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OPINION

03/27/10

JASON KAY: Capitals' Theodore looking better than advertised (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Some players feel head hit rule didn't go far enough (TSN)
ALLAN MUIR: Sun is setting on Modano in Dallas, a Russian enigma, more notes (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Playoffs: Getting there is priority; then comes matchup problem (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Down in Flames (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: You can't forget these 50-goal seasons (ESPN)
LANCE HORNBY: Swede matchup on Saturday (Toronto Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Sense, sensibility hits NHL (Edmonton Journal)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Fehr looks an awful lot like Bettman (Ottawa Sun)
BOB DUFF: Wings thrive on adversity (Windsor Star)
GEORGE JOHNSON: 'We're still alive' (Calgary Herald)
ADAM JAHNS: Huet's shaken confidence a cue for Niemi to take over (Chicago Sun Times)
GREG DOULGAS: Original Canuck captain says Luongo wears 'C' like it was a target (Vancouver Sun)
TERRY JONES: They needed this loss (Edmonton Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Who's it going to be for Sens? (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Burns lends a helping hand (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Phaneuf trade a long-term success (Toronto Star)

03/26/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Fehr at helm would be dream for NHLPA, nightmare for NHL (The Hockey News)
ADAM PROTEAU: Which player stories make for the best movies? (The Hockey News)
RYAN DIXON: Pens’ struggles and visor vision (The Hockey News)
MICHAEL FARBER: Big Buff's blueline homecoming, Coyote comparables and more (Si.com)
DARREN DREGOR: Fehr talks to player agents; future remains up in air (TSN)
JIM KELLEY: Head shots battle just beginning (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Stepping up in goal, Howard has Wings looking dangerous again (CBS Sportsline)
JIM KELEY: Big salad Bettman (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Penguins not concerned -- but they should be (The Sporting News)
MARK SPECTOR: All's Fehr in love and war (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Fehr appears, doesn't tip his hand (ESPN)
KEVIN ALLEN: Capitals-Penguins: The rivalry everyone wants to watch (USA Today)
BRUCE ARTHUR: A Fehr question for the NHLPA (National Post)
BRUCE GARRIOCH: NHL makes headway with ban on blindside hits (Ottawa Sun)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Chelios: Father figure (Toronto Sun)
RED FISHER: Canadiens do it the hard way (Montreal Gazette)
RON COOK: Penguins skating on thin ice (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins ripe for pickens (Boston Herald)
ED WILLES: Where does Fehr fit? (Vancouver Province)
RICH HOFMANN: Flyers need a break, and a hot Boucher (Philadelphia Daily News)
PAT HICKEY: Spacek hit might draw league's ire (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: At least Senators' PK is special (Ottawa Citizen)
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Power point presentation: Move Chara (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: Beauty and the struggling beast (Vancouver Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings can't power it up in 3-1 loss to the Blues (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: 'I was fortunate it missed my eye' (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames look like team that knows it's done (Calgary Herald)
MIKE HEIKA: NHL's blind-side hit rule may need another tweak (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Son of former Canucks netminder Gamble killed in Afghanistan (Vancouver Province)
STEVE BUCKLEY: This time, Bruins don’t make any excuses (Boston Herald)
PAT HICKEY: 'Hope to score 100 more' - Plekanec (Montreal Gazette)
GARTH WOOLSEY: NHLPA backs crackdown on blindside head hits (Toronto Star)
BILL BROWNSTEIN: Don Cherry bio-pic is fun for Habs fans (Montreal Gazette)

03/25/10

RYAN DIXON: Upcoming film shows life before Cherry was on top (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Shame on all involved in head-shot debacle (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: NHL to implement hit to the head rule this season (TSN)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Sophomore slump? Lightning's Stamkos strikes 43 times (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Penguins not concerned -- but they should be (The Sporting News)
E.J. HRADEK: Caps-Pens for Winter Classic 2011 (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Bits & pieces (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Pens-Caps again lives up to billing (ESPN)
LANCE HORNBY: Leafs show courage under fire (Toronto Sun)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Concern, not controversy in net (Vancouver Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings learn a pointed lesson in 4-3 shootout loss (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
JAY GREENBERG: Future looks bleak for Blueshirts (New York Post)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Players accept 'band-aid' solution to headshots (Ottawa Sun)
DANA WAKIJI: Unwanted Coyotes turning things around (Detroit News)
TERRY JONES: You've got hate mail (Edmonton Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' success in minors could salvage rough spring for fans (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
CAM COLE: Mad men clung to eye-for-an-eye ethos (Vancouver Sun)
ROB LONGLEY: The investment in Nazem Kadri (Toronto Sun)
ED WILLES: Nothing wrong with competition in the net (Vancouver Province)
Senators try to cook up yet another win against Miller (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Goaltending gives Sabres playoff edge (Montreal Gazette)
JERRY SULLIVAN: Hecht takes family lesson to heart (Buffalo News)
THOMAS BOSWELL: Washington Capitals find themselves flying high, in rare air (Washington Post)Subscriber site
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers alive, but is that a good thing? (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
MIKE ZEISBERGER: It's good to be Nik Antorpov (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Silly squabbling over rules is hurting hockey (Toronto Star)

03/24/10

JOHN GRIGG: Can Thrashers turn disaster into playoff spot? (The Hockey News)
RORY BOYLEN: Cervenka's no savior (The Hockey News)
BOB McKENZIE: Michalek injury fits the profile of major ACL damage (TSN)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Simply put, San Jose Sharks have lost their mojo (ESPN)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Early favorites for NHL's awards (The Sporting News)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: A plan that will change the hockey world! (ESPN)
MARK SPECTOR: Why not the Canucks? (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: So close, yet so far in Atlanta (ESPN)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Will steroid smoke turn into an NHL fire? (National Post)
JAY GREENBERG: Blueshirts pray for miracle (New York Post)
LANCE HORNBY: Bozak's ‘The real deal’ (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Elliott keeps door shut (Ottawa Citizen)
ERIC FRANCIS: Wasn't pretty win (Calgary Sun)
MIKE IMREM: Blackhawks just have to 'tough' it out (Chicago Daily Herald)
TERRY JONES: What about Szabados? (Edmonton Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Martin plays goalie odds in Buffalo (Montreal Gazette)
MARTIN FENNELLY: Days appear numbered for Lightning's Tocchet, Lawton (Tampa Tribune)
TONY GALLAGHER: This great Scott is still thanking Lady Luck (Vancouver Province)
DAN BICKLEY: Coyotes out of the dark, into the mainstream (Arizona Republic)
JOHN MacKINNON: Szabados rumour had its moment (Edmonton Journal)
DON BRENNAN: Words to the wise from Murray (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames claw past Ducks to keep alive post-season bid (Calgary Herald)
MIKE HEIKA: Persisent Eriksson regains scoring touch (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
TERRY JONES: Dream night for Dinos third-stringer (Edmonton Journal)
JEFF MILLER: Mother and father relearn power of believing (Orange County Register)
TERRY KOSHAN: Panthers don't kid around with Leafs (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Diminutive Norwegian attracts attention of numerous teams (Toronto Star)

03/23/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Rumors of relocation (The Hockey News)
ADAM PROTEAU: Players must take larger role in union (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: How the Predators stay so competitive (TSN)
DARREN ELIOT: Selanne a singular star at 600 (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Credit check (Sportsnet)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Sharks falling; Miller focused on playoff run (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: What sophomore slump? (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: A U.S. hockey team for the gold (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Three has-beens could be playoff contenders (Foxsports)
PIERRE LeBRUN: One milestone down, another to go for Ducks forward Teemu Selanne (ESPN)
ROB LONGLEY: Win 'em for Burkie (Toronto Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Drew Doughty lifts Kings in overtime, 4-3 (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Kids close to Theo's heart (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Wings pay for being close to cap (Detroit News)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Stempniak loving life with Coyotes (Toronto Sun)
DAN BARNES: Can Hemsky be worth an Oilers 1-2 on draft day? (Edmonton Journal)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Middle of the East a muddle (Ottawa Sun)
RED FISHER: Halak gives Canadiens playoff push (Montreal Gazette)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Western Conference playoffs full of strong contenders (Vancouver Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Bouw can't score (Calgary Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: So you want a defenseman? (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
MARK PURDY: San Jose Sharks are doing a lot of things that aren't working (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
FRANK SERAVELLI: Flyers can't make excuses with Carter out 3-to-4 weeks (Philadelphia Daily News)
PAT HICKEY: 'We weren't playing our game': Gionta (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: East the place to be for the mediocre (Ottawa Citizen)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Skull bashing? C'mon, use your head (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
BOB DUFF: The price of parity in NHL (Windsor Star)
PAT HICKEY: Power play fizzles out for Habs (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: MLSE letting Burke be architect of own fate (Toronto Star)

03/22/10

BRIAN COSTELLO: WHA stars receive a Hall of their own (The Hockey News)
BOB McCOWN: To Sochi or not to Sochi? (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Cold-blooded Sharks (Sportsnet)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: Friedman underused on Hockey Night in Canada (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Habs continue to gel (Globe & Mail)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: Violence an easy sell for NHL, networks (Toronto Star)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Workmanlike win is a key one for Kings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Kovalev remains positive, despite latest slump (Montreal Gazette)
JEAN-JACQUES TAYLOR: Turco and Stars need to part ways (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins fan flames (Boston Herald)
ED WILLES: Kudos for Gillis and Co. (Vancouver Province)
TERRY JONES: Dubnyk doubles down (Edmonton Sun)
ERIC FRANCIS: Toskala gamble wrong call (Calgary Sun)
ADRIAN DATER: Avalanche's MVP has to be Anderson (Denver Post)
GARTH WOOLSEY: NHL, NFL miles apart on head hits (Toronto Star)
JOHN MacKINNON: Different paths to hockey misery (Edmonton Journal)

03/21/10

EDWARD FRASER: The best and worst trades of 2009-10 (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: See it to be-Leaf it (Sportsnet)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Latest on head-shots rule, Coyotes search, Cammy's return (ESPN)
STEVE SIMMONS: Are Kessel, Phaneuf cornerstones? (Toronto Sun)
STEVE MacFARLANE: Late surge by Flames could pay off in playoffs (Calgary Sun)
STEPHEN HARRIS: NHL needs self-discipline (Boston Herald)
LARRY BROOKS: NHL starved for appealing teams (New York Post)
TERRY FREI: Sacco's record proves he's legit (Denver Post)
ED WILLES: All great things come to end (Vancouver Province)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Not having defensemen score or move puck hampers Tampa Bay Lightning (St. Petersburg Times)
ALLEN PANZARI: Melnyk's call 'shows that he cares' (Ottawa Citizen)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Walz eager to coach again (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flames realize every game counts (Calgary Herald)
DAVID HAUGH: Campbell isn’t out for revenge (Chicago Tribune)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Vinik quickly leaves his mark (Tampa Tribune)
BRANDON GEORGE: Dallas Stars have gotten a good look at Lehtonen but should give him a break (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
CHRIS McCOSKY: It's time to bury NHL's gimmicky, stale shootouts (Detroit News)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Flyers must find a fixture in goal (Philadelphia Inquirer)
TONY GALLAGHER: Teams set a dangerous precedent (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Spoiled power play costs Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Can't take it any Moore (Toronto Sun)

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