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- MATT LARKIN: Meet Robby Fabbri, the St. Louis Blues’ breakout playoff star (The Hockey News)
- DAMIEN COX: Prepare for the unexpected at NHL Draft Lottery (Sportsnet)
- GARY LAWLESS: NHLPA won't stand in way of expansion (TSN)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: NHL, NHLPA agree on expansion draft rules (ESPN)
- JOE McDONALD: Leddy, Boychuk buoying Isles (ESPN)
- COREY MASISAK: What is Jaromir Jagr worth in 2016-17? More than you think (The Sporting News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Faksa's breakout performance the difference in Game 1 (Sportsnet)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Never mind skill, Pens-Caps is about swagger (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Lehtonen, Stars edge past Elliott, Blues in Game 1 (Si.com)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Crosby not fazed by his minus-3 Game 1 performance (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Stars prospect Faksa makes name for himself (ESPN)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: What's next for Boudreau, Ducks? (ESPN)Paywall to view
- JAMES MIRTLE: Auston Matthews will probably go to a Canadian team in the NHL draft (Globe & Mail)
- MIKE HEIKA: Stars flip the script, rely on strong defense and physical play in series opening win (Dallas Morning News)
- JEFF MILLER: Bruce Boudreau takes the fall, but Ducks' core players aren't off the hook (Orange County Register)
- PAT HICKEY: Canadiens face long odds of landing impact player in draft (Montreal Gazette)
- DON BRENNAN: Senators GM Dorion considers Matthews, Laine to be 1A, 1B (Ottawa Sun)
- HELENE ELLIOTT: Ducks fire Coach Bruce Boudreau, but the players don't escape blame (Los Angeles Times)
- CAM COLE: The Stars' star, Jamie Benn no hidden gem any more (Vancouver Sun)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks look rested in win (San Jose Mercury News)
- ROB ROSSI: Penguins defensemen can hold up against bigger Capitals by 'keeping it simple' (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: LeBreton news punctuates a wild season for the Senators (Ottawa Citizen)
- TIM COWLISHAW: While St. Louis was shaking off Game 7 vs. Chicago, Dallas took opener by playing loose, with confidence (Dallas Morning News)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Blues must pick up the pace (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- DAMIEN COX: No. 1 pick still uncertain, unless Leafs land it (Toronto Star)
- BRENDAN KELLY: The Habs are simply not ready for the playoffs (Montreal Gazette)
- MIKE CHAMBERS: Avalanche plans don't seem to include college players (Denver Post)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Boudreau added to long list of Senators coaching candidates (Ottawa Sun)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: Linden feels Canucks can't lose at draft lottery (Vancouver Sun)
- MARK HERRMANN: Isles’ Capuano learns coaching on the fly (New York Newsday)
- GENE COLLIER: Penguins don't seem to get the big picture from Game 1 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- TOM JONES: Game 2 almost must-win for Lightning (Tampa Bay Times)
- DON BRENNAN: Rangers' Boyle in the wrong with Larry Brooks feud (Ottawa Sun)
- TERRY JONES: Online NHL draft lotto simulator getting put through its paces ahead of Saturday's real deal (Edmonton Sun)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Breaking up with Andrew Ladd is hard to do (Winnipeg Sun)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: As past top picks, Ovechkin and Crosby can relate to lottery kids (Toronto Sun)
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- MATT LARKIN: If Ducks fire Boudreau, who coaches them next? And who hires him? (The Hockey News)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: Caps-Penguins matchup shows makings of long, tough series (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Oshie's trick leads Caps to Game 1 victory (TSN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Anaheim Ducks playoffs postmortem: No standing pat (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Oshie leads Capitals with clutch Game 1 performance (ESPN)
- DAMIEN COX: Future takes back seat to present as Marlies sweep series (Sportsnet)
- JOE McDONALD: Will Steven Stamkos return for Game 2? (ESPN)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Sullivan content to just let Penguins play (TSN)
- MARK SPECTOR: Brett Hull: Players will get mad at 'relentless' Hitchcock (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Coyotes, in midst of shakeup, should follow Warriors' model (ESPN)Paywall to view
- THOM LOVERRO: By granting T.J. Oshie’s winning goal, Capitals earn something nice (Washington Times)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Parayko's shot is quite a weapon (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- MIKE VACCARO: Goalies chase the high that Islanders' Thomas Greiss is on (New York Post)
- DAN STEINBERG: The Penguins wanted a track meet. The Caps sprinted past them in Game 1 (Washington Post)
- GENE COLLIER: Penguins, Capitals deliver thrilling Game 1 (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- CAM COLE: Lindy, 'Hitch' hook up again as their rivalry resumes in Blues-Stars tilt (Vancouver Sun)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators owner thrilled with LeBreton Flats decision (Ottawa Sun)
- JEFF GORDON: Blues have size advantage on Stars (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- ROB ROSSI: Brutal start leaves mark on Penguins-Capitals series (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- MARK HERRMANN: Steve Thomas remembers ’93 Isles (New York Newsday)
- ROB LONGLEY: Missing playoffs driving Lightning's Stamkos crazy (Toronto Sun)
- BEN KUZMA: If Canucks miss on Matthews, they can hit draft homer with Laine, Puljujarvi (Vancouver Province)
- GREGG KRUPA: Sad that tribute to Joe Louis will be lost (Detroit News)
- ADAM VINGAN: Predators face tough test in savvy Sharks (The Tennessean)
- TERRY JONES: Oilers centre Connor McDavid feels for projected first overall draft pick Auston Matthews (Edmonton Sun)
- WAYNE SCANLAN: Fans of the Senators can dream big in LeBreton (Ottawa Citizen)
- PAUL FRIESEN: Which NHL team deserves to win draft lottery? (Winnipeg Sun)
- ED WILLES: Canucks' Linden to take Quinn's old hockey card to NHL draft lottery Saturday (Vancouver Province)
- MIKE HEIKA: Ruff vs. Hitchcock is a battle of philosophies, wills, and old friends (Dallas Morning News)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Capitals need overtime to beat Penguins in Game 1 (Toronto Sun)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Calgary Flames hockey ops president Brian Burke won't disclose much about draft plans but packing good luck charms to lottery (Calgary Sun)
- SAM CARCHIDI: Flyers season in review (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MARK PURDY: Sharks are overdogs against Nashville Predators (San Jose Mercury News)
- ERIC STEPHENS: Bruce Boudreau an obvious place for Ducks' blame, but plenty of players are culpable, too (Orange County Register)
- RICK MORRISSEY: Dear St. Louis: I was wrong about the Blues. Signed, You Know Who (Chicago Sun-Times)
- DAN CAESAR: Kelly, Pang booted from booth as NBC takes over playoff telecasts (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
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- MATT LARKIN: Sorry, but the Oilers might win the draft lottery. What happens if they do? (The Hockey News)
- JARED CLINTON: Blackhawks bound for more playoff heartbreak until they can rebuild depth (The Hockey News)
- KEN CAMPBELL: So where exactly do the New York Rangers go from here? (The Hockey News)
- ERIC FRANCIS: Flames new arena could be long, drawn out process (Sportsnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Fabbri, Parayko help Blues defeat playoff demons (TSN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Blackhawks playoffs postmortem: Tough choices loom (Si.com)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: For once, Nashville takes NHL's center stage (ESPN)
- JAMES MIRTLE: Should teenagers be fighting adults? They do in the OHL (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Blackhawks' offseason to-do list complicated by cap crunch (USA Today)
- JOE REXRODE: Predators rediscover resiliency (The Tennessean)
- CHRIS HINE: From start to finish, Blackhawks 2015-16 season never felt quite 'right' (Chicago Tribune)
- TARA SULLIVAN: Window of opportunity stays open only so long (Bergen Record)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Surprise appearance by Stamkos magnifies his absence (Tampa Tribune)
- JEFF MILLER: Ducks' real opponent is their own Game 7 history (Orange County Register)
- IAIN MacINTYRE: End of the line(sman) as Lazarowich ices 30-year NHL career (Vancouver Sun)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Stillman has invested heart and soul in Blues (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- JOHN SHIPLEY: Wild need right coach to get back on track. Hello, Randy Carlyle (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- BOB VERDI: Blues prevail in Game 7 worthy of June (Chicago Daily Herald)
- LARRY BROOKS: Rangers are getting a shakeup -- and even stars are worried (New York Post)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Penguins embracing rejuvenated Phil Kessel (Toronto Sun)
- CAM COLE: Tradition tanks, 'helping' NHL police fouls, and Boyle boils (Vancouver Sun)
- STEVE FRYER: Ducks need Corey Perry where he is most effective: in the crease (Orange County Register)
- JASON GREGOR: Rewarding NHL players with high salaries for achievements hampers teams' future success (Edmonton Journal)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Work to be done on potential Belleville-Senators deal (Ottawa Sun)
- TOM JONES: Lightning's Stamkos returns to ice, but … (Tampa Bay Times)
- MARK PURDY: Brent Burns leads San Jose Sharks in facial hair, and more (San Jose Mercury News)
- DAVID HAUGH: To revitalize dynasty, Blackhawks defense must be offseason priority (Chicago Tribune)
- PAT LEONARD: Sorry Henrik Lundqvist, Rangers may be facing a big makeover (New York Daily News)
- MIKE HEIKA: Clash of styles vs. Blues doesn't worry the high-flying Stars (Dallas Morning News)
- JASON BOTCHFORD: Canucks hoping for Baertschi-like improvement from Granlund (Vancouver Province)
- BARRY ROZNER: End of Blackhawks summed up in one play (Chicago Daily Herald)
- THOM LOVERRO: Beating Penguins would purge many of Capitals’ playoff demons (Washington Times)
- GENE COLLIER: What rust? Oh, that Rust (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- MARK HERRMANN: Islanders’ John Tavares in every way proves to be true No. 1 pick (New York Newsday)
- ROB LONGLEY: Steven Stamkos back on skates gives Lightning a small boost (Toronto Sun)
- SCOTT CRUICKSHANK: Flames boss recalls 2005's near-miss with Sid the Kid (Calgary Herald)
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- JARED CLINTON: Unmatched offense helps Stars advance, but defensive issues need to be cleared up (The Hockey News)
- RONNIE SHUKER: Hockey’s travellin’ man, Ryan Bahl, is one continent short of setting a record (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Are the Blues doomed to repeat history against Blackhawks? (Sportnet)
- FRANK SERAVALLI: Caps chase ghosts of playoffs past in Philly (TSN)
- JESSE SPECTOR: John Tavares plays fitting role in Islanders' first playoff series win since 1993 (The Sporting News)
- JOE McDONALD: Gritty Capitals clip Flyers, ready for hot Penguins (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Rangers’ win-now mentality comes up short, leaves future bleak (Si.com)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Islanders captain Tavares takes charge (ESPN)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Three keys to the offseason: Philadelphia Flyers (ESPN)Paywall to view
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Three keys to the offseason: Minnesota Wild (ESPN)Paywall to view
- DAMIEN COX: Capitals put away Flyers to set up Ovechkin-Crosby showdown (Sportnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Three keys to the offseason: Florida Panthers (ESPN)Paywall to view
- ERIC DUHATSCHEK: Vincent Lecavalier to retire after distinguished NHL career (Globe & Mail)
- JAMES MIRTLE: Capitals and Penguins open a new chapter in Ovechkin-Crosby rivalry (Globe & Mail)
- KEVIN ALLEN: Rangers, GM Jeff Gorton face critical offseason (USA Today)
- TOM POWERS: Wild’s last-gasp flurry almost makes you overlook their warts (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- NEIL BEST: End of an era for Blueshirts? (New York Newsday)
- DAN STEINBERG: Fate swung at the Caps again. This time, they punched back. (Washington Post)
- RICK MORRISSEY: Pat Foley’s war against 8:30 p.m. NHL games is the good fight (Chicago Sun-Times)
- BENJAMIN HOCHMAN: Significant day looms for Blues, Hitchcock (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- MARK HERRMANN: After goal, Tavares has fans on mind (New York Newsday)
- RICK GOSSELIN: When they needed him most, the Stars followed captain Jamie Benn to a series clinching win in Minnesota (Dallas Morning News)
- SAM DONNELLON: Flyers fall short, but not without effort (Philadelphia Daily News)
- LARRY BROOKS: A Rangers overhaul will require a changed Alain Vigneault (New York Post)
- BRIAN MURPHY: Two-faced Wild come up predictably short (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- BARRY ROZNER: Chicago Blackhawks have history on their side (Chicago Daily Herald)
- MIKE VACCARO: John Tavares stands alone, vanishing 23 years of Isles misery (New York Post)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Same old Blues? Sure looks like it (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- BOB BROOKOVER: Flyers need more firepower (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MIKE SIELSKI: Don't be quick to blame Giroux (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers season epilogue: What went wrong, what’s ahead (New York Newsday)
- JIM SOUHAN: Wild, known for comebacks, requires far too many (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- MIKE HEIKA: In their first series victory since 2008, Dallas learned success in the postseason never comes easy (Dallas Morning News)
- MARK HERRMANN: Game 6 meant so much to Isles, fans (New York Newsday)
- RICK MORRISSEY: Say goodbye to the Blues, who couldn’t put the Blackhawks away (Chicago Sun-Times)
- RON COOK: According to Tocchet, Hornqvist one of toughest in game (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- ED WILLES: Never bet against Toews and the Blackhawks (Vancouver Province)
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- MIKE BROPHY: Twenty thoughts and observations from the first round of the playoffs (The Hockey News)
- MARK SPECTOR: Blues beaten by Blackhawks' experience, history and will (Sportsnet)
- JOE McDONALD: Flyers and Capitals turning up the hate (ESPN)
- SCOTT BURNSIDE: Rookies lead way as Penguins eliminate Rangers (ESPN)
- PIERRE LeBRUN: Ducks returning to their dominating ways (ESPN)
- ALLAN MUIR: Penguins rout Rangers, reach second round of playoffs (Si.com)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Buoyant Blackhawks force Game 7 against bumbling Blues (ESPN)
- CHRIS JOHNSTON: The stars are aligning for something special in Pittsburgh (Sportsnet)
- CRAIG CUSTANCE: Three keys to the offseason: New York Rangers (ESPN)Paywall to view
- JOE STARKEY: Starkey: Sheary took the Michael Jordan route (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- STEVE ZIPAY: Rangers epilogue: What went wrong, what’s ahead (New York Newsday)
- JERRY BREWER: Justin Williams, ‘Mr. Game 7,’ says Capitals need ‘reality check’ ahead of Game 6 (Washington Post)
- GENE COLLIER: Tired of being eliminated by New York, Penguins try the opposite (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- LISA DILLMAN: Shaky defense was Kings' undoing in the playoffs, and fixing it could prove difficult for GM Dean Lombardi (Los Angeles Times)
- BRIAN MURPHY: The end was nigh; then Mikko Koivu happened (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
- ROB ROSSI: Kessel makes sweet sounds for Penguins (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
- LARRY BROOKS: This is the end: Goodbye to a Rangers era (New York Post)
- MARK TRIBLE: Flyers fans, your time is now (South Jersey Courier-Post)
- BRUCE GARRIOCH: Senators GM Pierre Dorion looking for Mr. Right Coach (Ottawa Sun)
- RICK MORRISSEY: The Blackhawks turn it on, the way they always do (Chicago Sun-Times)
- DAVID HAUGH: Blackhawks bend, but Blues break — and now it's on to Game 7 (Chicago Tribune)
- HELENE ST. JAMES: No overhaul in store, but big change needed for Red Wings (Detroit Free Press)
- PAT LEONARD: Rangers’ demise shouldn’t come as shock (New York Daily News)
- JIM SOUHAN: Wild's Koivu deserves to celebrate in playoffs for a change (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
- THOM LOVERRO: The volume is increasing on the sad song of the Capitals’ fans (Washington Times)
- BARRY ROZNER: Small play sparks big Blackhawks comeback (Chicago Daily Herald)
- JEFF MILLER: Ducks pointed in right direction (Orange County Register)
- NEIL BEST: Lundqvist ‘didn’t have it in’ him this series (New York Newsday)
- JESUS ORTIZ: Blues let Blackhawks off the hook (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
- MARK HERRMANN: Isles’ Quine answers his calling (New York Newsday)
- MIKE SIELSKI: History weighing on Capitals (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- MARTIN FENNELLY: Alex Killorn is Bolts’ secret weapon (Tampa Tribune)
- DREW SHARP: Holland, Wings need philosophical change (Detroit Free Press)
- MIKE ZEISBERGER: Penguins chase Henrik Lundqvist, eliminate Rangers in five games (Toronto Sun)
- FLUTO SHINZAWA: One last look at a disappointing Bruins season (Boston Globe)
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