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OPINION

04/03/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Memories of 25 years covering the game (The Hockey News)
ALLAN MUIR: Avs are out of gas, Flames may try to lure Yzerman, more notes (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Awards: For resurrecting Sabres, Miller deserves Hart, Vezina (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: Hall vs. Seguin: NHL's potential picks duke it out (The Sporting News)
ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Just what was said (Globe & Mail)
TRACEE HAMILTON: Capitals face another tough call at goalie (Washington Post)Subscriber site
TOM GULITTI: Hall of Fame is an honor Pat Burns has earned (Bergen Record)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Grabner grabs spotlight in big win (Vancouver Sun)
PAT HICKEY: Halak credits "luck" for shutout win over Flyers (Montreal Gazette)
Wiercioch gets taste of life in NHL (Ottawa Sun)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Former NHLer to caddy at Masters (Ottawa Sun)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Avalanche doing a quick spring melt (Calgary Herald)
PAT HICKEY: Flyers are desperate for goalies (Montreal Gazette)
JAY GREENBERG: Ex-Devil Madden now an opposing force (New York Post)
MIKE BOONE: Tickets! Who needs tickets? (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN COX: Leafs owe their GM huge effort vs. Bruins (Toronto Star)

04/02/10

RYAN DIXON: Making Modano’s Hall case (The Hockey News)
DARREN DREGOR: Leafs Burke has idea to curb hitting from behind (TSN)
JIM KELLEY: Sedin's the stealth MVP, a fix for the Lightning, Ruff going, more (Si.com)
MARK SPECTOR: Flames getting hot, just in time? (Sportsnet)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Faltering Avs, flickering Flames toe-to-toe in fight for playoffs (CBS Sportsline)
JIM KELLEY: Playing unfair (Sportsnet)
E.J. HRADEK: Picking the playoff push (ESPN)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Goalies may be key to playoff runs (Foxsports)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Surviving, succeeding the Nashville way (ESPN)
ROY MacGREGOR: No fooling this year (Globe & Mail)
KEVIN ALLEN: Poile, Trotz find ways to keep Predators competitive on a budget (USA Today)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Dustin Brown does the trick for the Kings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
IAIN MacINTYRE: LA Kings relinquish a reign of futility (Vancouver Sun)
DAVE STUBBS: Price deserves much better from coach and Habs fans (Montreal Gazette)
JOHN MacKINNON: Oilers' hopes now rest on top NHL draft picks (Edmonton Journal)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Avalanche doing a quick spring melt (Calgary Herald)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Back in the playoff party (Ottawa Citizen)
PAT HICKEY: Habs game a must-win for Flyers (Montreal Gazette)

04/01/10

RYAN DIXON: Taking the temperature in Toronto (The Hockey News)
KEN CAMPBELL: Why Henrik Sedin won't win the Hart Trophy (The Hockey News)
DARREN ELIOT: Flames and Avs defy expectations (Si.com)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Preds' Swede find Hornqvist works from last to first (CBS Sportsline)
CRAIG CUSTANCE: For this year's bottom feeders, there's nowhere to go but up ... or down (The Sporting News)
MIKE BROPHY: Wednesday musings (Sportsnet)
JOHN BUCCIGROSS: Your e-mails are my guide into your team's soul (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Bettman pitches NHL as must-see TV (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE DOWBIGGIN: A meaningful trip for Millard (Globe & Mail)
LANCE HORNBY: Wilson stays: Burke (Toronto Sun)
DAVE FESCHUK: NHL players' equipment donation changes lives (Toronto Star)
DAVE STUBBS: Ward factor in play (Montreal Gazette)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Alex Ovechkin is easy choice for league MVP (Detroit News)
ED WILLES: Very interesting how Wellwood finds a way (Vancouver Province)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Time to drop the past (Ottawa Citizen)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Sorry Avs give Calgary reason to hope (Calgary Herald)
DAVID CLIMER: Rinne heats up for playoffs (The Tennessean)
Flames keep playoff hopes burning (Calgary Herald)
GARY SHELTON: Don't blame Vinik if he cleans house (St. Petersburg Times)
PAT HICKEY: Subban's bound for NHL soon (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Showing some life (Calgary Sun)
JEFF GORDON: Overall, Blues' plan is working (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
CHRIS STEVENSON: The pressure's on Price in Montreal (Ottawa Sun)
TONY GALLAGHER: Coach gets mad, what's the big deal? (Vancouver Province)
BUCKY GLEASON: Kennedy comes into his own (Buffalo News)
Flames stay in playoff hunt (Calgary Sun)
PAT HICKEY: 'The guillotine's tightening,' Price says (Montreal Gazette)
GENE COLLIER: Stay off the Penguins' panic button (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
SID HARTMAN: Wild owner happy with hires, progress (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
RED FISHER: Eastern foes close ground on Les Boys (Montreal Gazette)
STEVE SIMMONS: Wilson fires shots at Kaberle (Toronto Sun)
DAMIEN COX: Expect the Leafs to keep spending this summer (Toronto Star)

03/31/10

JOHN GRIGG: Put focus back on ice by moving all struggling teams (The Hockey News)
WES GOLDSTEIN: Selanne's goal, Fehr's role, Classic home (CBS Sportsline)
E.J. HRADEK: On Letang deal, 'Yotes move (ESPN)
STEPHEN BRUNT: Hard numbers pushing Coyotes toward Winnipeg (Globe & Mail)
DAMIEN COX: New-look Leaf uniforms for next season (Toronto Star)
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers get help to keep hopes alive (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers get help to keep hopes alive (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
ERIC FRANCIS: Sutter frustrated (Calgary Sun)
HELENE ELLIOTT: Plan B works for Kings (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: Where and when will this saga end? (Vancouver Province)
PAT HICKEY: Glendale stuck with the puck (Montreal Gazette)
DON BRENNAN: Alfie goes full speed ahead (Ottawa Sun)
TERRY JONES: Taylor vs. Tyler (Edmonton Journal)
LARRY BROOKS: Voros provides a booster shot (New York Post)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Phoenix rise hard to believe (Calgary Herald)
TONY GALLAGHER: Coyotes' pack reaction turned hit into penalty (Vancouver Province)
LARRY BROOKS: Voros provides a booster shot (New York Post)
SAM DONNELLON: For Flyers, the captain isn't the problem (Philadelphia Daily News)
TIM SASSONE: Playoffs will be measure of Hossa's season (Chicago Daily Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Leafs five for five in missing playoffs (Toronto Sun)

03/30/10

KEN CAMPBELL: Would a second outdoor game diminish the event? (The Hockey News)
JUSTIN BOURNE: Visors must be made mandatory now (The Hockey News)
RAY FERRARO: Can Calgary make the playoffs (TSN)
MIKE BROPHY: Does Green have what it takes? (Sportsnet)
LYLE RICHARDSON: Can Sedin hold off Ovechkin, Crosby? (Foxsports)
E.J. HRADEK: Surprise! Bryzgalov is NHL's best goalie (ESPN)
DAVID SHOALTS: Leafs exhibit truculence and tenacity (Globe & Mail)
BRUCE ARTHUR: Don't get those hopes up just yet, Winnipeggers (National Post)
LANCE HORNBY: Leafs pick up college kid (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Patrick Eaves' shootout flop has become comic hit (Detroit News)
CAROL SLEZAK: It's close to 'crunch time' (Chicago Sun Times)
PAT HICKEY: Ex-coach humbles readers (Montreal Gazette)
HELENE ELLIOTT: A Fehr question for the NHL Players’ Assn. (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
STEVE BUCKLEY: Claude Julien, Tim Thomas feel heat (Boston Herald)
CHRIS STEVENSON: Winnipeg interest puts pressure on Glendale to get deal done (Ottawa Sun)
JEFF GORDON: Blues need defensive overhaul (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
TRACEE HAMILTON: To rest, or not to rest? (Washington Post)Subscriber site
STEPHANIE MYLES: No. 29 stands up for young goalies (Montreal Gazette)
FRANK SERAVELLI: Flyers looking on the light side with six games left (Philadelphia Daily News)
DON BRENNAN: Shannon a big hit at practice (Ottawa Sun)
GARY PETERSON: Can Sharks' Joe Thornton keep his motor running? (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
ED WILLES: In defence of the D (Vancouver Province)
STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins failing despite ‘A’ for effort (Boston Herald)
DAVE STUBBS: 'This city rocks,' Gomez says (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: No playoff race, but individual heats aplenty (Ottawa Citizen)
BARRY ROZNER: Hawks can either blame, or overcome (Chicago Daily Herald)
DAMIEN COX: Burke finds peace in trip to Afghanistan war zone (Toronto Star)

03/29/10

BRIAN COSTELLO: Sutters must pay for Calgary’s failures (The Hockey News)
MARK SPECTOR: On Spec (Sportsnet)
DAVE STUBBS: Metropolit keeps stiff upper lip (Montreal Gazette)
GEORGE JOHNSON: Flickering Flames finally show signs of life (Calgary Herald)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: The NHL's good, bad and ugly (Toronto Sun)
CHRIS ZELKOVICH: Some announcers could use a translator (Toronto Star)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Right time to heat up (Ottawa Citizen)
IAIN MacINTYRE: Superman Lou learning to loosen his cape (Vancouver Sun)
JACK TODD: Gainey ignored advice (Montreal Gazette)
ERIC FRANCIS: Playfair blows gasket (Calgary Sun)
SAM DONNELLON: Boucher vs. Brodeur, revisited (Philadelphia Daily News)
ROB LONGLEY: Sid the Kid burns Leafs (Toronto Sun)

03/28/10

EDWARD FRASER: Handicapping the Hart Trophy (The Hockey News)
E.J. HRADEK: Gretzky: I'm not going to Russia (ESPN)
SCOTT BURNSIDE: Howard is 'not an overnight sensation' (ESPN)
ROB LONGLEY: Pens need to hit stride (Toronto Sun)
DAVID HAUGH: Commissioner addresses state of NHL (Chicago Tribune)
BOB FORD: Flyers let disallowed goal affect them (Philadelphia Daily News)
RON COOK: Penguins' Cooke still a target (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
MIKE BOONE: As the stomach turns (Montreal Gazette)
LANCE HORNBY: Leafs snap nasty skid (Toronto Sun)
LARRY BROOKS: Union needs to instill some Fehr in owners (New York Post)
MICHAEL RUSSO: Coyotes are having fun in the sun (Minnesota Star-Tribune)Subscriber site
DAVE STUBBS: Price turning into white knight (Montreal Gazette)
TONY GALLAGHER: Time to start making playoff preparations (Vancouver Province)
CHUCK GORMLEY: Flyers locker room divided (Philadelphia Inquirer)
CHRIS McCOSKY: Red Wings D Jonathan Ericsson bounces back from benching (Detroit News)
GENE COLLIER: Doc's orders: Just listen (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
PAT HICKEY: Power play missing in action (Montreal Gazette)
WAYNE SCANLAN: Just-in-time delivery (Ottawa Citizen)
TONY GALLAGHER: Coyotes coach deserves a big Tippett the hat (Vancouver Province)
MIKE HEIKA: Everyone in West playoffs has a chance (Dallas Morning News)Subscriber site
STEPHEN HARRIS: Load of grief, no relief for Marc Savard (Boston Herald)
TERRY FREI: Video hits home for Avs duo (Denver Post)
ERIC FRANCIS: Should Flames GM stay or go? (Calgary Sun)
PETER BOTTE: 3rd demented? Maybe not. The future is now for 3-D in sports (New York Daily News)
RED FISHER: One stop difference, and brodeur made it (Montreal Gazette)
DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Search for Tampa Bay Lightning CEO must be done right, not quickly (St. Petersburg Times)
SAM CARCHIDI: Here we go again (Philadelphia Daily News)
DAMIEN COX: Playoffs possible (next year) for Leafs (Toronto Star)
MIKE ZEISBERGER: Forgive Fraser (Toronto Sun)

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