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- KEN CAMPBELL: It might be a good idea for Eugene Melnyk to, you know, shut up a little bit (The Hockey News)
- MATT LARKIN: Were the Boston Bruins right to retain coach Claude Julien? (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: With Keith set to return Blues prepare their axes (Sportsnet)
- IAN MENDES: Emotional Cameron says Melnyk’s comments hurt (TSN)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Injury to Henrik Lundqvist shows Rangers' glaring weakness (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Rangers cautiously optimistic Lundqvist will start Game 2 (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Blues aim to get physical against Blackhawks (ESPN)
- DAMIEN COX: How Babcock can help Leafs save on Stamkos deal (Sportsnet)
- JOE McDONALD: Braden Holtby's work on PK the difference for Caps (ESPN)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: The luck of the playoff beard (Globe & Mail)
- SCOTT STINSON: The luck of the draw: Science finally weighs in on the coin toss that is the Stanley Cup playoffs (National Post)
- PAUL BISSONNETTE: Team's best interest vs. sport's integrity (USA Today)
- BRIAN MURPHY: Stars are light years ahead of Wild (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- LARRY BROOKS: Are Rangers going to let this glorious era end with a whimper? (New York Post)
- RICK GOSSELIN: Niemi, even Turco at 40 might've beaten Wild; but here's why Lehtonen needed this game (Dallas Morning News)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Emotional Cameron hurt by Melnyk’s comments (Ottawa Citizen)
- SCOTT CAMPBELL: Off-season of hope for on-ice change (Winnipeg Free Press)
- SAM DONNELLON: Flyers have no shot in Game 1 (Philadelphia Daily News)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings' bad habits carry over into playoff opener (Los Angeles Times)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Elliott gives Blues a boost of confidence (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- NEIL BEST: Rangers say they’ll rally around Raanta (New York Newsday)
- DAN STEINBERG: The Caps flipped the switch and put their end-of-season struggles behind them (Washington Post)
- TED KULFAN: Red Wings need a kick in the slump (Detroit News)
- DAVE HYDE: First night, first loss -- but no need for Panthers to panic (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- STU COWAN: IceCaps' Sylvain Lefebvre grooms next generation of Canadiens (Montreal Gazette)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets head scout Mark Hillier racking up the air miles (Winnipeg Sun)
- STEVE BUCKLEY: Don Sweeney misses point after Bruins collapse (Boston Herald)
- CHIP SCOGGINS: Wild played role of underdogs perfectly in Game 1 (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- JONATHAN BOMBULIE: Defensemen must weather Rangers' pressure (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Flyers are still off their game (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: This postseason, in Vancouver, it's all about Luongo (Vancouver Province)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Lightning’s Bishop always has shields up (Tampa Tribune)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: 'Felt like I was fired for three weeks': Ex-Senators coach Cameron (Ottawa Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings’ Nyquist needs to pick up pace (Detroit Free Press)
- PAT LEONARD: After Henrik Lundqvist’s eye injury, time to figure out why goalie masks aren’t up to the job (New York Daily News)
- GREG COTE: Panthers face early pressure in Islanders series (Miami Herald)
- MIKE HEIKA: This truly is a different Stars team; Benn: 'I know there are people who doubt us, but we don’t doubt ourselves' (Dallas Morning News)
- JOE STARKEY: Zatkoff's masterpiece resonated far and wide (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MARK HERRMANN: Isles’ win, series all about Tavares (New York Newsday)
- ANDREW GROSS: Lundqvist's eye a worry for Rangers (Bergen Record)
- DREW SHARP: Time for Wings’ younger players to emerge (Detroit Free Press)
- MARK WHICKER: LA Kings can’t make their playoff history count against San Jose in Game 1 (Los Angeles Daily News)
- THOM LOVERRO: Complacency clearly gone from Capitals as postseason begins (Washington Times)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Bruins made smart decision to keep Claude Julien (Boston Herald)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Demers, Muller reminisce about last Canadian team to win it all (Toronto Sun)
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- KEN CAMPBELL: European Hockey Alliance wants a better NHL transfer agreement (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Avalanche ‘confident’ a turnaround can happen, but no one’s safe as off-season approaches (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: No magic needed for Penguins' Stanley Cup run (Sportsnet)
- IAN MENDES: Dorion’s first hire will be huge (TSN)
- JOE McDONALD: Washington Capitals looking pretty healthy heading into Game 1 (ESPN)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Pesky Penguins confident they'll disprove doubters -- and avoid another playoff implosion (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Senators’ firing of Cameron has NHL on change watch (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Confusing questions and stellar storylines of the Stanley Cup playoffs (ESPN)
- ELLIOTTE FRIEDMAN: 30 Thoughts: Picking NHL award winners (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Ranking all 16 playoff teams by their defense groups (ESPN)Paywall to view
- CATHAL KELLY: Canadian hockey fans confront an existential crisis (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Stanley Cup Playoffs field is wide open (USA Today)
- SCOTT STINSON: The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Sidney Crosby is overrated, and five other things you might hear soon (National Post)
- DREW SHARP: Howard shrugs off Wings' playoff pressure (Detroit Free Press)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Like many fans, Canucks players unsure about the plan (Vancouver Province)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators looking for coach to get defensive game back on track (Ottawa Sun)
- DAVID HAUGH: From most vilified to most valuable, Patrick Kane's remarkable journey (Chicago Tribune)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Experience, confidence matter in NHL playoffs -- if you prevail (Tampa Tribune)
- TERRY JONES: Interest in NHL playoffs still strong, Canadian teams or not, as NAIT's playoff draft shows (Edmonton Sun)
- DAVID MURPHY: Flyers fans best example of Snider's legacy (Philadelphia Daily News)
- GENE COLLIER: Penguins go to their Swede spot (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Canucks walking the fine line between spinning and winning (Vancouver Province)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens great Bob Gainey, on short CH season: 'I can relate' (Montreal Gazette)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Zetterberg motivated to win another Stanley Cup (Detroit News)
- NEIL BEST: Lundqvist the constant for team of decade (New York Newsday)
- STEVE SIMMONS: Can Panthers take up-for-grabs Eastern Conference? (Toronto Sun)
- DON BRENNAN: Ottawa Senators legend Daniel Alfredsson an intriguing, long-shot candidate to coach team (Ottawa Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Jets blue-chip prospect Kyle Connor serious about his craft (Winnipeg Sun)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Time for Detroit Red Wings to find consistency (Detroit Free Press)
- STEVE ROSENBLOOM: Repeat drought: why it's so hard to win back-to-back titles in the NHL (Chicago Tribune)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Things change in sports … but not the direction the Canucks are heading (Vancouver Sun)
- JAMIE SAMUELSEN: Wings' streak is positive, but 1st-round loss would be failure (Detroit Free Press)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: All 16 Stanley Cup contenders have their blemishes (Toronto Sun)
- JASON GREGOR: Edmonton Oilers should try to acquire right-shooting defence without subtracting from left-shooting blue-line corps (Edmonton Journal)
- BOB BROOKOVER: Gudas' hits keep on coming (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- KEN WIEBE: Wiebe's crystal ball: Ducks over Capitals in six to win Stanley Cup (Winnipeg Sun)
- ROB ROSSI: Stanley's coming back if Geno's back in form (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- TOM JONES: How far can experience carry Lightning in playoffs? (Tampa Bay Times)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers-Penguins: Is this the final rodeo for Blueshirts' core? (New York Post)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Blues refuse to dwell on playoff futility (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BEN KUZMA: Canucks landing Auston Matthews would hand Willie Desjardins added job security (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Ten burning questions going into Stanley Cup playoffs (Toronto Sun)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Just like predecessor, Cameron couldn’t fix leaky defence (Ottawa Citizen)
- DAN BICKLEY: Valley owners playing game of thrones (Arizona Republic)
- PAUL WIECEK: Think of the payoffs with no teams to cheer in playoffs (Winnipeg Free Press)
- DAVE HYDE: The Panthers take center stage (oh, and it's time to meet them) (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- THOM LOVERRO: Capitals’ past playoff failures can be hard to forget (Washington Times)
- LUKE DeCOCK: Carolina Hurricanes lurch toward future after another playoffs miss (Raleigh News & Observer)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: This Cup pick is no lock, but Washington should capitalize (Buffalo News)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: NHL's first round -- this is as good as it gets (Calgary Herald)
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- STAN FISCHLER: Obituary: Thanks to Ed Snider’s fervent leadership, Philadelphia emerged as one of the NHL’s most successful franchises (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: McDavid has shown he’s captain material, and it’s clear Oilers feel the same way (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: Why what Pavel Datsyuk is doing to the Red Wings is not cool (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: GM Don Maloney lost front-office power struggle in Arizona (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames go into summer looking to regain confidence (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: What it was like to cover Ed Snider (TSN)
- ALEX PREWITT: Braden Holtby has his game in tune (Si.com)
- JOE McDONALD: Kane, Crosby, Neal among players to watch in the postseason (ESPN)
- DAMIEN COX: No Canada? No problem. Let the drama unfold (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Ranking all 16 playoff teams by their forward groups (ESPN)Paywall to view
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Coyotes: Not trading Ekman-Larsson for No. 1 pick (TSN)
- ALEX PREWITT: Braden Holtby has his game in tune (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Picking the first-round NHL playoff matchups (ESPN)Paywall to view
- RICK WESTHEAD: Study author claims to find ‘piece of the puzzle’ in diagnosing CTE in living patients (TSN)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Winnipeg Jets will stick to their slow and steady rebuild -- until they don't (Globe & Mail)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Our picks for who will take home hardware at this year’s NHL awards (Globe & Mail)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Snider was passion, foresight and success (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Canada's NHL ownership, management at 'Dysfunction Junction' (Toronto Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: Dollars and sense will decide future for UFA defenceman Hamhuis (Vancouver Province)
- LARRY BROOKS: Why Eric Staal considers himself Rangers' missing link (New York Post)
- JOHN SMALLWOOD: Ed Snider was most influential figure of Philly's sports landscape (Philadelphia Daily News)
- JEFF GORDON: Blackhawks continue to thrive with potent core (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: Flames' defender turns his season around, then says no to Canada (Calgary Herald)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Eriksson’s future big question for Bruins (Boston Herald)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Straight answers about injuries are difficult to come by during the NHL playoffs (Los Angeles Times)
- PAUL WIECEK: Jets leave behind a familiar refrain: 'next year' (Winnipeg Free Press)
- ROB ROSSI: A plea for the Flower to stay planted (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- DAVID STAPLES: Chiarelli & McLellan partnership already turning around Oilers (Edmonton Journal)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks let him down, and now Miller's time looks up in Vancouver (Vancouver Sun)
- BILL LYON: Snider brought championships to Philly (Philadelphia Daily News)
- KEVIN McGRAN: No Canadian teams in NHL playoffs? Then cheer for the Florida Panthers (Toronto Star)
- RICK GOSSELIN: Ruff can't make a wrong choice in net for Stars; question is, can he make the right one? (Dallas Morning News)
- FRANK FITZPATRICK: Snider's Bullies: Only the strong survived (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- PAUL FRIESEN: After five years on the job, is there reason to have faith in Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff? (Winnipeg Sun)
- FLUTO SHINZAWA: Bruins defense requires offseason repairs (Boston Globe)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Despite the Calgary Flames' struggles, plenty of reasons for GM Brad Treliving to bring back coach Bob Hartley (Calgary Sun)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Stanley Cup Playoffs preview: Canada left out in the cold (Los Angeles Times)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Like many fans, Canucks players unsure about the plan (Vancouver Province)
- STU COWAN: Canadiens go heavy on damage control (Montreal Gazette)
- TERRY JONES: Edmonton Oilers head coach Todd McLellan doesn't offer any promises in year-end press conference (Edmonton Sun)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Ranking all the playoff-bound goalies (Toronto Sun)
- SAM DONELLON: Ed Snider invented hockey in Philadelphia (Philadelphia Daily News)
- NEIL BEST: Rangers’ well-being tied to Lundqvist (New York Newsday)
- PAUL FRIESEN: A C for you, and for you ... (Winnipeg Sun)
- RON COOK: What a time to be alive if you're a Pittsburgh sports fan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Sedins aim to bridge the gap for Canucks youngsters (Vancouver Province)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Coaching staff not invited to Senators exit interviews (Ottawa Sun)
- JOHN NIYO: Howard saves his best for last in Red Wings goal (Detroit News)
- BOB HUNTER: Sure sign of spring: Blue Jackets try to spin failure (Columbus Dispatch)
- GREG COTE: Miami Heat, Florida Panthers turn rarity into playoff reality (Miami Herald)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Drouin eager to flip script (Tampa Tribune)
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- PIERRE LeBRUN: Hart Trophy: Kane vs. Crosby (ESPN)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Flyers defy odds to clinch playoff berth (TSN)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Stars come out the big winners, Blues the big losers in Game 82 (ESPN)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Las Vegas owner chimes in on NHL expansion (TSN)
- JOE McDONALD: Late-season collapse means more change for Boston Bruins (ESPN)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Only certainty these playoffs: They'll be unpredictable (USA Today)
- FLUTO SHINZAWA: How one video review may have cost Bruins crucial points (Boston Globe)
- GREGG KRUPA: Wings' intensity needs to match playoff longevity (Detroit News)
- DAVE MOLINARI: Daley hopes to be role model for younger, black hockey players (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- DON BRENNAN: Julien could be attractive to Senators if Bruins fire coach (Ottawa Sun)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Ailing Snider a motivation in playoff push (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MITCH ALBOM: Datsyuk explains why he's leaving Wings after playoffs (Detroit Free Press)
- GREG COTE: These Panthers might be best in team history, but proving starts now (Miami Herald)
- DAN SHAUGHNESSY: Claude Julien, your time in Boston is up (Boston Globe)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: Wings relieved to extend streak, confident facing Lightning (Detroit Free Press)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Spotlight on Eugene Melnyk as Senators owner must determine what's next (Ottawa Sun)
- JEFF PATERSON: What, exactly, are the Sedins to the Canucks? At this stage, probably too much (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Claude Julien's future uncertain as Bruins miss playoffs (Toronto Sun)
- ARTHUR STAPLE: With Lee out, Nelson ready for challenge (New York Newsday)
- ROB ROSSI: Sullivan saved Penguins' season, but real test lies ahead (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Simmonds can finally let go of mistake (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Claude Julien’s still not to blame (Boston Herald)
- BRIAN MURPHY: Minnesota might be wildest card in NHL playoffs (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- TIM COWLISHAW: Let the playoff party begin, Stars ready to start the two-month grind to a Stanley Cup (Dallas Morning News)
- DAVE HYDE: With playoffs here, how to become an overnight Panthers fan (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- KEN WARREN: Julien's future, Karlsson makes history, Pageau's sacrifice (Ottawa Citizen)
- PAT HICKEY: Galchenyuk-Gallagher-Pacioretty line look to be productive next season (Montreal Gazette)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Lightning’s Bishop needs to stand taller than ever in playoffs (Tampa Tribune)
- LARRY BROOKS: Panthers' Jaromir Jagr is unquestionably the NHL MVP (New York Post)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Maple Leafs thoroughly successful in their failure (Toronto Star)
- MICHAEL RUSSO: Handing out the season-long awards (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: With 101 points, Ducks not looking back at slow start (Los Angeles Times)
- ED WILLES: Canucks offer a fitting, anti-climatic finish to the season (Vancouver Province)
- MICHAEL ARACE: John Tortorella set to bury this mess (Columbus Dispatch)
- MIKE HARRINGTON: To be in elite class, Sabres must beat the elite (Buffalo News)
- TERRY FREI: Stumbling down stretch of regular season doesn't guarantee NHL team won't win Stanley Cup (Denver Post)
- MIKE HEIKA: Stars' regular season closes in dramatic fashion, nail down first No. 1 seed since 2003 (Dallas Morning News)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues have put themselves in good position (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
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