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- ADAM PROTEAU: Has Tim Thomas played his last game for the Bruins? (The Hockey News)
- BOB McKENZIE: Sens can trace series loss to game 6 (TSN)
- ADRIAN DATER: Devils' thrilling victory in Game 7 finishes off crazy opening round (Si.com)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Another year for Alfie? (Sportsnet)
- DARREN DREGOR: Leafs, Hawks, Florida team in running for Luongo (TSN)
- BRIAN CAZENEUVE: Defensemen get offensive: Rangers have enough to top game Senators (Si.com)
- MARK SPECTOR: Don't forget Scrivens (Sportsnet)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Cup expectations grow for homegrown Rangers (The Sporting News)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Loss may send Tim Thomas to trade block (ESPN)
- CRAIG MORGAN: Coyotes, Predators not mirror images anymore (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Five Conn Smythe candidates (ESPN)
- JON ROSEN: Western Conference semifinals preview (Foxsports)
- WES GOLDSTEIN: Martin Brodeur's tale lives on (ESPN)
- CHRIS PERKINS: Panthers' lackluster start leads to series loss (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Rangers have Lundqvist to thank, Sens will rebound (ESPN)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings and Blues can't help but like each other (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- SAM GARDNER: Belief helps Rangers get past Senators (Foxsports)
- KATIE STRANG: Rangers' Kreider shines in Game 7 (ESPN)
- BRIAN FISCHER: Rangers play on thanks to Lundqvist, youth and defense in game 7 (CBS Sportsline)
- DOUG HARRISON: Coyotes' belief in Mike Smith paying off: Ellis (CBC)
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Darryl Sutter helps restore Kings' lustre (Globe & Mail)
- KEN DRYDEN: The anatomy of three hits (Globe & Mail)
- GEORGE VESCEY: In Hockey, Game 7 Is Different (New York Times)Subscriber site
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Senators fall short as Rangers move on (National Post)
- ARTHUR STAPLE: Grit puts Rangers in second round (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
- MIKE BERARDINO: Panthers double OT loss to Devils one for the ages (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- JILL PAINTER: GM Lombardi makes the right moves (Los Angeles Daily News)
- SAM DONNELLON: Now resiliency is tested (Philadelphia Daily News)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Racism in hockey exists on both sides of the border (Toronto Sun)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Five Questions in Round 2 of West playoffs (Ottawa Sun)
- TED WYMAN: Racist tweets fly after Ward scores OT winner (Winnipeg Sun)
- DAVID CLIMER: When Rinne is in the zone, Preds are, too (The Tennessean)
- MIKE VACCARO: Tough series will serve Blueshirts well in the long run (New York Post)
- BUCKY GLEASON: Defense, goalies key to success for Western Semifinals (Buffalo News)
- DAMIEN COX: New York Rangers eliminate last Canadian team from Stanley Cup chase (Toronto Star)
- GARY LAWLESS: Canada's NHL teams don't make the grade (Winnipeg Free Press)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Not liking where he game is going (Vancouver Province)
- DON BRENNAN: Defensive lapse costs Sens series (Ottawa Sun)
- DAN CAESAR: Fans again aren't a league's priority (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- TERRY JONES: The gang's all there (Edmonton Sun)
- PAT HICKEY: Fans spew ignorance on Twitter (Montreal Gazette)
- PAOLA BOIVIN: Boivin: Smith turns little potential into big results (Arizona Republic)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: Leonsis offseasons looking up (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- DAVID CLIMER: Nashville Predators' Pekka Rinne leads NHL playoff run (The Tennessean)
- RON BORGES: Karma didnÕt see this one coming (Boston Herald)
- KEN WIEBE: Rangers pushed to the brink (Winnipeg Sun)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: NHL must get tough on hits (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Curtain finally falls on Senators' surprise season (Ottawa Citizen)
- STEVE BUFFERY: Nut job racists tarnish Boston, Twitter (Toronto Sun)
- FILIP BONDY: Testy NY Rangers coach John Tortorella knows Senators series is only first test in 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs (New York Daily News)
- GREG COTE: Florida Panthers so close to tasting Game 7 glory (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
- TARA SULLIVAN: Rangers show intensity in Game 7 victory (Bergen Record)
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- JESSE SPECTOR: Penguins will have a lot of time to figure out what went wrong (The Sporting News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Failure to launch (Sportsnet)
- BOB McKENZIE: Canucks didn't look like they quit on Vigneault (TSN)
- MICHAEL GRANGE: Spezza's fight for respect (Sportsnet)
- ALLAN MUIR: Heated Flyers-Penguins series ends with another Pittsburgh letdown (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Out with the old, in with the new (ESPN)
- ADRIAN DATER: Bruins survive, advance to Game 7, which bodes calamity for Capitals (Si.com)
- JOE McDONALD: Seguin's OT strike forces Game 7 (ESPN)
- TIM NEWCOMB: Series comeback proved too much for Canucks in Game 5 loss to Kings (Si.com)
- JIM MORRIS: Canucks headed toward summer of turmoil (ESPN)
- A.J. PEREZ: Score one for the old guys (Foxsports)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Flyers leave Pens with only questions (ESPN)
- HAPPY KRETAR: At least Canucks won't have far to travel (Foxsports)
- ADAM GRETZ: Flyers eliminate Penguins with impressive Game 6 win (CBS Sportsline)
- SUNNY DHILLON: How the Kings made Quick work of Canucks (Globe & Mail)
- SEAN GORDON: Chris Neil free to distract Rangers some more (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: NHL throws book at Torres, but it's a two-tiered system (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Flyers just better than Penguins this time (National Post)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Ousted teams must plan summer strategies (USA Today)
- KYLE WOODLIEF: Defensemen rule draft class, but no stars (USA Today)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Can't keep Patrice Bergeron down (Boston Herald)
- SAM DONNELLON: Bryz cool when it counts (Philadelphia Daily News)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Cap space will give Wings chance to pursue prized free agents (Detroit Free Press)
- JASON YORK: 'Out-Rangering'' the Rangers (Ottawa Sun)
- ARTHUR STAPLE: Rangers can't let Neil distract them (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Canucks clearly second best, outplayed by Kings in playoffs (Vancouver Sun)
- MICHAEL ARACE: In a way, Blue Jackets did make playoffs (Columbus Dispatch)
- JOHN FEINSTEIN: The fortunate Bruins (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- JACK TODD: Giroux excelling for Philly (Montreal Gazette)
- DAVE FESCHUK: There's nothing fortuitous about Flyers' success (Toronto Star)
- BARRY ROZNER: Hawks need to soften up Coyotes defense (Chicago Daily Herald)
- KEN WIEBE: Crosby's bad day at the office (Winnipeg Sun)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Kings complete stunning upset of Canucks with overtime win (Los Angeles Times)Subscriber site
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Red Wings must spend to keep up (Detroit News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: What about the refs in Torres' hit? (Calgary Sun)
- ED WILLES: Blueline breakdown (Vancouver Province)
- DON BRENNAN: Hair's to Sens' Dandy Andy (Ottawa Sun)
- MIKE BERARDINO: One win away, Panthers won't slow down now (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
- MARK PURDY: San Jose Sharks have changes to make, but it probably won't start with firing Doug Wilson or Todd McLellan (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- TONY GALLAGHER: Canucks came up flat, no gas in tank against Kings (Vancouver Province)
- RON BORGES: No longer missing link, Tyler Seguin saves Bruins (Boston Herald)
- LARRY BROOKS: Tortorella must push right buttons for Rangers to stay alive (New York Post)
- DAVID HAUGH: Can lightning strike twice for confident Quenneville? (Chicago Tribune)
- CAM COLE: L.A. Kings' overtime hero Jarret Stoll had been in this position before (Vancouver Sun)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Giroux's greatness (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Giroux makes statement for Flyers (Ottawa Sun)
- ED WILLES: Not stereotyping ... but (Vancouver Province)
- RON COOK: Underachieving team squanders opportunity (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- BOB VERDI: Verdi: There's no tomorrow in NHL playoffs (Chicago Daily Herald)
- TRACEE HAMILTON: Differing Game 7 histories (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- RICH HOFMANN: Claude Giroux's ascent through history (Philadelphia Daily News)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: No kidding, Tyler Seguin seized the moment (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
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- ADRIAN DATER: Underachieving Capitals changing narrative against champion Bruins (Si.com)
- SEAN GENTILLE: Raffi Torres suspended 25 games (The Sporting News)
- SARAH KWAK: Senators capitalize while Rangers shoot blanks in pivotal Game 5 (Si.com)
- JESSE SPECTOR: Four wins only: Unsung goalies wreak havoc in Stanley Cup playoffs (The Sporting News)
- KATIE STRANG: Rangers' season on the brink (ESPN)
- JON ROSEN: Sutter likes what he sees in refined Doughty (Foxsports)
- JESSE ROGERS: Hawks hope Game 5 win is a turning point (ESPN)
- CHRIS PERKINS: Panthers one win away from next round (Foxsports)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Rising Blues close window on Sharks (ESPN)
- B.J. RAINS: Blues end decade-long playoff drought (Foxsports)
- JOE McDONALD: Been there, done that (ESPN)
- SAM GARDNER: No. 8 Senators stun Rangers in Game 5 (Foxsports)
- MARK SUTCLIFFE: Hockey violence: A view of nothing new (Ottawa Citizen)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Staal center of attention (ESPN)
- DAVID SHOALTS: Pens' Jordan Staal making most of chance to shine (Globe & Mail)
- ALLAN MAKI: Torres makes it easy for NHL (Globe & Mail)
- BRUCE ARTHUR: Marc-Andre Fleury, Jordan Staal key to Penguins' turnaround (National Post)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: In the driver's seat for a joy ride (Ottawa Citizen)
- RON BORGES: Bruins best forwards fall flat (Boston Herald)
- FILIP BONDY: NY Rangers are talking a good game but not producing on the ice in Stanley Cup playoff series with Ottawa Senators (New York Daily News)
- STEVE ROSENBLOOM: A night of redemption (Chicago Tribune)
- DAN O'NEIL: Little things add up big for Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BEN KUZMA: Canucks' Lapierre walks fine line between aggressiveness and stupidity (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE MISSANELLI: The ultimate irritant: Pittsburgh's Crosby (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MIKE WISE: Knuble, Holtby defy their ages (Washington Post)Subscriber site
- JOE STARKEY: Malkin, Crosby and mind games (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- BOB WOJNOWSKI: Red Wings have no answers, only questions (Detroit News)
- GREG COTE: Florida Panthers' Jose Theodore able to block it all out (Miami Herald)Subscriber site
- DAN BICKLEY: Doan, Coyotes miss grand opportunity (Arizona Republic)Subscriber site
- GEORGE JOHNSON: Torres suspension warranted, but NHL justice remains erratic (Calgary Herald)
- DAMIEN COX: Repeat offender Raffi Torres deserved walloping for illegal hit (Toronto Star)
- ED WILLES: NHL baffles with Torres suspension (Vancouver Province)
- KEVIN CALLAHAN: Flyers are in an enviable position (South Jersey Courier-Post)
- LARRY BROOKS: NHLPA: Fix this mess (New York Post)
- RED FISHER: Former Montreal Canadiens Bouchard mourned at service (Montreal Gazette)
- MICHAEL ROSENBERG: Even Lidstrom doesn't know what he'll do yet (Detroit Free Press)
- DEREK VAN DIEST: Same old, same old for Sharks (Edmonton Sun)
- DAVE PERKINS: Repeat offender Raffi Torres deserved walloping for illegal hit (Toronto Star)
- GENE COLLIER: Momentum swings, sways, defies control (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)
- MARK PURDY: Inconsistency haunted San Jose Sharks from regular season to disappointing playoff series loss to Blues (San Jose Mercury News)Subscriber site
- ERIC FRANCIS: Length of Torres ban wrankles some GMs (Calgary Sun)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Sedins struggle for signature moment must end for Canucks to win series (Vancouver Province)
- RICH HOFMANN: Young Flyers are easy to love (Philadelphia Daily News)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: It's a long summer for Red Wings to come up with new plan (Detroit Free Press)
- STEPHEN HARRIS: Coach moves to make Brad Marchand a big factor (Boston Herald)
- CHRIS STEVENSON: Staal giving Flyers hell (Ottawa Sun)
- STEVE SIMMONS: NHL finds scapegoat in Torres (Toronto Sun)
- DAMIEN CRISTODERO: Tampa Bay Lightning might have to change goaltending plan (Tampa Bay Times)
- BARRY ROZNER: Toews' winner one for the books (Chicago Daily Herald)Subscriber site
- JOSH YOHE: Teams switch roles in playoff (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)
- TONY GALLAGHER: Vancouver looks to Man up its lines (Vancouver Province)
- DON BRENNAN: Sens show true grit (Ottawa Sun)
- GREGG KRUPA: Red Wings have no time for gradual change (Detroit News)
- PHIL SHERIDAN: Young Flyers having trouble closing (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- ARTHUR STAPLE: Sens beating Rangers at their own game (New York Newsday)Subscriber site
- BERNIE MIKLASZ: Blues fans get huge reward for years of patience (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers cite home advantage for Game 6 (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- KEVIN PAUL DUPONT: Slipping away (Boston Globe)Subscriber site
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