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OPINION

03/20/10

RYAN KENNEDY: Each team's best 2009 draft pick (The Hockey News)
JIM KELLEY: NHL's lack of leadership making head shots carnage worse (Si.com)
MIKE BROPHY: See it to be-Leaf it (Sportsnet)
ALLAN MUIR: Boston looks baked for season after Cooke rematch, more notes (Si.com)
NICK KYPREOS: Two rights end a wrong (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Doan, Coyotes on improbable run to playoffs (ESPN)
SEAN GORDON: Habs enjoying upswing (Globe & Mail)
DAVE STUBBS: Cammalleri's return to practice like 'first day of school' (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Predicting who will win individual NHL hardware (Toronto Star)
ERIC FRANCIS: Fans come alive (Calgary Sun)
RED FISHER: The beating goes on as headshots put playoff races on back burner (Montreal Gazette)
JOE FITZGERALD: What happened to Bruins Hockey? (Boston Herald)
CAM COLE: Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis refuses to gloat over master moves (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: Heaven for Devan (Edmonton Sun)
TOM GULITTI: Retro green jerseys can become a tradition for Devils (Bergen Record)
DAVE STUBBS: A sock tougher than steel (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE BUCKLEY: No excuses for limp Bruins (Boston Herald)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Sharks short on fight for a playoff predator (Calgary Herald)
GREG DOULGAS: B.C. sales rep knew where to look for Crosby's golden-goal puck (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE BOONE: The hits just keep on coming (Montreal Gazette)
JACK TODD: New rules can't come fast enough (Montreal Gazette)

03/19/10

RYAN DIXON: Canadiens grinders spinning gold (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Wisniewski check was grand slam of illegal hits (TSN)
MICHAEL FARBER: NHL too late, as usual, heading off possible Bruins-Penguins mayhem (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Coyotes go beyond surprise into revelation territory (CBS Sportsline)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Breakdown: Recent head-shot incidents (ESPN)
JIM KELLEY: Happy now? (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Wisniewski hit adds to NHL debate (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Healthy Habs in mix for crowded East race (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: This is a season to forget in Beantown (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: Bruins strike early to dish it out to Cooke (Globe & Mail)
JEFF BLAIR: Leafs playing out string with purpose (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Three Leafs show that all not lost down road (Toronto Star)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Another miracle on ice as magic Johnson scores first of the year (Vancouver Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: This blanking included zero emotion (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GARTH WOOLSEY: The Code governs NHL (Toronto Star)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' Ott meshes well with Richards, Eriksson (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Futility watch is on (Edmonton Journal)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Beat goes on for Bruins (Boston Herald)
ALLAN PANZARI: Anybody want to play dodgeball? (Ottawa Citizen)
ED WILLES: Sharks offer evidence Canucks should study (Vancouver Province)
ROSIE DiMANNO: 'Rats' are scourge of NHL rinks from coast to coast (Toronto Star)
JAY GREENBERG: Rangers’ hopes are fading fast (New York Post)
PAT HICKEY: Crackdown on head shots hit and miss (Montreal Gazette)
CAM COLE: Crazy about hockey, but is it our exclusive shtick? (Vancouver Sun)
DAN BARNES: Bring Eberle to Edmonton (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames not feeling the love (Calgary Herald)
STEVE BUCKLEY: Matt Cooke, Penguins laugh it off (Boston Herald)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Penguins get a measure of payback (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Top three teams in West have issues in goal (Vancouver Province)
DAN SHAUGHNESSY: To fans, job not getting done (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings need to regain their spark, and in a hurry (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE BUCKLEY: Matt Cooke, Penguins laugh it off (Boston Herald)
STEVE BUCKLEY: This ’70 show out of focus (Boston Herald)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: Mistakes aside, vintage Grapes (Toronto Star)

03/18/10

RYAN DIXON: Shanny recalls one distinct donnybrook (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Campbell-Gregson to attend Bruins-Pens rematch (TSN)
RYAN KENNEDY: When did fighting become wrestling? (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Some players pushing Fehr for NHLPA's top job (TSN)
MICHAEL FARBER: NHL too late, as usual, heading off possible Bruins-Penguins mayhem (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Caps most explosive even without 'O' -- and can play D, too (CBS Sportsline)
E.J. HRADEK: Shift at top won't affect Hall/Seguin race (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: What has Ovechkin learned? (Sportsnet)
PIERR LeBRUN: Players now hold key in future of new head-shots rule (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: NHL warns against retribution donnybrook (Globe & Mail)
JUSTIN BOURNE: Common sense rule on NHL hits: Punish the insensitive idiots (USA Today)
KYLE WOODLIEF: Lower Canadian leagues, California churning out quality prospects (USA Today)
BILL LANKHOF: Monster work in progress (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: If Canucks defence goes down, all else will follow (Vancouver Sun)
ED WILLES: Why has aura developed around Roberto? (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: 'Tenders need to be saving grace for Sens (Ottawa Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Dustin Brown tries to lead Kings toward collective effort (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JOHN MacKINNON: NHL mulls head-shot rule in time for playoffs (Edmonton Journal)
JAY GREENBERG: Ol' Devils didn't wear Prada (New York Post)
CAM COLE: Caps coach spins more than old Comical Ali in defending Ovie (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Ex-Habs coach Carbonneau keeps options open (Montreal Gazette)
RON BORGES: Make the Penguins pay the right way (Boston Herald)
BARRY ROZNER: Don't ever expect NHL to get it right (Chicago Daily Herald)
STEPHEN HARRIS: All eyes on Matt Cooke tonight (Boston Herald)
LANCE HORNBY: Teasing or pleasing Leafs? (Toronto Sun)

03/17/10

RORY BOYLEN: Stop with the head shot/fighting outrage (The Hockey News)
BRIAN DUFF: Capitals’ Backstrom destined for over-shadowed greatness (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Big week ahead for Rangers (ESPN)
DARREN DREGOR: Canadiens, Plekanec agree to delay contract talks (TSN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 'He has to be backbone' for Rangers (ESPN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Best moves: Changing teams kick-starts these 10 players (CBS Sportsline)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Some thoughts as regular season winds down (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: One-sided battle of Ontario (Globe & Mail)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Kids pick up the Battle (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Islanders hope Lightning strikes again as draft god John Tavares sputters along Stamkos' trail (Vancouver Sun)
MIKE WISE: Evaluating Alex Ovechkin after another hard hit and more punishment (Washington Post)Subscriber site
LARRY BROOKS: Gomez gives regards to Broadway (New York Post)
RON COOK: Penguins' Fleury returning to top form at right time (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ED WILLES: Memo to NHL: WAKE UP! (Vancouver Province)
DON BRENNAN: It's time to worry, Ottawa (Ottawa Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: End of the road for Flames? (Calgary Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Got to give these players a break after travel-thon (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Plekanec salary issue looms large (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Brandon Segal turning out to be a good find for Stars (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
LANCE HORNBY: Irish ties smile on Leafs (Toronto Sun)

03/16/10

RYAN KENNEDY: The ups and downs of Ovechkin (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: NHL considering 'Blindside' rule before end of season (TSN)
DARREN ELIOT: Amazing Coyotes tale continues (Si.com)
RAY FERRARO: All right here is the thing about Ovechkin... (TSN)
MARK SPECTOR: Setting him straight (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Important week for playoff hopefuls, Coyotes (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Hits and misses (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Post-Games return hasn't been kind to NHL (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Teams in tight race for playoff spot (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: No rhyme or reason to NHL's 'discipline' (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: A shift in the Battle of Ontario (Globe & Mail)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Ovechkin suspension underlines NHL predicament (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: NHL’s discipline continues to baffle (National Post)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Best of the Battle from eyes of veterans (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Inequities abound with NHL discipline (Ottawa Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Double standard rears head (Montreal Gazette)
FRANK SERAVALLI: All Flyers GM Holmgren can do is watch as playoffs approach (Philadelphia Daily News)
DON BRENNAN: GameDay: Scoring woes a team issue, says Kovalev (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE IMREM: You'd love Ovechkin on your team (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Ovechkin's suspension pleases nobody (Toronto Star)

03/15/10

EDWARD FRASER: Keeping the Whalers dream afloat (The Hockey News)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Ovi shouldn't be suspended for latest hit (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Another Leafs swan song (Globe & Mail)
STEPHEN BRUNT: NHL ought to believe in its own game (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Don Cherry blasts NHL on Marc Savard injury (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: Difficult to envision rushed rule (Toronto Star)
MARK WHICKER: Weary Ducks must dig deep for playoff shot (Orange County Register)
JAY GREENBERG: Blueshirts must avoid looking 'too far ahead' (New York Post)
JACK TODD: Suddenly, Habs are a new team (Montreal Gazette)
LEWIS LAZARE: Blackhawks TV spot takes fans back to 1961 (Chicago Sun Times)
DAVID HAUGH: Captain Serious sees some serious issues (Chicago Tribune)
MIKE HEIKA: Dallas Stars' collapse warrants team-wide scrutiny (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Canucks forwards should bid for spot on Sedin line (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: Gone, but far from forgotten (Montreal Gazette)
RANDY YOUNGMAN: Murray critical of Olympics, Ducks (Orange County Register)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers get assists, goals from unexpected sources (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
BARRY ROZNER: Hawks lose more than just game (Chicago Daily Herald)
LANCE HORNBY: Maple Leafs fall back (Toronto Sun)

03/14/10

BRIAN COSTELLO: Re-doing the 2009 NHL draft (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: Comments on Lapierre are just an opinion (TSN)
ALLAN MUIR: Odd stuff from GMs' assembly line, Stamkos' secret, more notes (Si.com)
RAY SLOVER: For Coyotes, on-ice success masks continuing ownership morass (The Sporting News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: More Pens-B's tension; All-Star facelift? (ESPN)
SAM CARCHIDI: Time to build momentum (Philadelphia Inquirer)
ROB ROSSI: Accept it: danger is part of deal in NHL (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
DAVE STUBBS: The pucks stop here (Montreal Gazette)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Colin Campbell’s act appalling (Boston Herald)
GARTH WOOLSEY: NHL fumbling in the dark on head shots (Toronto Star)
TONY GALLAGHER: Larger-than-life legends (Vancouver Province)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: As usual, NHL slowly lumbers to change (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE STUBBS: Recchi is comfortable as a leader (Montreal Gazette)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Defending blows-to-head penalty (South Jersey Courier-Post)
RON COOK: NHL welcomes violence, so look out Sid! (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
ED WILLES: Of Mitchell's backhand highlights and Sutter family quips (Vancouver Province)
RED FISHER: Boneheaded decisions cost Bruins a win (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Thankfully, GMs shot down dopey idea for pre-playoff tournament (Detroit News)
TERRY FREI: Hits to the head get GMs' look (Denver Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Chelios raised Wolves (Calgary Sun)
MICHAEL RUSSO: NHL gets dizzy over head shots (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
BRUCE GARRIOCH: Kuba's return triggers numbers game on blue line (Ottawa Sun)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: In Savard case, league shows its own blind side (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
GARY PETERSON: Hockey's code of conduct on display (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Discouraging word never heard from Burrows (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: No doubt now: Halak is No. 1 (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: No match for NHL's free pass to Cooke (New York Post)
ED WILLES: NHL should follow WHL (Vancouver Province)
ROSIE DiMANNO: Can't Canada just leave hockey alone? (Toronto Star)

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