. PEREZ: Bryzgalov lives up to billing against Caps (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: "Relentless" Carlyle looks to revive Leafs (ESPN)
ADAM GRETZ: Brutal truth: Southeast division is horrible (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Success at worlds before Olympics needed for Canada (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Calgary Flames can't find that extra gear (Globe & Mail)
ROY MacGREGOR: NHL features its own version of March Madness (Globe & Mail)
STEVE SIMMONS: Cherry's way offside (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Acceptance of gay athletes awaits test (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks' Kassian could grow into dominant NHLer (Vancouver Sun)
KIRK PENTON: Great win, Jets, now about that road record ... (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Jets' owner predicted Carlyle's future (Toronto Sun)
ANDREW GROSS: You make the call on ticket prices rising (Bergen Record)
TERRY JONES: Oilers kids 'in the hunt' (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bolts GM in charge of The List (Calgary Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: NHLers in Sochi will be on the table (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: Things just Ducky with Dale (Winnipeg Free Press)
MIKE BOONE: Flames hide Cammalleri (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Lowe named GM of CanadaÕs world championship team (Edmonton Journal)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Anaheim is hot spot for NHL coaches and executives (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
PAUL FRIESEN: NHLers target homophobia (Winnipeg Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Atlantic Division title Rangers' initial task (New York Post)

3/5/12

MICHAEL GRANGE: Beware salvaged seasons (Sportsnet)
DANA WAKIJI: Wings suffer more injuries in rare home loss (Foxsports)
BRIAN STUBITS: Rangers continue to beat top competitors in East (CBS Sportsline)
DAVID SHOALTS: New Leafs' coach Randy Carlyle begins patchwork (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: Why Leafs' boss Brian Burke canÕt have it both ways (Globe & Mail)
ALLAN MAKI: Keeping Schneider the right thing to do for Canucks (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: CBC about to pay for Don CherryÕs criticism of NHL? (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Burke spreads message of inclusion (National Post)
STEVE BUFFERY: Kessel feels bad for ex-coach (Toronto Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Long fall continues for Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
JAY GREENBERG: Tough loss on Tim Thomas (Boston Herald)
CATHAL KELLY: CBC's Don Cherry fires back at Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke (Toronto Star)
RED FISHER: Leafs GM Burke in a class by himself (Montreal Gazette)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Hard knock on Sens' Smith (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Cherry shouldn't be silenced (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Habs' loss came down to shots: coach (Montreal Gazette)
KIRK PENTON: Hard-working Thorburn keeps Jets loose (Winnipeg Sun
BOB DUFF: No tears from the bench (Windsor Star)
JACK TODD: Jean Beliveau's class contrasts with Pierre Gauthier's lack of it (Montreal Gazette)
JOE WARMINGTON: Another Cherry bomb (Toronto Sun)

3/4/12

MIKE BROPHY: A dawn of a new age (Sportsnet)
SEAN GENTILLE: Leafs hope Randy Carlyle's promise of 'rewards' comes true (The Sporting News)
CRAIG MORGAN: Suddenly sinking Coyotes need Vermette's help (Foxsports)
JESSE SPECTOR: March 3, 2012: The new low point for Canadian professional hockey? (The Sporting News)
A.J. PEREZ: Devils' last shot with Parise, Brodeur? (Foxsports)
KEVIN ALLEN: Carlyle seems right choice for tough Toronto market (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke stands tall in face of defeat (National Post)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Toronto Maple Leafs beat Montreal Canadiens in coach Randy CarlyleÕs debut (Toronto Star)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning goalie focus switching to Vancouver Canucks backup Cory Schneider (Tampa Bay Times)
DAVE MOLINARI: This, that and Crosby (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Wilson's fate was sealed (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Clock now ticking on Burke (Ottawa Sun)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Heat's up too much on ticket kerfuffle (Ottawa Citizen)
STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers continue to show resilliency (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
MARK KISZLA: Avs' malaise bad news for Sacco (Denver Post)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Welcome move in PSAs (Boston Herald)
RANDY MILLER: Briere works too hard for slump to continue (Philadelphia Inquirer)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Sharks frontrunners for Nash (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: After learning on the fly, Glen Gulutzan has Stars trending upward (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
RICH CHERE: Former Devils player Former Brian Rolston takes that age-old question in stride (Newark Star Ledger)
DAVID STAPLES: Tanking to win better draft pick widespread in pro sports (Edmonton Journal)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: It's up to players to head off concussions (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Top five Norris candidates (Ottawa Sun)
PAUL FRIESEN: Doom and gloom vacates Jets' room (Winnipeg Sun)
BUCKY GLEASON: GMs to ponder rule changes addressing concussions (Buffalo News)
RANDY SPORTAK: Four things for Flames to make playoffs (Calgary Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Head shots foul, but body hits key part of game (New York Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Jeff Carter makes an impact (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Sedins may be suffering point stupor but still lead conference (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: Lehn-sanity reigns for Sens (Ottawa Sun)
JOE STARKEY: Staal's quiet transformation (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
STEVE CONROY: Slow market up 'n' down (Boston Herald)
JASON YORK: Leafs' woes start up the middle (Ottawa Sun)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks, Kings feel pain on, off ice (Orange County Register)
SAM CARCHIDI: Bryzgalov finding his game (Philadelphia Inquirer)
ADRIAN DATER: Avs' Landeskog's all-around play worthy of Calder (Denver Post)
DAVE FESCHUK: Randy Carlyle starts remaking Maple LeafsÕ damaged season in first game as coach (Toronto Star)
MIKE ZIESBERGER: 28 things to know (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Maple Leafs' coaching change eliminates barrier to winning (Toronto Star)

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