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OPINION

3/24/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Five Friday thoughts (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: My crystal ball needs fixing (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Keith's costly indecision (Sportsnet)
ADRIAN DATER: Talking NHL CBA with two agents (Si.com)
JESSE SPECTOR: Sabres' recent success brings back memories of last season's playoff run (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Leniency makes for a dangerous game (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Ryan Miller on Sabres' run, preseason hype (ESPN)
JON ROSEN: Road issues continue for Blues (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Does Keith's punishment fit the crime (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: There is no joy in Vancouver with Keith's suspension (CBC)
ADAM GRETZ: Predators struggling with turnovers, puck management (CBS Sportsline)
KELLY HRUDEY: Five Questions: Are Penguins Stanley Cup favourites? (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: Answering Montreal's prayers: St. Patrick ascends to the Habs (Globe & Mail)
MICHAEL TRAIKOS: Shanahan passes test with Keith ruling (National Post)
TOM GULITTI: Coaches add fuel to Devils-Rangers rivalry (Bergen Record)
DAVE BOONE: Howe still packs a punch with public (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Will Melnyk's financial restraint be popular in the long run? (Ottawa Citizen)
TED WYMAN: Jets belong in playoff race (Winnipeg Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings have finally found their groove (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
MIKE HEIKA: Final two weeks will determine Stars' playoff fate (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
DAVE FESCHUK: Bad old days of clutch-and-grab hockey returning, NHLers fear (Toronto Star)
ERIC FRANCIS: Sutter, Feaster on same page with shootout (Calgary Sun)
JOHN MacKINNON: Reinhart attracting attention of NHL scouts (Edmonton Journal)
STU COWAN: Put Carter statue next to CH greats (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Race tightens for loosey-goosey Sens (Ottawa Sun)
GARY LAWLESS: The glass is still half full (Winnipeg Free Press)
LARRY BROOKS: Blueshirts need some forward thinking down stretch (New York Post)
PAT HICKEY: Spartacus would feel right at home on NHL ice (Montreal Gazette)

3/23/12

ADAM PROTEAU: NHL must send message through supplemental discipline (The Hockey News)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Joe Thornton: Our fate is in our hands (ESPN)
MIKE BROPHY: Lupul's perserverence (Sportsnet)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Radulov's impact on Predators (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Sizing up the West playoff races (Si.com)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: 5 Things: Alex Ovechkin stepping it up (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Sizing up the Norris race isn't easy, Calder tight (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: UNB's Clendenning shares his hockey with family (CBC)
DAVID CLIMER: Radulov, not Manning, can deliver Nashville a title (The Tennessean)
SAM DONNELLON: Flyers' starts could be even messier (Philadelphia Daily News)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars miss out on much-needed points as playoff pressure mounts (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Looks like Kessel wants to stay (Toronto Sun)
MARK KISZLA: It's down to do-or-die time for Avs in chase (Denver Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings have finally found their groove (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE ROSENBLOOM: Even against a Sedin, that's a suspension, Duncan (Chicago Tribune)
ROSIE DiMANNO: DiManno: Patrick Roy coaching in NHL? Just a matter of time (Toronto Star)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets might as well be down 3-1 in playoffs (Winnipeg Sun)
MIKE BOONE: Subban, Markov a good pair: Coach (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Concussion cost Morneau skills (Vancouver Province)
STEVE SIMMONS: Rebuilding Luke Schenn (Toronto Sun)
BARRY ROZNER: Just like that, Hawks again a popular pick (Chicago Daily Herald)
DON BRENNAN: Spezza revved up to return (Ottawa Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Senators' Karlsson says he's fine as season grinds along (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE FESCHUK: Luke Schenn tries to stay positive (Toronto Star)
RON COOK: Fleury easily gets nod as team MVP (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JEFF MILLER: Ducks are model citizens for fashion show (Orange County Register)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Flyers heating up at right time (Philadelphia Inquirer)

3/22/12

RYAN KENNEDY: Return of Radulov sets Predators up as Stanley Cup contender (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Time to trade Kessel? (Sportsnet)
MARK SPECTOR: Welcome back Radulov (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Five Hole: Non-Crosby reinforcements will play major role in race (The Sporting News)
MICHAEL FARBER: The Canadiens' nowhere man (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: NHLPA files grievance over broken camera (ESPN)
STU HACKEL: Sizing up the East playoff races (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Shanahan's approach to playoff discipline (ESPN)
JENNIFER FLOYD ENGEL: If we're so outraged, why allow this? (Foxsports)
JESSE ROGERS: Hawks keep rolling against rival Canucks/a> (ESPN)

JOHN MANASSO: Radulov's role with Preds still in question (Foxsports)
KATIE STRANG: Even with clinch, Rangers keep rolling (ESPN)
BRIAN STUBITS: Flyers' growing habit of falling behind early a bad one (CBS Sportsline)
GORD STELLICK: Don't get into shootout with Crosby's Penguins (CBC)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Halak gets another chance to be playoff hero (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Pressure rankings: Who's feeling heat in NHL? (USA Today)
JOE STARKEY: Crosby Show plain insane (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
ED WILLES: Canucks right to hunt down Keith after Daniel Sedin hit (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: Well-wishers' warm thoughts touch Gros Bill (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: Jets down, but not out (Winnipeg Sun)
BARRY ROZNER: Match worthy of Blackhawks, Canucks (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
TONY GALLAGHER: Eriksson quiet, efficient and unsung (Vancouver Province)
DAVID STAPLES: Minor hockey provides all the thrills of the pro game (Edmonton Journal)
BUCKY GLEASON: Ennis in the middle of Sabres' run (Buffalo News)
PAT HICKEY: White, Staubitz make Habs tougher (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: Will St. Patrick offer masses succour? (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs: Right coach, wrong players (Toronto Sun)

3/21/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Graham James plaque returned to The Hockey News (The Hockey News)
MIKE BROPHY: Time to blame Burke? (Sportsnet)
MICHAEL GRANGE: Tough to tolerate failure (Sportsnet)
JESSE SPECTOR: Fixing the Montreal Canadiens: A five-step plan (The Sporting News)
STU HACKEL: Staged fights are a sorry spectacle (Si.com)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Can the Capitals go on a playoff run (ESPN)
CRAIG MORGAN: Doan's hit could prove costly for Coyotes (Foxsports)
KATIE STRANG: John Tortorella fires back at Devils (ESPN)
ADAM GRETZ: Jeff Carter's early impact with the Kings (CBS Sportsline)
TIM WHARNSBY: Crosby and the Penguins are on the right track (CBC)
ROY MacGREGOR: No spring in Ottawa's step as Devils win (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Still the same old Leafs (National Post)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings defeat Sharks, 5-2, in division showdown (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
SAM DONNELLON: Flyers too pretty for their own good (Philadelphia Daily News)
KIRK PENTON: Terrible road defence (Winnipeg Sun)
DON BRENNAN: Konopka not to blame for loss (Ottawa Sun)
DEREK VAN DIEST: Preds look deep into playoffs (Edmonton Sun)
Tough times for Oil, Renney (Edmonton Journal)
ED WILLES: Time the team showed it cares (Vancouver Province)
DAVE STUBBS: Price wasn't right: he was short two bits (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Fleury hails criticism of James' sentence (Calgary Herald)
CAM COLE: NHL playoff-style, swallow-the-whistle hockey is back (Vancouver Sun)
GERRY FRALEY: Extra effort pulls Stars ahead of pack in Pacific Division (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
STEVE SIMMONS: Justice 'a blip' on Graham James' radar (Toronto Sun)
TERRY JONES: Oilers in race to disgrace (Edmonton Sun)
Tough times for Oil, Renney (Edmonton Journal)
TONY GALLAGHER: Coach VigneaultÕs time in Vancouver is nearing end (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Devils, Rangers put ugly side of rivalry in plain view (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Educate U.S. colleges about Quebec players: Sports Akademia founder (Montreal Gazette)
GARY LAWLESS: Protecting children from abusers is everyone's responsibilty (Winnipeg Free Press)
TARIK EL-BASHIR: A reminder of whatÕs possible (Washington Post)Subscriber site
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs hold 'heart-to-heart' meeting after loss (Toronto Sun)

3/20/12

KEN CAMPBELL: Mississauga Rebels defeat Connor McDavid's Toronto Marlboros in OHL Cup final (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: Committed to the cause? (Sportsnet)
STU HACKEL: Radulov's return could upset the West's balance of power (Si.com)
PIERRE LeBRUN: Radulov heading to Predators? (ESPN)
JOHN MANASSO: Radulov expected to join Preds 'in near future' (Foxsports)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Bruins see end of lengthy slump in sight (ESPN)
ART REGNER: Wings can't contain Ovechkin, Caps in loss (Foxsports)
KATIE STRANG: Rangers clinch playoff berth (ESPN)
TIM WHARNSBY: All in the family for the Folignos (CBC)
KEVIN ALLEN: Will Radulov make Predators best in West? (USA Today)
KYLE WOODLIEF: Perhaps playoffs can salvage bad NHL draft season (USA Today)
STEVE BUFFERY: Leafs' shortcomings brutally exposed (Toronto Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Tournament highlights Habs prospects (Montreal Gazette)
MIKE HEIKA: Crowds are flocking to watch Stars, but victories still key (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ANDREW GROSS: Atlantic foes may throw Rangers off course (Bergen Record)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Radulov a true power forward (Ottawa Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Taking pride in blocking shots (Montreal Gazette)
PAUL FRIESEN: No margin for error for Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
RON COOK: Another Cup run in future? (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Edmonton squad has a lot left to learn (Edmonton Journal)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Third watch: Kelly's new line jells (Boston Herald)
HELENE ELLIOTT: St. Louis Blues are surprising first entrants into NHL postseason (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
WAYNE SCANLAN: Convoluted standings requires primer for fans (Ottawa Citizen)
KIRK PENTON: Jets' road to ruin (Winnipeg Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Saku Koivu, 1,000 games later (Montreal Gazette)
LARRY BROOKS: Tortorella puts fight in Rangers (New York Post)
BOB DUFF: Hunter on his own path (Windsor Star)
MIKE BOONE: Lars Eller adjusting to the wing (Montreal Gazette)
FILIP BONDY: NY Rangers fighting for home ice, but make fighting NJ Devils priority Monday night at Madison Square Garden (New York Daily News)
JOHN NIYO: Red Wings grapple for answers as free fall ensues (Detroit News)

3/19/12

MIKE BROPHY: The battle for job openings (Sportsnet)
JON ROSEN: Youthful Kings resilient during winning streak (Foxsports)
DAVID EBNER: Why the road looks good to slumping Canucks (Globe & Mail)
DAVID SHOALTS: Stanley Cup champ Bruins turning things around (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Is Crosby being treated with deference? (National Post)
RED FISHER: Change must start now (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Monday mouthings (Calgary Sun)
MIKE HEIKA: Stars' move in a positive direction still an ongoing 'process' (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
GARY LAWLESS: Ultimate proving ground the road (Winnipeg Free Press)
DAVE STUBBS: Habs' Palushaj joins exclusive company (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Sens need to power it up (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: Dubnyk has won Oilers net (Edmonton Sun)
RICH HOFMANN: Hartnell rattles and rolls for Flyers (Philadelphia Daily News)
ED WILLES: Canucks have little reason to be arrogant (Vancouver Province)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Latest Flames' fumble really hurts (Calgary Herald)
PAUL FRIESEN: Letdown will haunt Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
RON COOK: Letang's comeback trail paved with sticks and stones (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
JACK TODD: Call it the Patch Line (Montreal Gazette)
PHIL SHERIDAN: Pest power could be key in playoffs (Philadelphia Inquirer)

3/18/12

BRIAN COSTELLO: Future Watch helps us re-draft the 2011 first round (The Hockey News)
JESSE SPECTOR: Entering final stretch, Avalanche have momentum on their side (The Sporting News)
STEPH GREEGOR: Jackets perfecting the art of social media (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Being Brian Campbell (ESPN)
STEVE SIMMONS: Jackets must deal No. 1 pick (Toronto Sun)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Different approach, but same rivalry (Ottawa Citizen)
DAVE MOLINARI: Penguins weren't always what they are today (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers regaining their confidence at home (Philadelphia Inquirer)
STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers: Is Hagelin a Calder candidate? (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
STEVE CONROY: Cup return act of charity (Boston Herald)
JASON YORK: Score one for fighting in NHL (Ottawa Sun)
ED WILLES: Sedins still consistently inconsistent (Vancouver Province)
RANDY MILLER: Don't tinker with the rules (South Jersey Courier-Post)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Missing playoffs would hurt MVP candidacy of Tampa Bay Lightning's Steven Stamkos (Tampa Bay Times)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Isles: Time to focus on the draft (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
DON BRENNAN: Sens take licking after sitting Carkner, Konopka (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Jack Johnson finds fit with Columbus Blue Jackets (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: With 10 games to go, Stars reveling in chance to make playoff push (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
ADRIAN DATER: Jamie Benn in better shape than Scott Gomez (Denver Post)
MICHAEL RUSSO: NHL could be next season's NBA (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Flames draw ire over Sven stickhandling (Calgary Sun)
ERIC ERLENDSSON: Parity makes playoffs hard to predict (Tampa Tribune)
LARRY BROOKS: Isles no longer matter (New York Post)
RICH CHERE: Philadelphia Flyers' James van Riemsdyk, a New Jersey native, puts a positive spin on a rough year (Newark Star Ledger)
RON COOK: Sharing spotlight with Crosby easy for Malkin to say and do (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MIKE ZIESBERGER: Chara is Mr. Big (Toronto Sun)
BILL LYON: Flyers fans who go the extra mile (Philadelphia Inquirer)
DAVE FESCHUK: Maple Leaf GM Brian Burke's blame-the-media excuses ring hollow (Toronto Star)
MARK SUTCLIFFE: Hockey Night In Canada can' flourish in Don Cherry's shadow (Ottawa Citizen)
FLUTO SHINZAWA: Solid draft picks, astute trades put Predators in position for Cup run (Boston Globe)Subscriber site

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